Teaching Faculty for Technical Communication Program

The instructor chosen for this position will instruct InterEGR 275 course, which is required for Civil, Environmental, Geological, and Nuclear Engineering students. This position will teach students how to contextualize, defend, and promote their own ideas so that they learn the kind of critical perspective-taking that will ensure their technical ideas engage audiences within and outside of their workplace. We seek a colleague who will bring a passion for scientific and engineering topics with a solid background teaching communication skills. This is a 50% FTE position.

• Researches and develops understanding of communication demands of engineering-specific genres, and provides students with opportunities for critical thinking about engineering challenges at both local and global levels

• Assesses learner performance and prepares reports recommending instructional improvements

• Provides classroom, online and/or laboratory instruction, including grading

• Assists in developing techniques and/or model programs for carrying out instructional goals in disciplinary area and may help identify ways in which new techniques could be of assistance

• Assists in defining the objectives of the program and plays a major role in carrying out program duties

• Develops teaching techniques that enhance course effectiveness in alignment with desired outcomes and established strategy

Technical Communication Program, a group of non-tenure-track instructional staff in renewable positions who provide critical communication skills for engineering students at UW-Madison. Our program, housed in the College of Engineering, teaches informative, analytic, and persuasive technical writing, technical presentations, and engineering ethics to prepare students for the multidisciplinary communication challenges of the engineering workplace.

We are an engaged, collaborative program that seeks to have an impact on communication across the curriculum in the College of Engineering, and our primary mission is to ensure that we prepare our engineers to communicate engineering technical value along with the social, economic, environmental, political, global, and ethical impacts of their work on a variety of stakeholders. Join us in this important work!

The typical starting salary for this position is a minimum $46,000 for 9-months, depending on qualifications and experience.

Applicants must have two or more years of recent experience teaching advanced presentations courses, technical communication, or college-level composition to engineering or science students.

Online teaching or online course development experience a plus.

Ph.D. in English, Technical Communication, Composition/Rhetoric, Communication Arts, History, History of Science, Philosophy, Cultural Studies, Engineering Education, or a related field.

Applicants should attach a letter of qualifications/cover letter and resume detailing their training and experience relating to the required and preferred qualifications referenced above. Please note, there is only one attachment field. You must upload all of your documents in the attachment field.

Dr. Laura Grossenbacher, lrgrossenbac@wisc.edu, 608-262-8073

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