Assistant Professor of English

Position Summary

The Assistant Professor position in the Department of English in the College of Arts and Sciences at Indiana University Northwest is a full-time, tenure-track, 10-month position. (Summer assignments and associated stipend are possible in accordance with programmatic need.) The Assistant Professor of English will be an experienced teacher of first-year writing and professional or technical communications writing who is committed to the success of a broad range of students and will have an active record of scholarship. A subfield in cultural or digital rhetorics is a plus. This position requires participation in a wide range of activities tied to our departmental writing program and the university’s Writing Center. Core responsibilities include teaching undergraduate and M.A. students in face-to-face and online modalities in the Department of English as well as service activities. The Assistant Professor of English position is responsible for a 12-hour per semester teaching load with an expected productive program of research and scholarly publication supported by a reduction in teaching load. Active involvement in service to the department, campus, discipline, and the community is also expected. ABOUT INDIANA UNIVERSITY NORTHWEST One of seven campuses of Indiana University, IU Northwest is located in metropolitan Northwest Indiana, approximately 30 miles southeast of Chicago and 10 miles from the Indiana Dunes National Park. The campus has a diverse student population of approximately 3,500 degree-seeking students and 1,800 dual-credit students and has been recognized by the Department of Education as a minority and Hispanic serving institution. The campus offers Associate, Baccalaureate, and Master’s degrees from the College of Arts and Sciences, the College of Health and Human Services, the School of Business and Economics, the School of the Arts, and the School of Education. The campus is also host to IU School of Medicine-Northwest-Gary, the region’s only four-year medical doctorate program. As a student-centered campus, IU Northwest is committed to academic excellence characterized by a love of ideas and achievement in learning, discovery, creativity, research, and community engagement.