Visiting Faculty, Writing, Rhetoric and Digital Communication

Faculty Position: Full-time, non-tenure track position at the rank of visiting faculty in Hickory, North Carolina. The position begins in August 2026.

About the Role

Lenoir-Rhyne University's College of Fine Arts and Communication seeks a faculty member with expertise in rhetoric, composition, or communication studies. The candidate will teach the two-semester course sequence Writing, Rhetoric, and Digital Communication (WRD), which blends instruction in written and oral communication with digital competencies, emphasizing rhetoric.

• The first course, Reading and Research, focuses on critical reading, comprehension, and analysis using print, oral, and digital texts, emphasizing information literacy and research. Students create written, oral, and digital pieces to practice these skills.
• The second course, Written, Oral and Digital Composing, allows students to develop and investigate their own research questions, refining their skills through logical, research-based texts in various modes. Both courses feature real-world problem-solving and equity-based grading.

Successful candidates will demonstrate a strong commitment to teaching excellence, relationship building, and inclusivity.

Responsibilities

• Teach 24 credit hours (3/3 teaching load) during the academic year.
• Demonstrate innovative approaches to teaching and learning.
• Employ equity-based course design and grading models.
• Foster an inclusive and respectful learning environment.
• Collaborate with other instructors and the coordinator of the WRD sequence.

Faculty may be assigned additional responsibilities and are expected to acquire new skills as needed.

Requirements

• Earned master’s degree from an accredited institution (terminal degree preferred).
• Ability to teach in person on the Hickory campus.
• Evidence of teaching excellence.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience teaching composition and public speaking.
• Training in digital composition.

About the College of Fine Arts and Communication

The College of Fine Arts and Communication is committed to developing well-rounded graduates who are perceptive readers and listeners, persuasive writers and speakers, and skilled artists and educators. Our curricula express, enrich, and elevate the human condition by providing interdisciplinary experiences that strengthen students' abilities to create, collaborate, and contribute to the public good. The college offers bachelor’s degrees in communication studies, English, music, theatre, and visual art, as well as an MFA in Creative Writing.

About Lenoir-Rhyne University

Lenoir-Rhyne University is a co-educational, private, comprehensive institution founded in 1891, with its traditional campus located in Hickory, North Carolina. The university also has graduate centers in Asheville, N.C., and Columbia, S.C. Situated in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, Lenoir-Rhyne is less than an hour’s drive from Charlotte. The Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton Metropolitan Statistical Area has a population of about 365,000. The university offers more than 45 undergraduate and 20 graduate degree programs to approximately 2,400 students. Lenoir-Rhyne seeks to liberate mind and spirit, clarify personal faith, foster physical wholeness, build community, and promote responsible leadership for service to the world. Affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), Lenoir-Rhyne is open to people from all religious and non-religious backgrounds.