"Lecturer, Department of Writing and Rhetoric"

Stony Brook University’s Department of Writing and Rhetoric (DWR) is hiring full-time lecturers to start in August 2026. Chosen candidates must exhibit a commitment to innovative teaching practices and engage with professional development activities. Possession of an MA, MFA, or PhD in a related field or an MA in TESOL or Applied Linguistics at the time of application; a minimum of three years’ experience teaching first-year writing; and a demonstrated commitment to advancing educational access, opportunity, and inclusive excellence are required. Preferred credentials include experience assessing student learning outcomes; demonstrated knowledge of professional or technical writing instruction; experience teaching English language learners (ELLs) in a postsecondary setting, including but not limited to grammar, phonetics, and/or phonology; and evidence of academic service. The position is for a two-year, renewable contract. The teaching load is 3/3, primarily in first-year writing with opportunities to teach occasional courses in the DWR’s upper-division curriculum, undergraduate ELLs in the Program in Academic English, and graduate-level international TA training. Other duties include mentoring students, academic service, and attending departmental meetings.

Required Qualifications

• Demonstrated commitment to innovative teaching practices
• Engagement with professional development activities
• MA, MFA, or PhD (or foreign equivalent) in a related field or an MA in TESOL or Applied Linguistics at the time of application
• Minimum of three years’ experience teaching first-year writing
• Demonstrated commitment to advancing educational access, opportunity, and inclusive excellence

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience assessing student learning outcomes
• Demonstrated knowledge of professional or technical writing instruction
• Experience teaching English language learners (ELLs) in a postsecondary setting, including but not limited to grammar, phonetics, and/or phonology
• Evidence of academic service

All application materials must be submitted online through Interfolio. Please use the Apply Now button to submit the following documents:

• CV
• Application letter explaining your qualifications; teaching philosophy; teaching effectiveness; and commitment to advancing educational access, opportunity, and inclusive excellence
• 3 confidential letters of recommendation
• Sample materials from one of your first-year writing courses, including at least a syllabus and assignment(s)

For this position, we are unable to sponsor candidates for work visas.

If you have any questions, inquiries should be directed to: writingdepartment@stonybrook.edu.