Career Center

The Department of English at Santa Clara university invites applications for a tenure-track position in Technical and Professional Communication (TPC) with primary expertise in Black TPC and additional expertise in one or more of the areas: user experience design, health communication, activism, community rhetorics, digital rhetorics, cultural rhetorics, and/or digital methods and methodologies. Successful candidates must have a strong record of teaching undergraduates and a strong scholarly trajectory in Black TPC. Inquiries may be sent by email to jgopp@scu.edu. 

This position is slated for inclusion in a College of Arts & Sciences cluster hire in the area of Inequality & Social Justice that also includes the Departments of Art & Art History, Philosophy, Environmental Studies & Sciences, Biology, Religious Studies, History, and Theater & Dance.. Cluster hire participants will receive mentorship and regular group meetings providing peer support and interdisciplinary intellectual community to support their scholarly and creative work.

All applications must go through the Workday portal found at scu.edu/hr/careers, or click here. 

PhD in Technical Communication, Rhetoric, Writing Studies, Composition, English or related field completed by September 1, 2024; potential for excellence in teaching undergraduate technical communication courses; scholarship in TPC and a clear research trajectory in Black TPC.

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