One-year, full-time position as Director of the Writing Center and Associate Director of the Undergraduate Writing Program beginning July 1, 2009, with a possibility of renewal for a second year.  Appointment will be in the Department of English and Comparative Literature at the faculty rank of Lecturer in Discipline.  Ph.D. in English, Rhetoric/Composition, or a related field, and writing center experience required.  The Writing Center is housed in the Undergraduate Writing Program (UWP), which is housed in the Department of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University.

The Director of the Writing Center recruits, trains, and supervises 25-30 graduate student tutors per year; coordinates Writing Center scheduling; publicizes the work of the Writing Center; leads workshops for undergraduate students on diverse topics related to academic and professional writing; teaches one section of first-year composition per semester; and, as Associate Director of the Undergraduate Writing Program, supports the Director of the UWP in all aspects of the UWP’s administration, including overseeing the program’s 80 graduate student instructors and facilitating the graduate pedagogy seminar.

Applications must be filed online at academicjobs.columbia.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=51450 by April 30, 2009; in addition, dossier or letters of reference must be sent to Chair, UWP Search Committee, Department of English and Comparative Literature, 602 Philosophy Hall, Columbia University, MC 4927, 1150 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10027. Columbia University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.