Job Opening: Director of ESOL at Bentley University

Advanced Assistant or Associate Professor of English/

Director, English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) Program

The English and Media Studies Department at Bentley University invites applications for a tenure-track advanced Assistant or Associate Professor to serve as ESOL director. We seek applicants with a record of publication and other scholarly activity in ESOL studies, excellence in teaching ESOL composition at the undergraduate level, and strong leadership, organizational, and interpersonal skills. A secondary specialty in applied linguistics, rhetoric, literature, film, communication or media studies is highly desirable. A Ph.D. is required at time of appointment in July 2013.

The ESOL director administers and teaches in the undergraduate ESOL expository writing program for fully matriculated international students, works closely with the ESOL Center director and faculty tutors, and oversees the coordinator for the ESOL graduate tutorials and seminars. Additional duties include recruiting adjunct ESOL writing faculty as needed, working with the director of expository writing to oversee the placement of all expository writing students each year, and meeting with representatives of the graduate school, international student offices, and career services to coordinate international undergraduate and graduate student academic support.  The ESOL director also serves as a resource for university faculty and staff and conducts workshops across the curriculum. This position presents an opportunity for leadership at the university level and potential for developing an English language institute program.

Applications must be submitted online at https://jobs.bentley.edu/.  Review will begin October 15, 2012. Please include cover letter, curriculum vitae, research statement, teaching philosophy, and three letters of reference.

As a leader in business education, Bentley’s mission is to create knowledge within and across business and the arts and sciences and to educate creative, ethical, and socially responsible organizational leaders. International students represent twelve percent of the undergraduate student population and twenty-four percent of the graduate population including the Ph.D. students. Bentley is an equal opportunity employer, building strength through diversity, and welcomes applications from members of under-represented groups.