Position Openings

English/Composition - Writing Center

Alma College invites applications for a position in English and Composition.  This full-time, renewable position includes a blend of administrative duties in support of Alma College's Writing Center and teaching duties in the area of Rhetoric and Composition.  The starting date is July 1, 2013.

Applicants should have substantial experience teaching English Composition and have mastery in at least three of the following areas of expertise: the administration of Writing Centers, ESL, Rhetoric and Composition, and faculty training and support for Writing Across the Curriculum programs.  Specific responsibilities for this position will reflect the candidate's areas of expertise.

The position requires a Ph.D. in English or Composition; relevant administrative experience is preferable as well.  The ideal candidate will have a commitment to liberal arts education at the undergraduate level in an environment emphasizing close faculty-student interaction.

Review of applications will begin immediately.  We will interview at CCCC's in Las Vegas on March 13-16, 2013.  Email submissions are strongly encouraged.  Send letter of application and vita to: Dana Aspinall, aspinall@alma.edu, Chair, English Department Search Committee, Alma College, 614 W. Superior St., Alma, MI  48801.

A Phi Beta Kappa institution, Alma is a selective, baccalaureate liberal arts college committed to academic excellence and an equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse faculty, staff and student body.  For more information about the College, visit www.alma.edu.   

       

 

In the more than 125 years since its founding, Alma College has stayed true to its roots by keeping its Scottish heritage alive. Today, Alma features a marching band clad in kilts, a Scottish dance troupe, a competitive pipe band and its own tartan. Each year, the College hosts the Alma Highland Festival and Games, which feature traditional Scottish games and revelry.

 

Graduate Profile

Emily Boerman

Emily Boerman
Graduation: 2009
Major: Sociology and Spanish

While Emily Boerman ’09 never had the opportunity to meet legendary alumnus Frank Knox, who enrolled in 1893, she has made surprising connections with other Alma College alumni.

“I met a man who was at Alma the same year I was born, and we were still able to talk easily about the campus and experience,” she says. “You really don’t realize how small the world is until you get out there.”