Tenure-Track Tech & Professional Writing Scholar (AI)

George Mason University; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

George Mason University in Fairfax, VA invites applications for a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Professional and Technical Writing. The position focuses on critical AI literacies, designing and teaching undergraduate and graduate courses, advising students, and collaborating across the university on AI policy and curriculum.

The 2:2 teaching load includes upper-division technical writing and graduate courses in rhetoric and technical communication, with opportunities to shape AI-related

Qualifications

• Ph.D. in professional writing, rhetoric, technical communication, or a related field.
• Research and teaching focus on critical AI literacies and technical communication, workplace studies, and/or rhetorical theory.

Responsibilities

• Maintains an active research agenda and publication record at a rate appropriate for eventual tenure and promotion at an R1 university.
• Teaches courses in the English Department; mentors and supervises undergraduate and graduate student researchers.
• Provides service to the English department, college, and university by participation on faculty committees.

Skills

Critical AI literacies

Technical communication

Rhetorical theory

Workplace studies

Education

Ph.D. in professional writing, rhetoric, technical communication, or a related field

Job description

George Mason University in Fairfax, VA invites applications for a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Professional and Technical Writing. The position focuses on critical AI literacies, designing and teaching undergraduate and graduate courses, advising students, and collaborating across the university on AI policy and curriculum.

The 2:2 teaching load includes upper-division technical writing and graduate courses in rhetoric and technical communication, with opportunities to shape AI-related