"Assistant Professor/Instructor of Composition"

About the Position

This is a full-time instructional position, with the expectation of teaching four courses per semester. Candidate can be hired as a Term Instructor (without a terminal degree) or Term Assistant Professor (with a terminal degree). Term faculty are eligible for multi-year contracts and promotion. This position requires in-person teaching at Mason Korea; it cannot be carried out remotely.

George Mason University has a strong institutional commitment to achieving excellence and diversity among its faculty and staff and strongly encourages candidates to apply who will enrich Mason’s academic and culturally inclusive environment. Benefits are competitive. The expected initial term is one year, with the opportunity for renewal and multi-year contracts.

Responsibilities

The primary responsibility of faculty in these positions will be to teach first-year composition and/or advanced composition courses in the Mason Core (Mason’s general education program). These are tightly coordinated courses, and faculty are expected to follow the curricular approaches of the home department at the US campus. During the first year, faculty new to teaching in Mason’s Composition program are required to teach program-designed curricula.

Qualifications / Required Qualifications

• MA in English, Rhetoric and Composition, or TESOL or MFA in Creative Writing
• At least two years’ experience in the last five years teaching college-level composition in a U.S. institution

Preferred Qualifications

• PhD in Rhetoric and Composition (or related area)
• Graduate coursework in composition pedagogy
• Experience with second language pedagogies or teaching multilingual or international students

Application Instructions

For full consideration, applicants should do the following by Monday, September 29.

To Apply: Applicants MUST submit the following documents to university hiring site (Click on Apply for this Job).

• Complete and submit the online application;
• Upload the following required documents: a cover letter that includes a brief explanation of how the candidate has employed pedagogical approaches that serve diverse student populations such as Mason’s, a current C.V., and a syllabus (with calendar) and assignment from a recent college-level composition class.
• Name and contact information for three references.

About George Mason Korea

George Mason University is an innovative, entrepreneurial institution with national distinction in both academics and research. It is among the 115 or so top “R1” ranked research universities in the US and in the top 200 of the Shanghai World Ranking of Universities. A public university located in Fairfax, Virginia, George Mason is the largest and most diverse university in Virginia, with students and faculty from all 50 states and over 135 countries studying in over 200 degree programs.

Mason Korea is George Mason’s campus in Songdo, South Korea. Mason Korea was established as part of George Mason University’s commitment to education on a global scale and its belief in the power of international perspective and connection. Mason Korea is located on the Incheon Global Campus (IGC), which it shares with three other international branch campuses. Mason Korea students, staff, and faculty have access to modern facilities and resources on the IGC for a terrific living and work environment. Songdo, South Korea is a modern “smart” city designed from the start with large parks, plentiful walking and bike paths, and excellent public transportation. Songdo is convenient to Korea’s Incheon International Airport – around a half hour by car – as well as to the capital city of Seoul – around an hour by car.

Further information on Mason Korea can be found at masonkorea.gmu.edu/