Position Number: 002302, 002304, 005203, 005211 Department: College of Humanities & Earth and Social Sciences (Col) Employment Type: Permanent - Full-time Months Per Year: 9 Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Position Description The University of North Carolina at Charlotte’s Department of Writing, Rhetoric & Digital Studies ( WRDS ) invites applications for four non-tenure track ( NTT ) teaching faculty at the rank of Lecturer or Assistant Teaching Professor with positions to begin Fall 2025. Position numbers 2302, 5211, 2304, 5203. Successful applicants will join a vibrant and collegial degree-granting writing department located on the beautiful 1,000-acre campus of North Carolina’s urban research university. These 9-month full-time positions will teach 3 – 4 courses (12 contact hours) per semester with opportunities for summer teaching with additional pay. The WRDS curriculum is guided by a set of first-year writing student learning outcomes (https://writing.charlotte.edu/about/student-learning-outcomes/) and a set of upper-division outcomes, (https://writing.charlotte.edu/writing-rhetoric-digital-studies/student-learning-outcomes/) and all WRDS courses are informed by the diverse and interdisciplinary expertise of WRDS Faculty. Successful applicants will have the opportunity to use innovative writing pedagogies to teach UNC Charlotte’s unique student body, which includes first-generation college students and multilingual speakers from various backgrounds. WRDS NTT teaching faculty regularly engage in department stewardship, including curricular development, promotion of the WRDS major/minor, and departmental self-governance. WRDS faculty also engage in community-engaged and public-facing work across campus and the larger Charlotte region. Successful applicants can expect the following responsibilities: + regularly teaching UNC Charlotte’s first-year writing course + teaching upper-level undergraduate writing, rhetoric, and digital studies courses (https://writing.charlotte.edu/writing-rhetoric-digital-studies/courses/) as needed + serving on a department committee and regularly attending departmental meetings + participating in professional development to stay current with developments across Writing Studies, including rhetoric and composition, literacy studies, professional writing, and digital studies. WRDS Department professional development funding is available for NTT teaching faculty. Minimum Experience / Education: UNC Charlotte gives primary consideration to the earned masters and/or terminal degree in the teaching discipline or a related discipline. Preferred Education Skills and Experience: Required Qualifications: + Master’s degree (for a lecturer) or terminal degree (for an assistant teaching professor) in Rhetoric and Composition or closely-related field; degree must be in hand by August 2025 + At least 9 months of experience teaching first-year writing + Familiarity with current writing pedagogy + Pedagogical knowledge or experience in one of the following areas: community engagement and writing, rhetoric, multimodal composition, digital studies, or writing center studies + Potential for or experience engaging in service activities (e.g. committee participation, extracurricular clubs or organization participation, grant/manuscript reviewing, fundraising, etc.) Preferred Qualifications + Demonstrated excellence in teaching first-year writing + Familiarity with current writing assessment scholarship