Please include the following materials in your application:
- A cover letter that explains your interest in the position and contextualizes your application materials. The hiring committee would appreciate hearing about how assignments relate to the learning goals in the sample syllabus, how the sample course expresses your teaching philosophy, and how you create an equitable classroom environment that supports diverse learners. Additionally, please address how you might approach courses taught in a U-M living-learning community focused on writing and the arts.
- Curriculum Vitae
- Statement of Teaching Philosophy, not to exceed 2 pages
- DEI Statement
- One sample syllabus
- Two writing assignment prompts associated with the sample syllabus
- One letter of reference (Two letters for applicants from outside of the U-M.) Please do not
submit additional letters. - Recent teaching evaluations
Applications are due Monday, June 17, 2024, by 4:00 pm and should be addressed to: Selection Committee, Sweetland Center for Writing, 1310 North Quad. Please send a single PDF file with all of your materials to jcatey@umich.edu.
Sweetland will make the Lecturer I offer by July 15, 2024.
The Sweetland Center for Writing is now accepting applications for a Lecturer I position in the 2024-2025 academic year.
A comprehensive writing center and an independent academic unit in LSA, the Sweetland Center for Writing is guided by commitments to equity, anti-racism, and linguistic justice in its support of student writing at all levels and in all forms and modes.
Further information about the Sweetland Center for Writing can be found at https://lsa.umich.edu/sweetland and further information about the Lloyd Scholars for Writing and the Arts living-learning community can be found at https://lsa.umich.edu/lswa.
Courses relevant to this position include Writing 160 (Multimodal Writing), LSWA 125 (College Writing), and LSWA 130/230 (Writing and Arts), as well as weekly hours in Sweetland's Writing Workshop.
Please note: All Lecturers new to Sweetland are expected to attend an orientation (time and date to be determined) and a unit retreat on August 21, 9a-3p.
MFA or Ph.D. and demonstrated excellence in and commitment to teaching writing to undergraduates.
Ph.D. or terminal degree in a relevant field. Experience in one or more of the following areas: multimodal writing, first-year writing, writing center pedagogies, creative writing or other forms of creative expression, and/or digital literacies (for example, video composition, multimedia collaborations, etc.).
This position is covered under the collective bargaining agreement between the U-M and the Lecturers Employee Organization, AFL-CIO, which contains and settles all matters with respect to wages, benefits, hours and other terms and conditions of employment.
The University of Michigan conducts background checks on all job candidates upon acceptance of a contingent offer and may use a third party administrator to conduct background checks. Background checks are performed in compliance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
The mission of the University of Michigan is to serve the people of Michigan and the world through preeminence in creating, communicating, preserving and applying knowledge, art, and academic values, and in developing leaders and citizens who will challenge the present and enrich the future.
The University of Michigan is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.