Job Summary

The Post-Doctoral Writing Fellowship will provide one-to-one or small group writing consultations for the On-Campus Writing Lab, the renowned Purdue OWL, to campus writers, primarily undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty. Responsible for using a collaborative, dialogic approach. Consultations will focus on planning, drafting, revising, editing, self-assessing. Facilitate clients understanding of rhetorical, genre, language, and document conventions. Develop, facilitate, promote, and assess writing workshops, whether focused on general audiences, on a variety of common topics, or targeted to specific disciplines or courses. Fellows will also focus on research that furthers writing studies scholarship, whether in the context of writing centers, writing-enhanced curricula in the scholar's discipline, writing across communities, or other relevant writing studies foci.

The College of Liberal Arts is an emerging leader in innovative Liberal Arts education and scholarship. It is home to the nationally-recognized Cornerstone Integrated Liberal Arts program, Degree+, and launched the campus Degree in 3 initiative. Purdue University and the College of Liberal Arts are committed to free and open inquiry in all matters. All staff are expected to contribute to a climate that values free inquiry.

Education

To be eligible for consideration, applicants must have received a Ph.D. or equivalent, between September 1, 2019, and December 31, 2022, in the humanities, social sciences, or education, with experience mentoring or teaching writing.

Application Procedure

All materials will be submitted electronically through careers.purdue.edu. Applications will just require submission of a CV and cover letter including short description of candidate’s research agenda around writings studies/writing center studies and experience mentoring writers at the undergraduate or graduate level. In addition, please submit a a writing sample of approximately 8-10K words, a diversity and inclusion statement and three letters of reference.

Review of applications will begin November 1, 2022, and continue until the positions are filled. Incomplete applications will not be considered, and a background check will be required for employment in this position. Questions should be addressed to search committee chair, Prof. Harry Denny (writing.lab@purdue.edu)

Purdue University is an EOE/AA employer. All individuals, including minorities, women, individuals with disabilities, and veterans are encouraged to apply.

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