Department of English and Language Arts

JOB ANNOUNCEMENT Rank: Assistant/Associate/Professor of English

Tenure-track position in Rhetoric and Composition, effective August 2010. Ph.D. is required. Four course per semester teaching load. Faculty teach freshman composition and humanities, and advanced writing, and rhetoric, as well as graduate courses. Responsibilities also include collaborative work on continuous pedagogical development and program assessment. Commitment to effective teaching, evidence of ongoing scholarly activity in the field and a record of publication and scholarly activity in nationally known presses and journals are a plus. Secondary interests: Professional and Technical Writing, Publishing and Design, Film Studies.

Candidate must communicate well in interview. Applicants must demonstrate a commitment to working with an ethnically and culturally diverse student population.

Salary: Commensurate with education and experience.

Review of applications begins February 19, 2010; position open until filled.

Send letter of application, CV, statement of teaching philosophy, transcripts (may be unofficial for initial application), three recent letters of recommendation (or a dossier which includes them), and a writing sample of approximately 20 pages to:

Dr. Dolan Hubbard, Chairperson Department of English and Language Arts Morgan State University 1700 E. Cold Spring Lane Baltimore, MD 21251-0001 dolan.hubbard@morgan.edu

Founded in 1867, Morgan State University is a historically black institution with the unique designation as Maryland’s public urban university. http://www.morgan.edu

Morgan State University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and Immigration Reform Act Employer. Position subject to final authorization of funding.