Baylor Interdisciplinary Core- Senior Lecturer



The Baylor Interdisciplinary Core seeks to hire a full-time lecturer to begin in Fall 2020. The candidate will teach a 4/4 load. We are seeking a person who has a primary focus and training in rhetorical studies. The person will have earned their PhD by the time of appointment. This person’s primary responsibilities will be in the areas of teaching and service, though we will consider the candidate’s publication record. The person’s primary teaching responsibilities include teaching two sections of the first-year writing and speaking course, World of Rhetoric I in the fall & World of Rhetoric II in the spring (this is a year long course sequence). The person will then teach two other courses that best fit their areas of specialization in teaching and research. As an integrated core curriculum with a focus on interdisciplinary studies, we seek to hire someone who can contribute to the team taught sequences in the BIC- World Cultures, Examined Life, Social World, and/or Natural World (https://www.baylor.edu/BIC/index.php?id=960498). Candidates should explain in their letter of application how they see themselves fitting into the rhetoric sequence and how they might potentially contribute to one or more of the other course sequences. Candidates should address how their record of teaching and research will contribute to the interdisciplinary faculty team that work in these course sequences.

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A complete application includes a letter of application, curriculum vitae, statement of teaching philosophy, official transcripts, and three letters of reference. Salary is commensurate with experience and qualifications. The candidate should address in their letter how they contribute to Baylor’s Christian mission and the Illuminate Strategic Plan (https://www.baylor.edu/illuminate/). Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. To ensure full consideration, completed applications must be submitted by ''' 10/25/2019. '''   Electronic submissions of all application materials must be submitted online via Interfolio (https://apply.interfolio.com/68248).

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Baylor University is a private Christian university and a nationally ranked research institution, consistently listed with highest honors among The Chronicle of Higher Education’s “Great Colleges to Work For.” The University is recruiting new faculty with a deep commitment to excellence in teaching, research and scholarship. Baylor seeks faculty who share in our aspiration to become a tier one research institution while strengthening our distinctive Christian mission as described in our strategic vision, Pro Futuris, (www.baylor.edu/profuturis/) and academic strategic plan, Illuminate (www.baylor.edu/illuminate ). As the world’s largest Baptist University, Baylor offers over 40 doctoral programs and has more than 17,000 students from all 50 states and more than 85 countries.