Council of Writing Program Administrators

University of California, Irvine Department of English 435 Humanities Instructional Building Irvine, CA 92697-2650 http://www.humanities.uci.edu/english/

Endowed Chair in Rhetoric and Communication, Associate or Beginning Full Professor

The Department of English at the University of California, Irvine, seeks an associate or beginning full professor who works in rhetoric and communication defined broadly as an interdisciplinary field. Research and teaching could include topics such as the relations among rhetorical history, theory, practice, and pedagogy; the role of rhetoric in the formation of cognate fields including literary and composition studies; the relations among oral, print, and electronic media in the information age; rhetorical practices across ethnic, regional, religious, and national boundaries; the challenges of citizenship under the constraints of 21st-century democracy; issues of power, access, and cultural difference in an era of globalization.

Applicants are asked to upload a letter of application and CV to https://recruit.ap.uci.edu/ by October 24, 2008.

The University of California, Irvine, is an equal opportunity employer committed to excellence through diversity and has an Advance Program for faculty equity and diversity.