Faculty - Arts & Sciences - English / Humanities

Job Description

The School of Arts and Sciences seeks a 12-month English / Humanities Faculty to deliver and support high quality learning for students enrolled in undergraduate pre-professional health programs on the Boston campus. The faculty member will have responsibilities teaching in the first-year writing program and Humanities electives with a potential to contribute to the undergraduate Health Humanities program. The candidate will have potential to work collaboratively with colleagues to coordinate all first-year writing course offerings. The selected candidate’s responsibilities include teaching, scholarship, and service on official committees of the school or the University.

• Teaches first year writing courses (LIB 110 : Introduction to Academic Reading & Writing, LIB 111 : Academic Writing & Research, and LIB 112 : Writing in the Humanities). Teaching will also include Humanities electives and could contribute to our undergraduate Health Humanities program.

o Incorporates inclusive and active learning strategies in courses to promote student success.

o Uses the University’s learning management system to post syllabi, assignments, grades and other materials to communicate with students.

o Advises and assists students through office hours or scheduled appointments through university-approved mechanisms.

o Stays current with trends and best practices in writing instruction, including instruction to support multilingual students.

o Potential to manage the curriculum and ensure consistency across sections.

o Potential to support adjunct faculty members teaching in the first-year writing program.

o Potential to performs administrative duties to coordinate first-year writing program

o Periodically review and revise course content to align with university needs.

o Work with General Education Assessment Committee to support assessing LIB 111 and LIB 112 as part of general education assessment work.

For full consideration, applications should be submitted in full by November 15, 2024.

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