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Subject:Tech Comm Faculty Position (Michigan Tech) From:Karla Saari Kitalong <kitalong -at- MTU -dot- EDU> Date:Wed, 25 Sep 1996 17:22:37 -0400
Position in Technical Writing/Communication-
Michigan Tech
The faculty of the Department of Humanities is pleased to invite
applications for a position in Scientific and Technical
Writing/Communication at the Assistant Professor level (or, for
candidates with exceptional credentials, the Assoc. Professor level)
to begin in August 1997. We seek an enthusiastic and committed
colleague, one prepared to join the tenure-track ranks with Ph.D.
completed. Salary negotiable.
Preferred research backgrounds include writing in scientific and
technical disciplines, technical communication in industry, history of
technical/scientific texts, rhetoric of science and technology, or GTA
education in technical communication/writing. We also welcome
strengths in such areas as research methods (especially historical or
empirical/quantitative), environmental communication, computer-
mediated communication, ethics and technical communication, or
visual and graphic communication. Practical experience in public,
private, or nonprofit sectors highly desirable. Candidates from
under-represented groups especially welcome.
The Department of Humanities is a strong, interdisciplinary, and
collegial group of scholars who work in such fields as rhetoric,
composition, communication, literature, languages, linguistics, and
philosophy. We have a large graduate program offering the Ph.D.
and M.S. in Rhetoric and Technical Communication, as well as
vigorous undergraduate programs offering the B.S. and B.A. in
Scientific and Technical Communication, and the B.A. in
interdisciplinary Liberal Arts and English.
Send letters of application, vita, and three letters of recommendation
to Cynthia L. Selfe and Craig Waddell (Search Committee Co-
Chairs), Department of Humanities, Michigan Tech, Houghton, MI
49931. Send e-mail inquiries to CYSELFE -at- MTU -dot- EDU -dot-
Cynthia L. Selfe
Humanities Department
Michigan Technological University
1400 Townsend Dr.
Houghton, MI 49931
Internet: cyselfe -at- mtu -dot- edu
Telephone: (906) 487-2447
Fax: 906/487-3559
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Karla Saari Kitalong kitalong -at- mtu -dot- edu
Department of Humanities URL: http://www.hu.mtu.edu/~kitalong/
Michigan Technological U.
1400 Townsend Drive voice: 906-487-3262
Houghton, MI 49931 fax: 906-487-3559
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