Brief Job Overview/Summary

Stockton University in New Jersey seeks applications for a full-time Non-Tenure Track Teaching faculty member in Writing and First-Year Studies. This position begins September 1, 2025. The successful candidate will join core faculty housed in the School of General Studies in teaching first-year writing courses, including especially our course for students who may benefit from extra support, as part of an innovative, University-wide First-Year Studies program. Our program’s new outcomes focus on developing rhetorical knowledge and practice, developing and engaging in a writing process, and engaging in a research process. The program is also in the process of re-imagining the University’s Writing-Across-the-Curriculum (WAC) program which will likely include WID requirements across majors, interdisciplinary collaborations to develop discipline-specific writing objectives, mentorship of campus faculty teaching WAC/WID, and assessment of discipline-specific writing objectives. The program hopes successful candidates can contribute to the re-imagined WAC/WID program. Successful candidates can also teach other courses for our interdisciplinary writing minor and have the opportunity to teach other interdisciplinary general education courses in the university-wide curriculum.

Descriptions of Essential Duties/Responsibilities:

• Teach FRST 1101: College Writing, a core writing course, and potentially other courses for the writing minor, first-year seminars, or the interdisciplinary General Studies curriculum
• Teach four courses per semester (4 credit-hours per course), with future possibility of replacing some teaching with alternative assignments
• Serve as a preceptor (advisor) to students, as necessary
• Provide service to the University, community and profession
• Perform other duties as may be assigned by the Dean of General Studies and/or the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
• Support Stockton University’s commitment and strong student-centered vision and mission

Required Qualifications:

• MA or MFA degree in relevant discipline (e.g., composition/rhetoric/argument, historical/literary/cultural studies, creative writing, philosophy, communications, etc.)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience teaching college-level courses in first-year writing
• Demonstrates a pedagogical approach that is informed by current and best practices in writing, composition, and rhetoric
• Experience or interest in teaching underserved populations with an emphasis on anti-racist, social justice, or trauma-informed pedagogies
• Experience and knowledge of Writing-Across-the-Curriculum (WAC) or Writing-in-the-Disciplines (WID) approaches to composition whether through teaching WAC/WID courses, administrating a WAC/WID program, or offering faculty mentorship in writing