Tenure Track Advanced Assistant or Associate Professor of English, Secondary Education

About the role

The Department of English, the Arts, & Interdisciplinary Studies at the University of South Carolina Beaufort seeks a tenure-track Advanced Assistant or Associate Professor in English, Secondary Education to support the B.A. in English and B.A. in English with Secondary ELA Licensure. This is a full-time, 9-month appointment commencing August 2027. USCB is a small public undergraduate institution (~2,000 students) in Beaufort County, with campuses in Bluffton and historic Beaufort. The successful candidate will articulate a vision for contributing to USCB's local and regional engagement in a socially and culturally diverse coastal region.

Responsibilities

• Teach a 4/4 course load including First-Year English (Composition & Rhetoric, Composition & Literature) and upper-division English Education courses (Adolescent Literature and Development, Secondary ELA Methods, Practicum, Seminar, Internship).
• Teach English language, literacies, and secondary education courses for USCB's broader Educator Preparation Program through the Department of Education as needed.
• Serve as University Supervisor for Secondary English professional program candidates during practicum and/or internship field placements, with approval of department chair and Provost.
• Pursue a robust scholarly agenda appropriate to rank.
• Provide service to department, university, professional, and local communities.
• Mentor and advise students; lead recruitment and retention activities for the Secondary English Education program.
• Collaborate closely with area cooperating teachers and the USCB Department of Education, including attending Department of Education meetings as program representative and partnering with EPP placement and accreditation coordinators.
• Participate in regional K–16 conversations on literacy, teacher education, and development.
• After tenure and promotion, may pursue an annually renewable administrative appointment as Secondary English Education Program Coordinator, involving curricular review and revision, assessment and outcomes reporting, and leading professional development for part- and full-time faculty.
• Summer teaching and/or summer stipends for program-support projects may be available on an as-needed basis, pending chair and Provost approval.

Requirements

• Earned doctorate in English or a closely related field.
• Prior experience teaching English Education courses at the university level with evidence of highly effective teaching.
• Record of intellectual contributions and institutional service commensurate with rank.

Qualifications

• Teaching and scholarly work demonstrating substantive engagement with preparing and supporting aspiring teachers in Secondary English Education.
• Evidenced experience supervising teacher candidates in the field.

Position is open until filled; salary commensurate with experience and qualifications.