Assistant Professor of Rhetoric and Composition

Located in North Carolina's third largest city, UNC Greensboro is among the most diverse, learner-centered public research universities in the state, with 18,000 students in eight colleges and schools pursuing more than 150 areas of undergraduate and over 200 areas of graduate study. UNCG continues to be recognized nationally for academic excellence, access, and affordability. UNCG is ranked No. 1 most affordable institution in North Carolina for net cost by the N.Y. Times and No. 1 in North Carolina for social mobility by The Wall Street Journal - helping first-generation and lower-income students find paths to prosperity. Designated an Innovation and Economic Prosperity University by the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities, UNCG is a community-engaged research institution with a portfolio of more than $67M in research and creative activity. The University's 2,600 staff help create an annual economic impact for the Piedmont Triad region in excess of $1B.

The English Department is a large department in the College of Arts and Sciences offering B.A., B.A. with teaching licensure, M.A., MFA, and Ph.D. degrees. The Department has 33 full-time faculty members: 18 tenure-line (2 are Excellence Professors), 3 Academic Professionals, and 12 full-time lecturers. Additional instruction is provided by 30 teaching assistants in the MFA and PhD programs. The Department has approximately 90 Ph.D., M.A., and MFA graduate students and roughly 300 undergraduates in our majors and minors. The department offers approximately 250 courses each academic year. In addition, the Department publishes a literary journal, The Greensboro Review.

The Department of English has the following administrative positions and programs: Department Head; Associate Head; Director of Graduate Studies (Ph.D., M.A.); Director of Creative Writing ( MFA); Director of Undergraduate Studies (B.A.); Director of College Writing; and Director of English Education (B.A. with teaching licensure).

The English Department at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position in Rhetoric and Composition, to begin August 1, 2025.

We seek a teacher-scholar with research and teaching interests in areas that would complement and expand departmental strengths. Desirable areas of expertise include cultural rhetorics; transnational or global rhetorical studies; literacy studies; or other emerging fields.

The successful applicant for this position will teach courses in rhetoric and writing at the undergraduate and graduate level, will advise undergraduates and contribute to the supervision of M.A. and Ph.D. students, and will pursue research related to the applicant's area of specialization within rhetoric and composition.

Applicants should demonstrate excellence in teaching and strong potential for independent research. Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a diverse academic setting and demonstrated knowledge of inclusive, accessible, and culturally relevant teaching practices is desirable. Interest and/or experience with writing program administration is desirable, as the successful applicant will be expected to rotate after tenure into a three-year term as Director of College Writing. Such interest and/or experience may be addressed at the end of the applicant's letter of application, following their research and teaching expertise.

UNCG is a doctoral-granting university with an engaged English department and thriving undergraduate and graduate programs. We value cross-disciplinary approaches and maintain strong institutional connections with interdisciplinary programs in African American and African Diaspora Studies and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. In recent years we have revised our undergraduate curriculum, PhD curriculum, and doctoral exams to reflect emerging disciplinary paradigms and to increase students' opportunities for public-facing and community-engaged scholarship. The English Department has emerged as a campus leader in envisioning and supporting innovative futures for humanities work at public institutions, through such initiatives as UNCG's Humanities Network and Consortium ( HNAC). Building on the leadership of English Department collaborators, UNCG aims to be a model institution for connecting humanities students to meaningful careers and communities through a multi-year, Mellon-supported Humanities @ Work initiative.

UNCG is a Minority Serving Institution and for multiple years has been the top university in the state for social mobility. Nearly eighty percent of recent graduates report remaining in North Carolina after graduation. Knowledge of and commitment to our unique student body informs the work of the English Department, the College of Arts and Sciences, and the university. UNCG fosters an environment of collaboration across departments and schools and supports community-engaged research. UNCG is an EOE/AA/M/F/D/V employer and is strongly committed to increasing faculty diversity.

We offer competitive salaries and benefit packages, a reduced teaching load for research-active faculty who contribute to our graduate programs, and opportunities to develop research agendas, participate in cross-disciplinary collaborations, and teach in a department committed to equity, access, and excellence. UNCG is located in a metropolitan area of more than 1.7 million in the Piedmont region of North Carolina, between the Atlantic Ocean and the Appalachian Mountains. The city of Greensboro offers an affordable, excellent quality of life, with numerous cultural and recreational opportunities.

How to Apply:
Please upload a letter of application, a CV, a list of references, a teaching statement, and a statement of teaching effectiveness; please include in your teaching statement a list of potential courses you would like to teach at the undergraduate and graduate level.

Candidates who are invited to interview will be asked to provide three letters of recommendation.

Candidates should hold or anticipate a PhD in Rhetoric and Composition, English, or a related discipline by August 1, 2025.

Please upload a letter of application, a CV, a list of references, a teaching statement, and a statement of teaching effectiveness; please include in your teaching statement a list of potential courses you would like to teach at the undergraduate and graduate level.