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Instructor/Assistant Professor for English and Philosophy

Description
One full-time, tenure-track position

Qualifications
 
  • Master's degree in English required (Ph.D. degree welcome). Preference will be given to candidates with a degree in rhetoric and composition or a degree in another area of English studies along with substantive coursework/training in rhetoric and composition.
  • Higher education teaching experience in composition required. Composition experience preferred in developmental writing, but teaching technical/professional or digital media writing welcome.
  • Higher education experience teaching lower-division literature, philosophy, or creative writing classes is welcome.
  • Ability to instruct students from diverse ethnic, economic, educational, and other backgrounds.
  • Ability and/or willingness to teach courses through a variety of delivery modes, including online and broadcast settings.
  • Ability to plan, administer, and assess writing curriculum.
  • Ability to use learning management software.

Major Responsibilities/Duties
 
  • Teach fall and spring semesters on a nine-month, ongoing contract.
  • Provide instruction each semester in first- and second-year composition (three courses) and lower-division literature, philosophy, or creative writing classes (one course).
  • Assume responsibilities as a full-time tenure-track faculty member, including departmental and curriculum planning/assessment, professional and scholarly development, institutional and community service, and student recruitment and advisement.

Additional Information
Salary: 
Instructor = $48,000
Assistant Professor = $50,780

A successful candidate without a terminal degree will be hired as an Instructor. A successful candidate with a terminal degree will be hired as an Assistant Professor.

Other Information:
Snow College is located in Ephraim, a rural town in central Utah, approximately 120 miles south of Salt Lake City. There are multiple, year-round, outdoor recreational opportunities in nearby mountains and desert lands.

Snow College is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of age, color, disability, gender, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any classification protected by federal, state, or local law. Snow College is committed to providing an inclusive academic environment; individuals from underrepresented groups are strongly encouraged to apply.

The college reserves the right to delay the final selection or to end the search with notice to the applicants.

Quality general education is a promise that Snow College makes to each student. All faculty members are expected to teach general education courses in their area of expertise as well as assist in the development and teaching of a dynamic freshman foundation seminar. This seminar is an interdisciplinary course, taught with a common theme by three faculty members. It reinforces the meaning and reason behind higher education, promotes integrative thinking, and starts the student on the pathway to becoming a lifelong learner. All applicants are expected to be ready to share a topic or idea from their area of expertise that lends itself to a multifaceted, interdisciplinary class.

Applications received by 11:59 PM on April 28, 2020, will be eligible for review by the hiring committee. Applications received after that date may not be reviewed by the hiring committee unless deemed appropriate by college administration.

Initial screening is based on the responses to the online submitted application. A resume, curriculum vitae (CV), cover letter, transcripts or any other submitted materials will not be considered during initial screening.