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UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY Assistant Professor of Technical Communication and Rhetoric in TOOELE, Utah
Assistant Professor of Technical Communication and Rhetoric
Requisition ID: 2025-9788
of Openings: 1
Location: US-UT-Tooele
Category: Faculty
Position Type: Benefited Full-Time
Job Classification: Faculty
College: College of Arts and Sciences
Department: Communication and Media
Advertised Salary: Commensurate with qualifications and experience, plus excellent benefits
Overview
The Department of Communication and Media at Utah State University Tooele seeks applications for an academic-year, nine-month, tenure-track Assistant Professor of Technical Communication and Rhetoric. Strong applicants will have 1) experience teaching a variety of technical communication and rhetoric courses such as UX, editing, and grant writing; 2) experience teaching in hybrid (in-person and synchronous online) modalities; and/or specialization in critical and practical approaches to content strategy, AI, and emerging technologies. USU Tooele is part of USU's Statewide community of campuses, and candidates should be experts in pedagogies that support the learning, recruitment, and retention of a wide variety of students, including non-traditional students, first-generation students, students of color, students with disabilities, and students from rural backgrounds. We also welcome applications from candidates who have teaching and research interests in fields with direct demographic and geographic connections to USU Tooele and other Statewide locations.
The applicant is required to have a PhD in Technical Communication or a related field, a strong teaching record, and potential for publication. This is a teaching-centered position (80% of the role statement) with a teaching load of four courses per semester (4/4). The candidate will be expected to teach courses to Statewide students primarily via a synchronous course delivery format, which provides simultaneous in-person instruction for Tooele students and synchronous virtual instruction for all other Statewide and Logan students. The candidate will also engage in research as their secondary area of effectiveness (10% of role statement) and service (10%). Candidates publishing in a variety of genres, from academic research articles to public-facing reports, are encouraged to apply. Teaching will be based on the Tooele campus, approximately 30 miles from downtown Salt Lake City. The position begins in August 2026.
The Department of Communication and Media may consider work sponsorship for Change of Status visas, or visas that will not require the $100,000 fee. This decision to sponsor will be made in consultation with and approval from Human Resources and the Provost's Office.
Responsibilities
The successful applicant will contribute to the department in the following ways:
Teach courses in the Technical Communication and Rhetoric undergraduate program.
Provide students with mentoring and educational opportunities to develop transferable workforce skills for a variety of careers and professions.
Teach Public Speaking or Interpersonal Communication courses in our General Education program. (Preferred.)
Teach graduate courses in the online Master of Technical Communication program and serve on dissertation... For full info follow application link.
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