Assistant Professor of English in Technical/Professional Writing.

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Eastern Kentucky University invites applications for a tenure-track position, beginning August 2007, with expertise in teaching technical and professional communication. Candidates must have either a doctorate or be ABD in technical/professional communication, or have a doctorate or be ABD in rhetoric, literature, or an appropriate field with experience and clear evidence of interest in teaching technical/professional communication. A doctorate in technical/professional communication is preferred. All degrees must come from regionally accredited universities. The person selected will play a key part in strengthening the existing Technical Writing Emphasis and expanding our program to a minor and major. The successful candidate must have demonstrated expertise—academic or professional—in more than one of the following areas: desktop publishing, document design, technical writing theory, visual rhetoric, scientific communication, usability testing, and web design.

The teaching load is 12 hours per semester, with teaching assignments including classes in technical writing, college writing, world literature, and upper-division courses based on the applicant’s specialty. Applicants should be comfortable joining a large and diverse faculty in a department where teaching is emphasized and everyone is expected to teach lower-division/general education courses.

EKU is an EEO/AA institution that values diversity in its faculty, staff and student body. In keeping with this commitment, the University welcomes applications from diverse candidates and candidates who support diversity. Send a letter of application detailing interests and qualifications; a vita; and names, addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses of five references to Technical Writing Search Committee, Department of English and Theatre, 467 Case Annex, Eastern Kentucky University, 521 Lancaster Avenue, Richmond, KY 40475-3102. Review of applications will begin 15 November 2006 and will continue until the position is filled. For more information on our department, see our website: www.english.eku.edu. All offers of employment are contingent upon completion of a satisfactory criminal background check and educational credential verification.