Visiting Assistant Professor

Colorado State University, United States

Updated: 3 months ago
Location: Fort Collins, COLORADO
Deadline: 03 Feb 2024

Posting Details
Posting Detail Information


Working Title Visiting Assistant Professor
Position Location Fort Collins, CO
Work Location Position qualifies for hybrid/in-office work
Posting Number 202300475F
Proposed Annual Salary Range $72,500 - $74,500 Salary is commensurate with experience and qualifications.
Employee Benefits
Colorado State University is not just a workplace; it’s a thriving community that’s transforming lives and improving the human condition through world-class teaching, research, and service. With a robust benefits package, collaborative atmosphere, commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion , and focus on work-life balance, CSU is where you can thrive, grow, and make a lasting impact.
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Position Type Faculty
Work Hours/Week 40
Description of Work Unit
Founded in 1870, Colorado State University is among the nation’s leading research universities and enrolls approximately 32,000 undergraduate, graduate, and professional students. The English department at CSU is a vibrant and diverse community compriiong poets and linguists, literacy researchers and teacher educators, novelists and literary scholars, and rhetoricians and composition specialists. This department is home to 35 tenure stream faculty, 48 contract, continuing, or adjunct faculty, 6 administrative personnel, and approximately 325 undergraduate majors and 75 graduate students. We share a passion for exploring the multiple and dynamic ways that the English language is used to meet the demands of life in the twenty-first century. Students, staff, and faculty are committed to inclusive excellence, intellectual growth, and the creation of a more just and sustainable world. Moreover, the department houses the University Composition Program which serves more than 6,000 students across lower- and upper-division writing and rhetoric courses focused on preparing students to succeed in university and professional writing contexts. We offer ten lower-division and upper-division courses in writing and rhetoric, including College Composition (CO150), Writing in the Disciplines: Sciences (CO301B), Writing in Digital Environments (CO302), and Principles of Digital Rhetoric and Design (CO402). To learn more about the Department, visit our web site at: https://english.colostate.edu/
Located an hour north of the Denver metro area, Fort Collins is situated on the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains with views of 14,000-foot peaks. Fort Collins is a vibrant community of approximately 170,000 residents that offers the convenience of a small town with the amenities of a large city (e.g., access to numerous cultural, recreational, and outdoor opportunities).
Tenure/Tenure Track? No
% Research 35
% Teaching 50
% Service 15
% Administration 0
To ensure full consideration, applications must be received by 11:59pm (MT) on 02/03/2024
Number of Vacancies
Desired Start Date 08/16/2024
Position End Date 05/15/2025
Position Summary
The Department of English at Colorado State University seeks applicants for a visiting assistant professor (non-tenure line). We especially encourage candidates committed to equity-driven teaching who possess scholarly expertise in writing studies (broadly construed), including an active research program in cultural rhetorics, professional and technical communication (PTC), writing across the curriculum/writing in the disciplines (WAC/WID), and/or digital and multimodal rhetorics.
This is a 9-month non-tenure-line position beginning August 15, 2024. Throughout the term, the assistant professor teaches four courses per year.
Conditions of Employment Pre-employment Criminal Background Check (required for new hires)
Required Job Qualifications
Ph.D./Ed.D. in Rhetoric and Composition, English, or a closely related field at time of appointment
Preferred Job Qualifications
  • A record of excellence in teaching and scholarship in cultural rhetorics, professional writing, digital literacy, composition pedagogy, and/or WAC/WID commensurate with the rank of Visiting Assistant Professor.
  • Interest in developing campus partnerships to support interdisciplinary efforts.
  • Demonstrated commitment to inclusive pedagogy and scholarship.
Special Instructions to Applicants
Please upload a cover letter, CV, and writing sample when applying. CSU is committed to full inclusion of qualified individuals. If you are needing assistance or accommodations with the search process, please reach out to the listed search contact.
References will not be contacted without prior notification to candidates.
Background Check Policy Statement
Colorado State University strives to provide a safe study, work, and living environment for its faculty, staff, volunteers and students. To support this environment and comply with applicable laws and regulations, CSU conducts background checks for the finalist before a final offer. The type of background check conducted varies by position and can include, but is not limited to, criminal history, sex offender registry, motor vehicle history, financial history, and/or education verification. Background checks will also be conducted when required by law or contract and when, in the discretion of the University, it is reasonable and prudent to do so.
EEO Statement
Colorado State University is committed to providing an environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based on race, age, creed, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, sex, gender, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, or pregnancy in its employment, programs, services and activities, and admissions, and, in certain circumstances, marriage to a co-worker. The University will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. Colorado State University is an equal opportunity and equal access institution and affirmative action employer fully committed to achieving a diverse workforce and complies with all Federal and Colorado State laws, regulations, and executive orders regarding non-discrimination and affirmative action. The Office of Equal Opportunity is located in 101 Student Services.
The Title IX Coordinator is the Director of the Office of Title IX Programs and Gender Equity, 123 Student Services Building, Fort Collins, CO 80523-0160, (970) 491-1715, [email protected] .
The Section 504 and ADA Coordinator is the Director of the Office of Equal Opportunity, 101 Student Services Building, Fort Collins, CO 80523-0160, (970) 491-5836, [email protected] .
The Coordinator for any other forms of misconduct prohibited by the University’s Policy on Discrimination and Harassment is the Vice President for Equity, Equal Opportunity and Title IX, 101 Student Services Building, Fort Collins, Co. 80523-0160, (970) 491-5836, [email protected] .
Any person may report sex discrimination under Title IX to the Office of Civil Rights, Department of Education .
Diversity Statement
•Reflecting departmental and institutional values, candidates are expected to have the ability to advance the Department’s commitment to diversity and inclusion.
Search Contact Mike Palmquist - [email protected]

Essential Duties


Job Duty Category Teaching/Advising
Duty/Responsibility
Teach two courses per semester in the University Composition Program (UCP);  Writing, Rhetoric, and Literacy (WRL) English B.A. concentration; or Writing, Rhetoric, and Social Change (WRSC) Graduate M.A. program.
Percentage Of Time 50
Job Duty Category Scholarship, Research, and/or Creative Work
Duty/Responsibility
Maintain a scholarly program in Writing Studies.
Percentage Of Time 35
Job Duty Category Service
Duty/Responsibility
Provide service to the department, college, university, and profession.
Percentage Of Time 15

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