Writing Program Director & Rhetoric/Composition – Tenure-Track

California State University, Chico; Sonoma (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Sonoma State University seeks an Assistant Professor of Rhetoric and Composition who will also serve as Writing Program Director. The role combines teaching core rhetoric courses with leadership of the university's first-year writing program and curriculum development.

The candidate will mentor lecturers and tenure-line faculty, advance assessment efforts, and contribute to writing instruction that engages multilingual learners and underrepresented students, while fostering digital literacies

Responsibilities

• Teach rhetoric and composition courses and upper-division courses emphasizing digital and multimodal literacies.
• Coordinate curriculum development and program assessment for the first-year writing program.
• Provide mentoring, teaching resources, and professional development in collaboration with lecturers and tenure-line faculty.
• Foster multilingual literacy and culturally responsive writing pedagogy for underrepresented and first-generation students.

Job description

Sonoma State University seeks an Assistant Professor of Rhetoric and Composition who will also serve as Writing Program Director. The role combines teaching core rhetoric courses with leadership of the university's first-year writing program and curriculum development.

The candidate will mentor lecturers and tenure-line faculty, advance assessment efforts, and contribute to writing instruction that engages multilingual learners and underrepresented students, while fostering digital literacies