Tenure-track Assistant Professor in Writing Studies

The Department of English at Santa Clara University, a Jesuit Catholic University, invites applications for a tenure-track position in Writing Studies. We seek candidates in the field of Writing Studies with a subspecialty in technical and professional communication, digital / multimodal writing, multilingualism, or the rhetoric of health and medicine. In keeping with Santa Clara’s Jesuit mission and values, we are particularly interested in candidates whose research and / or teaching emphasizes social justice. Successful candidates must have a strong commitment to undergraduate teaching and sustain an active record of publication. The successful candidate will start on September 1, 2026 and be expected to teach, engage in scholarship and / or creative work, and do service for the department, college, and university. SCU is on the quarter system and tenure-stream faculty are expected to teach six courses per year (two each quarter), alongside actively engaging in scholarship or creative work.