[Air-L] Position: Assistant Professor, Digital and Electronic Rhetoric, San Diego State University

[Chris Werry]

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The Department of Rhetoric and Writing Studies at San Diego State
University seeks applicants for the position of tenure-track Assistant
Professor, beginning in Fall Semester, 2018.
Ph.D. in Rhetoric, Composition, or comparable area is required.

We seek candidates with a demonstrated capacity for scholarly research and
publication and a demonstrated record of excellence in teaching electronic
and digital rhetoric. Desirable areas of teaching experience include
multimodal literacies, multimodal composition, professional communication,
social media, digital humanities, content management, and visual and
information design.

The Department of Rhetoric and Writing Studies is a freestanding academic
unit within the College of Arts and Letters comprised of collegial,
nationally and internationally recognized faculty with interests in
literacy and the teaching of writing, rhetorical theory and the history of
rhetoric, and professional and public discourse. (Please see the department
website at: http://rhetoric.sdsu.edu.) The department also participates in
San Diego State’s Digital Humanities Initiative, which researches digital
culture and provides a regional hub for strategic innovation and
collaboration. The university recently defined the initiative as an area of
excellence, committing resources and funding to digital humanities work at
San Diego State University.

San Diego State University, an R2 institution and the flagship of the Cal
State system, sponsors the second highest number of Fulbright Scholars in
California. SDSU is a large, diverse, urban university and Hispanic-Serving
Institution with a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusive
excellence.

To see the full job go to https://apply.interfolio.com/42955. Applicants
must apply via Interfolio at https://apply.interfolio.com/42955. Review of
applications will begin November 1, 2017, and will continue until the
position is filled. We expect to conduct interviews via Skype or Zoom.

For questions, please contact Chris Werry at cwerry at mail.sdsu.edu.

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Chris Werry
Department of Rhetoric & Writing Studies
San Diego State University