25 26 AY Teaching Associate (TA) English

Job description

Teaching Associate (TA) for the Department of English

College of Arts and Humanities

Position Overview:

The Department of English seeks graduate students as Teaching Associates applicants.

Teaching Associates typically are responsible for providing classroom instruction.

Determinant on successful TA Eligibility and Department Eligibility and adequate funding, the Department is seeking TA applicants for sections of English 5A.

Determinant on successful and Department Eligibility, TAs will teach sections of English 5B the following semester and could have opportunities to teach other beginning courses in the English Department.

The department reserves the right to choose the most qualified candidate for each position and to assign Teaching Associates to the courses that are appropriate for the department program and curriculum in any given semester.

Due to staff and curriculum changes, courses offered may vary, and no guarantee of employment from semester to semester can be made.

Anticipated Appointment Dates: This position is opened until filled.

If you have applied and no other positions are available, you will be notified.

Fall 2025: August 18, 2025 - December 22, 2025;

Spring 2026: January 15, 2026 - May 22, 2026

Hours/Units per week: 3-6 units (dependent on courses and numbers of section(s) assigned).

Students are limited to working up to 20-hours per week across all positions student positions.

Job Duties may include the following, but will be dependent upon the specific course to which the teaching associate will be assigned, as well as upon the specific needs of the faculty member in charge of the course:

Qualifications: A candidate for the position of teaching associate in the Department of English must meet the following minimum qualifications:

Preferred Qualifications:

The Hiring Committee also looks favorably upon applicants who have successfully completed courses in history of the English language, grammar, linguistics, creative writing form and theory courses (English 241, 243, 245) or teaching English as a second language.

Such courses might include English 175T (Special Topics in Rhetoric and Writing), English 131 (Literacy Studies), CI 161 (Methods and Materials in Secondary Teaching), English 132S (Rhetoric, Grammar, Writing Instruction), and Linguistics 237 (Teaching Basic Written English).

Writing, tutoring or teaching experience is preferred but not required.

Application Procedures: The review of applications will begin in Spring 2025 for a Fall 2025 start date.

*For full consideration, the application and all required materials must be submitted by April 1st; consideration will continue on a rolling basis until all positions are filled.

The following documents are required to upload:

Inquiries: For application inquiries, please email Dr. Bo Wang at

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