Rhetoric/Composition 2020

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Virginia Tech University (VA) - English Department Chair
Position Summary

The Chair provides leadership for the department, ensuring that all programs thrive and connecting departmental goals with college and university objectives, such as implementing curricular reform, creating a diverse and inclusive student body, and strategically growing graduate and undergraduate programs. Responsibilities include oversight of budgets; management of personnel; and stewardship, along with the various program directors, of academic programs. Other responsibilities include serving as the department’s advocate; taking a leadership role in the shaping of a vision for the future of the department; coordinating fundraising and development; chairing departmental committees; evaluating faculty and staff performance; and writing/collaborating on departmental reports. The Chair works to further the department’s commitment to increase the diversity of its faculty, staff, and students and carries forward the department’s diversity plan. The initial appointment as Chair is for three years.

Minimum Qualifications

Candidates must have a record of academic achievement in any subject area covered by the department, including literature, composition and rhetoric, creative writing, professional and technical writing, and linguistics, to merit appointment as a Full Professor at Virginia Tech; demonstrated effectiveness in planning and administration; demonstrated effectiveness in working with diverse groups of students, faculty, staff, and other university constituents; excellent interpersonal skills; demonstrated leadership ability substantiated by at least three years of service as a program director or equivalent level of responsibility; an ability to work collaboratively; a commitment to the liberal arts and the threefold mission of teaching, research, and engagement.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience handling budgets and directing personnel.

To Apply

Submit applications electronically at http://www.jobs.vt.edu, posting no. TR0190088. Attach a letter of interest and curriculum vitae to the electronic application, and you will be asked to provide contacts information for at least three references. Letter of interest should focus upon administrative experience and philosophy, but can also address achievement in scholarship, teaching, and outreach, as well as contributions to diversity and inclusion. Address queries to Joseph F. Eska at eska@vt.edu. Applications will be acknowledged via e-mail. Review of applications will begin 21 October 2019 and will continue until the position is filled. Initial interviews will be conducted in December via Skype.

Job announcement link: http://listings.jobs.vt.edu/postings/98767

Deadline: October 21, 2019

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Demographics for 2019-2020 Rhet-Comp Job Search
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Ph.D. in hand (one-year, VAP, Lecturer, post-doc): (VAP); (post-doc); (lect); Clin Prof (non TT):

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Ph.D. in hand (full-time employment in academic administration):

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Primarily working in rhet/comp:

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Candidates whose primary specialization is technical / professional communication: