Campus

LANGSTON

Contact Name & Email

Nika Wilson, luhumanresources@langston.edu

Work Schedule

Monday through Friday, 8:00am-5:00pm with occasional evenings and weekends.

Appointment Length

9 months or less

Hiring Range

$42,000 - $52,000

Commensurate with education and experience

Priority Application Date

While applications will be accepted until a successful candidate has been hired, interested parties are encouraged to submit their materials by to ensure full consideration.

Special Instructions to Applicants

For full consideration, please include a resume, cover letter and three professional reference letters, and official transcripts.

About this Position

Langston University is currently searching for a non-Tenure Track, full time Instructor or Assistant Professor of English, with experience working with corequisite students.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

Faculty member must be prepared to fulfill the responsibilities of teaching, scholarship, and service to the university. The faculty member will teach a 5/4 load.  Faculty member will provide academic advising to undergraduate students. Faculty member will actively seek grants and other funding to help strengthen the department’s research program and provide student support. Faculty member will participate in departmental, school, and university projects and committees. The faculty member will play an active role in shaping the future of the English department through departmental planning and development.

The preferred candidate will also demonstrate expertise teaching marginalized populations, corequisite composition or reading as well as an understanding of culturally responsive teaching, HBUCs, and land grant institutions to meet the needs of students in survey courses. The preferred candidate must have the ability to demonstrate use of technology in the classroom to enhance lesson delivery and must be willing and able to use technology relevant to specifically assigned courses. Online teaching experience, willingness to teach online, and the ability to communicate well and employ teaching methods that engage students from traditionally underrepresented populations will be a plus.

Required Qualifications

• Master's

  ABD in closely related field or MA in Reading. 

  (degree must be conferred on or before agreed upon start date)

Preferred Qualifications

• Ph.D./Ed.D.

  English or Rhetoric