Faculty Opportunities
Faculty Associate, Writing Programs (JOB # 185774)
Arizona State University - Department of English
The Department of English on the Tempe Campus at Arizona State University invites applicants to apply for the Faculty Associate position to teach in person in the Writing Programs in Tempe. These positions are one semester appointments, part time, non-benefits eligible with no tenure implications. A typical Faculty Associate course load is one to two classes per semester. This is for the Tempe campus with courses assigned in Writing Programs only: ENG 101, ENG 102, ENG 105, ENG 107, ENG 108, ENG 302. Courses will be taught in person. To be considered for online teaching, prior teaching in the online format in Writing Programs is required. Teaching duties include preparing course materials, responding to and evaluating student work, and availability for one-on-one assistance (via weekly office hours for on-campus classes and remotely for online classes). Anticipated start date: Fall 2026, Spring 2027, Summer 2027 and Fall 2027.
About the Department of English:
The Department of English's motto - "Start here, go anywhere" - captures the unique value of our undergraduate and graduate English degrees, ones that can serve students in any art form, any discipline, and any profession. In fact, our degrees can take students anywhere they wish to travel. The Department of English faculty is internationally renowned for innovative research and teaching and explores the pan-world expression of the English language and its literature, which span the global yet connect directly to the local. The skills of critical thinking, reading comprehension, and analytic expression cultivated in the degrees are transferable into any endeavor. In particular, such skills provide the foundation for creative problem-solving and cultivate individual and collective expression. The department takes as its purview not just historical positioned work, whether linguistic or textual, but includes all forms of expression and all modes of new media, whether analogical or digital. We emphasize writing- academic, creative, personal, public, and workplace- that explores difference reflectively and functionally. Our goal is to educate citizens who can think, read, write, and act in robust and significant ways to meet new challenges.
About The College:
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is the academic heart of Arizona State University, committed to improving communities on a local, national, and global scale. We support the professional development and growth of our faculty and staff in their cutting-edge research to advance these aims. Within The College, our faculty engage with a large, curious student body, guiding them as they grow into socially aware, critical thinkers and writers able to succeed in a wide range of careers and to address the challenges of the twenty-first century. Advancing the success of our students remains our top priority. To learn more about The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, please visit https://thecollege.asu.edu.
About Arizona State University:
ASU exemplifies a new prototype for the American public research university. As articulated in the ASU Charter, ASU is a comprehensive public research university, measured not by whom it excludes, but by whom it includes and how they succeed; advancing research and discovery of public value; and assuming fundamental responsibility for the economic, social, cultural, and overall health of the communities it serves.
Essential Functions of the job:
- Teach undergraduate students in Writing Programs courses and other disciplinary areas as needed, including creating lesson plans, evaluation of student work, office hours, and other essential teaching functions
- Use Canvas for assessment of student work
- Participate in all unit and university assessment activities
- Attend annual Convocation in-person at the beginning of each semester
Required Qualifications:
- Master’s degree in relevant field by time of appointment
- Evidence of effective teaching.
Desired qualifications:
- Ph.D. in relevant field by time of appointment
- Record of scholarly publication and/or evidence of professional development in relevant field
- Minimum of two years of post-secondary teaching experience (to be considered for composition courses, this experience must be in composition)
- Demonstrated commitment to working with faculty, staff, students and communities to advance the principles of the ASU Charter.
Application Instructions:
Initial review of applications will begin on August 5, 2026, and continue on a weekly basis in subsequent months throughout the academic year as needed until the search is closed. Candidates will be asked to create or use an existing Interfolio Dossier to submit the following application materials: apply.interfolio.com/188251
- Cover Letter of application
- Curriculum vita (CV)
- One-page statement of teaching philosophy
- Contact information for three (3) academic references including email addresses (one document)
- Unofficial graduate transcripts
The applicant’s last name should appear in each uploaded file name. Questions about the position should be directed to the search committee: Demetria Baker at [email protected] or Professor Roger Thompson at [email protected]. Faculty Associate vacancy announcements will be posted on an annual basis. Applicants who are not hired within the current application period are welcome to re-apply - applications do not roll forward from the previous pool recruitment.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:
A background check is required for employment. Arizona State University is a VEVRAA Federal Contractor and an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by law. ASU’s full nondiscrimination statement (ACD 401) is located on the ASU website at https://www.asu.edu/aad/manuals/acd/acd401.html and https://www.asu.edu/titleIX/
Clery Act Statement
In compliance with federal law, ASU prepares an annual report on campus security and fire safety programs and resources. ASU’s Annual Security and Fire Safety Report is available online at https://www.asu.edu/police/PDFs/ASU-Clery-Report.pdf. You may request a hard copy of the report by contacting the ASU Police Department at 480-965-3456.
Faculty Associate in English (JOB # 185783)
Arizona State University - Department of English
The Department of English on the Tempe Campus at Arizona State University invites applications for the Faculty Associate positions to teach undergraduate and/or graduate courses, online and/or on-campus in: Creative Writing; English Education; Film and Media Studies; Linguistics and Applied Linguistics; Literature; Writing, and Rhetorics and Literacies. These positions are one semester appointments, part time, non-benefits eligible with no tenure implications. A typical Faculty Associate course load is one to two classes per semester. Teaching duties include: setting assignment deadlines, responding to and evaluating student work, and availability for one-on-one assistance (via weekly office hours for on-campus classes and electronically for online classes). Anticipated start date: Fall 2026, Spring 2027, Summer 2027 and Fall 2027.
About the Department of English:
The Department of English's motto - "Start here, go anywhere" - captures the unique value of our undergraduate and graduate English degrees, ones that can serve students in any art form, any discipline, and any profession. In fact, our degrees can take students anywhere they wish to travel. The Department of English faculty is internationally renowned for innovative research and teaching and explores the pan-world expression of the English language and its literature, which span the global yet connect directly to the local. The skills of critical thinking, reading comprehension, and analytic expression cultivated in the degrees are transferable into any endeavor. In particular, such skills provide the foundation for creative problem-solving and cultivate individual and collective expression. The department takes as its purview not just historical positioned work, whether linguistic or textual, but includes all forms of expression and all modes of new media, whether analogical or digital. We emphasize writing- academic, creative, personal, public, and workplace- that explores difference reflectively and functionally. Our goal is to educate citizens who can think, read, write, and act in robust and significant ways to meet new challenges.
About The College:
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is the academic heart of Arizona State University, committed to improving communities on a local, national, and global scale. We support the professional development and growth of our faculty and staff in their cutting-edge research to advance these aims. Within The College, our faculty engage with a large, curious student body, guiding them as they grow into socially aware, critical thinkers and writers able to succeed in a wide range of careers and to address the challenges of the twenty-first century. Advancing the success of our students remains our top priority. To learn more about The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, please visit https://thecollege.asu.edu.
About Arizona State University:
ASU exemplifies a new prototype for the American public research university. As articulated in the ASU Charter, ASU is a comprehensive public research university, measured not by whom it excludes, but by whom it includes and how they succeed; advancing research and discovery of public value; and assuming fundamental responsibility for the economic, social, cultural, and overall health of the communities it serves.
Essential Functions:
- Teach undergraduate and graduate students in Creative Writing; English Education; Film and Media Studies; Linguistics and Applied Linguistics; Literature; Writing, and Rhetorics and Literacies courses and other disciplinary areas as needed, including creating lesson plans, evaluation of student work, office hours, and other essential teaching functions
- Use Canvas for assessment of student work
- Participate in all unit and university assessment activities
Required Qualifications:
- Master’s degree in relevant field by the time of appointment
- Evidence of effective teaching
Desired qualifications:
- MFA or Ph.D. in relevant field by time of appointment
- Record of scholarly publication and/or evidence of professional development in relevant field
- Minimum of two years of post-secondary teaching experience
- Demonstrated commitment to working with faculty, staff, students and communities to advance the principles of the ASU Charter.
Application Instructions:
Initial review of applications will begin on August 5, 2026, and continue on a weekly basis in subsequent months throughout the academic year as needed until the search is closed. Candidates will be asked to create or use an existing Interfolio Dossier to submit the following application materials at: apply.interfolio.com/188259
- Cover Letter of application
- Curriculum vita (CV)
- One-page statement of teaching philosophy
- One (1) letter of recommendation about teaching ability (non-confidential)
- Contact information for 2 additional references
- Unofficial graduate transcripts
The applicant’s last name should appear in each uploaded file name. Questions about the position should be directed to the search committee chair: Professor Julia Himberg at [email protected]. Faculty Associate vacancy announcements will be posted on an annual basis. Applicants who are not hired within the current application period are welcome to re-apply - applications do not roll forward from the previous pool recruitment.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:
A background check is required for employment. Arizona State University is a VEVRAA Federal Contractor and an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by law. ASU’s full nondiscrimination statement (ACD 401) is located on the ASU website at https://www.asu.edu/aad/manuals/acd/acd401.html and https://www.asu.edu/titleIX/
Clery Act Statement
In compliance with federal law, ASU prepares an annual report on campus security and fire safety programs and resources. ASU’s Annual Security and Fire Safety Report is available online at https://www.asu.edu/police/PDFs/ASU-Clery-Report.pdf. You may request a hard copy of the report by contacting the ASU Police Department at 480-965-3456.
Staff Opportunities
Business Operations Specialist
Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree and three (3) years of experience appropriate to the area of assignment/field; OR, Any equivalent combination of experience and/or training from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been achieved.
Job Description:
The Department of English is looking for a Business Operations Specialist to perform a broad scope of financial tasks. Under general supervision, this position completes financial activities within the department and for areas, centers, and initiatives that receive operational support from the department. This position furthers the department’s mission as an academic unit by supporting students, faculty, and staff with financial activities that advance the university’s charter. The candidate will report to the Business Operations Manager, Senior, in the department’s business office.
Salary Range: $51,500-$55,000 annually; DOE
Essential Duties:
- Follow all unit, college, and university policies, practices, and regulations as it relates to the position.
- Process Procurement Card (P-Card) transactions from purchase through to reconciliation in accordance with university policies and procedures.
- File and record all transactions the position is responsible for processing in unit's log and maintain documentation in unit’s database/shared drive.
- Submit requisitions, supplier invoices, and non-travel expense reports in Workday FMS.
- Submit receipts for purchase orders as goods are received and services performed.
- Submit invoices to Accounts Payable, ensuring payments are processed and following up as needed on payment status.
- Prepare and submit travel requests and expense reports in Concur.
- Process deposits in accordance with cash-handling policy and practices and verify the deposit shows in the correct account.
- Process disbursements for scholarships, fellowships, awards, prizes, mini-grants, etc.
- Complete documentation necessary for financial transactions, including, but not limited, the unit’s request to use funds (RUF) form, business meals form (BMF), interviewee expense summary, independent contractor determination checklist (ICC), speaker/artist/performer agreement (SAP), etc.
- This position receives regular review of objectives.
- Other duties as assigned.
Desired Qualifications:
- Knowledge of applicable federal, state and regulatory requirements, laws and standards.
- Knowledge of basic accounting principles, financial practices, regulations and standards.
- Skill in establishing and maintaining effective working relationships.
- Skill in effective communication, both verbal and written.
- Skill in planning, analyzing and establishing priorities.
- Ability to work effectively in an environment subject to quickly changing priorities, sensitive information and short deadlines and/or are subject to resolution of conflicts..
- Ability to develop and maintain cooperative, professional working relationships both within and across organizational areas.
- Ability to work effectively and collaboratively with faculty and staff.
- Knowledge of PC-based software for spreadsheet, database, word processing and presentation applications
- Ability to clearly communicate verbally, read, write, see and hear to perform essential functions.
Working Environment:
- Activities are performed in an environmentally controlled office setting subject to extended periods of sitting, keyboarding, and manipulating a computer mouse; required to stand for varying lengths of time and walk moderate distances to perform work.
- Infrequent bending, reaching, lifting, pushing and pulling up to 25 pounds.
- Regular use of standard office equipment, including, but not limited to: computer workstation/laptop (keyboard, monitor, mouse), printer, fax, calculator, copier, telephone, and associated computer/technology peripherals.
Flexible Work Options: ASU is a diverse enterprise with a wide variety of work and learning modes, locations, and a commitment to sustainability, innovation, and employee work-life balance. We are determined to maintain our position as an employer of choice in a competitive labor market. In addition to 8 am-5 pm, in-person format, the following flexible work options are available after a 90-day training period if the candidate is new to the unit of hire.
Hybrid work is an arrangement where employees spend a minimum of 60% of their regular workweek at their primary ASU work location (i.e., a maximum of 40% remote work). Dean or vice president-level approval is required.
Department Statement:
The Department of English's motto - "Start here, go anywhere" - captures the unique value of our undergraduate and graduate English degrees, ones that can serve students in any art form, any discipline, and any profession. In fact, our degrees can take students anywhere they wish to travel. The Department of English faculty is internationally renowned for innovative research and teaching and explores the pan-world expression of the English language and its literature, which span the global yet connect directly to the local. The skills of critical thinking, reading comprehension, and analytic expression cultivated in the degrees are transferable into any endeavor. In particular, such skills provide the foundation for creative problem-solving and cultivate individual and collective expression. The department takes as its purview not just historical positioned work, whether linguistic or textual, but includes all forms of expression and all modes of new media, whether analogical or digital. We emphasize writing- academic, creative, personal, public, and workplace- that explores difference reflectively and functionally. Our goal is to educate citizens who can think, read, write, and act in robust and significant ways to meet new challenges.
More information at: https://www.myworkday.com/asu/d/inst/1$9925/9925$24066.htmld
Student Opportunities
Writing Programs Office Assistant
Minimum Qualifications:
Duties are highly technical and/or complex and involve a significant degree of responsibility and judgment. This classification is limited to teaching/research aide type work or those positions requiring highly specialized skills and/or technical knowledge.
Job Description:
Pay Rate: $18.00 per hour.
The Writing Programs Office Assistant will be responsible for providing customer service in the Writing Programs area. Essential duties include assisting faculty and staff in the program, assisting students with registration, and various clerical duties as assigned.
Federal Work Study eligibility is a plus, which means you must complete the FAFSA application and be eligible for need-based funding. To see if you qualify for FWS, please review your financial aid package or contact the Student Employment Office/Financial Aid and Scholarship Services via EMAIL: [email protected]. Please include your ASU Student ID # and reference this job REQ number. For more information about FWS, please visit https://students.asu.edu/employment.
Essential Duties:
- Assist the Writing Programs Manager with various duties.
- Answer a multi-line phone system and provide general information in response to inquiries in person and/or by telephone/email.
- Use of general office/telephone equipment.
- Assist students and advisors with first-year composition requirement/class registration.
- Proofread various office documents, class schedules, and teaching assignments.
- Maintain confidentiality and complete FERPA training.
Desired Qualifications:
- Experience working in an office environment and/or experience working in a position with transferable skills.
- Experience using MS Office Suite (Outlook, Word, and Excel).
- Evidence of effective communication skills.
- The anticipated start date for this position is late July/early August.
Working Environment:
- Activities are performed in an environment-controlled office setting subject to extended periods of sitting, keyboarding, and manipulating a computer mouse (75%)
- Frequently required to stand for varying lengths of time and travel moderate distances to perform work (25%).
- Regular use of standard office equipment including, but not limited to: computer workstation/laptop (keyboard, monitor, mouse), printer, fax, calculator, copier, telephone and associated computer/technology peripherals
- Frequent bending, reaching, lifting, pushing and pulling up to 15 pounds.
- Regular activities require ability to quickly change priorities which may include and/or are subject to resolution of conflicts
- Depending on the unit/program needs, some evenings and occasional weekends may be required.
- This position receives regular review of objectives.
The Department of English's motto - "Start here, go anywhere" - captures the unique value of our undergraduate and graduate English degrees, ones that can serve students in any art form, any discipline, and any profession. In fact, our degrees can take students anywhere they wish to travel. The Department of English faculty is internationally renowned for innovative research and teaching and explores the pan-world expression of the English language and its literature, which span the global yet connect directly to the local. The skills of critical thinking, reading comprehension, and analytic expression cultivated in the degrees are transferable into any endeavor. In particular, such skills provide the foundation for creative problem-solving and cultivate individual and collective expression. The department takes as its purview not just historical positioned work, whether linguistic or textual, but includes all forms of expression and all modes of new media, whether analogical or digital. We emphasize writing- academic, creative, personal, public, and workplace- that explores difference reflectively and functionally. Our goal is to educate citizens who can think, read, write, and act in robust and significant ways to meet new challenges.
More information at https://www.myworkday.com/asu/d/inst/15$392530/9925$24592.htmld
Course Grader
Student Worker III
JR121424
Max Pay – Depends on experience: $15.62 USD Hourly
Job Description:
The English Department in The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, at ASU, is currently seeking a qualified applicant to fill a position as Course Grader for Summer 2026 (Sessions B), Fall 2026 (Sessions A/B and C), and potentially Spring 2027 (Sessions A/C), in one or more of the following areas:
- Creative Writing
- English Education
- Film and Media Studies
- Linguistics and Applied Linguistics
- Literature
- Writing, Rhetorics, and Literacies
Course Graders could potentially grade for online or in-person courses at the undergraduate or graduate level. Include in your application:
- a cover letter that explains qualifications,
- a C.V. or resume,
- a list of pertinent courses taken, and
- the contact information of at least one faculty member who could be asked to provide a brief letter of recommendation for you.
More information at https://www.myworkday.com/asu/d/inst/15$392530/9925$22367.htmld