Preceptor in Expository Writing: Expository Writing 20
To meet a one-time surge in the size of the Class of 2025, the Harvard College Writing Program at Harvard University has a number of openings for one-year preceptorship positions for the 2021-22 academic year beginning on July 1, 2021 or August 1, 2021, to teach Expository 20, the Program’s course that fulfills Harvard College’s first-year writing requirement. Preceptors in this term-limited position will teach a themed writing course that has been developed by the Program; each preceptor will teach one or two sections per semester of fifteen students per section. Salary and benefits are competitive. Preceptors in this position will be eligible to apply for multi-year preceptorships that begin in the academic year 2022-23, for which the Program will advertise nationally this fall.
Preference will be given to candidates with Ph.D.s or other terminal degrees in fields that are taught at Harvard College, including fields in the sciences and social sciences; or to candidates with MFAs; who have experience in the teaching of academic argument at the college level; and who demonstrate a lively interest in issues of writing pedagogy and an innovative approach to the teaching of communication skills.
The application deadline for this one-year position is June 2, 2021, 3 p.m. EDT.
Applicants should visit: https://academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/10326