Adjunct Faculty, Rhetoric and Professional Writing

Adjunct Faculty, Rhetoric and Professional Writing

SVSU seeks part-time faculty for fall 2025 to teach one or more technical writing courses such as Writing in the Professions (RPW 300) and Grantseeking & Proposal Writing (RPW 336). Primarily a professional writing course for business majors, RPW 300 emphasizes transactional writing as problem solving for the workplace. RPW 336 involves researching problems, writing proposals to solve them, and identifying suitable partners to fund or support the proposals.

Minimum Qualifications : Master's degree in Technical Communication, Rhetoric and Composition, or a closely related field.

Preferred Qualifications : College-level teaching experience preferred. Professional experience as a technical writer also preferred.

Saginaw Valley State University is a comprehensive university with more than 100 programs of study for its roughly 7,000 students. Located on a suburban campus in Michigan's Great Lakes Bay Region, SVSU is committed to a supportive and empowering environment for students, faculty and staff. For eight consecutive years, SVSU has been recognized as a "Great College to Work For" (2016-2023).

SVSU emphasizes undergraduate teaching and learning, and community-based research. SVSU earned the Community Engagement classification from the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, a distinction achieved by only 7 percent of U.S. colleges and universities. By their senior year, 84 percent of students have engaged with community employers and agencies in internships, field placements or some other component of their academic preparation.

SVSU is establishing itself as a leader in STEAM education for the Great Lakes Bay Region, partnering with businesses, foundations and school districts to improve students' performance in math, science and the arts at the middle school, high school and university levels.

More than 70 percent of SVSU freshmen live on campus in student housing that has been rated No. 1 among public universities in the U.S. (2018-2023). SVSU fields 19 varsity sports at the NCAA Division II level. The average class size is 23 students.