Faculty Associate in English

Arizona State University; Tempe (AZ); On-site; USD 83,000 - 165,000; Part time

Job summary

Arizona State University invites applications for Faculty Associate positions in the Department of English on the Tempe Campus to teach undergraduate and graduate courses in Creative Writing, English Education, Film & Media Studies, Linguistics and more, online and on-campus. These one-semester, part-time appointments are non-benefits eligible with no tenure implications.

Typical load is one to two classes per semester.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree by appointment.
• Evidence of effective teaching.

Responsibilities

• Teach undergraduate and graduate courses in English across listed specializations.
• Use Canvas or similar LMS for assessing student work and feedback.

Skills

Teaching experience

Curriculum development

Education

Master’s degree by appointment

MFA or Ph.D. by time of appointment

Job description

Arizona State University: Office of the University Provost: The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences: Division of Humanities: Department of English

Location

Tempe Campus

Open Date

Jul 06, 2026

Description

The Department of English on the Tempe Campus at Arizona State University invites applications for the Faculty Associate positions to teach undergraduate and/or graduate courses, online and/or on-campus in: Creative Writing; English Education; Film and Media Studies; Linguistics and Applied Linguistics; Literature; Writing, and Rhetorics and Literacies. These positions are one semester appointments, part time, non-benefits eligible with no tenure implications. A typical Faculty Associate course load is one to two classes per semester. Teaching duties include: setting assignment deadlines, responding to and evaluating student work, and availability for one-on-one assistance (via weekly office hours for on-campus classes and electronically for online classes). Anticipated start date: Fall 2026, Spring 2027, Summer 2027 and Fall 2027.

About the Department of English

The Department of English's motto - "Start here, go anywhere" - captures the unique value of our undergraduate and graduate English degrees, ones that can serve students in any art form, any discipline, and any profession. In fact, our degrees can take students anywhere they wish to travel. The Department of English faculty is internationally renowned for innovative research and teaching and explores the pan-world expression of the English language and its literature, which span the global yet connect directly to the local. The skills of critical thinking, reading comprehension, and analytic expression cultivated in the degrees are transferable into any endeavor. In particular, such skills provide the foundation for creative problem-solving and cultivate individual and collective expression. The department takes as its purview not just historical positioned work, whether linguistic or textual, but includes all forms of expression and all modes of new media, whether analogical or digital. We emphasize writing- academic, creative, personal, public, and workplace- that explores difference reflectively and functionally. Our goal is to educate citizens who can think, read, write, and act in robust and significant ways to meet new challenges.

About The College

The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is the academic heart of Arizona State University, committed to improving communities on a local, national, and global scale. We support the professional development and growth of our faculty and staff in their cutting-edge research to advance these aims. Within The College, our faculty engage with a large, curious student body, guiding them as they grow into socially aware, critical thinkers and writers able to succeed in a wide range of careers and to address the challenges of the twenty-first century. Advancing the success of our students remains our top priority. To learn more about The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, please visit https://thecollege.asu.edu.

About Arizona State University

ASU exemplifies a new prototype for the American public research university. As articulated in the ASU Charter, ASU is a comprehensive public research university, measured not by whom it excludes, but by whom it includes and how they succeed; advancing research and discovery of public value; and assuming fundamental responsibility for the economic, social, cultural, and overall health of the communities it serves.

Essential Functions

• Teach undergraduate and graduate students in Creative Writing; English Education; Film and Media Studies; Linguistics and Applied Linguistics; Literature; Writing, and Rhetorics and Literacies courses and other disciplinary areas as needed, including creating lesson plans, evaluation of student work, office hours, and other essential teaching functions
• Use Canvas for assessment of student work
• Participate in all unit and university assessment activities

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Master’s degree in relevant field by the time of appointment
• Evidence of effective teaching

Desired qualifications

• MFA or Ph.D. in relevant field by time of appointment
• Record of scholarly publication and/or evidence of professional development in relevant field
• Minimum of two years of post-secondary teaching experience
• Demonstrated commitment to working with faculty, staff, students and communities to advance the principles of the ASU Charter.