Sunday, April 22, 2012

Real Job. Real Typo. Real Geeky.

Visiting Senior Lecturer in Writing/Writing Scholoar In-Residence 
The Department of Literature and Languages at The University of Texas at Tyler invites applications for a one-year position of Visiting Senior Lecturer in Writing/Writing Scholar In-Residence in the academic year of 2012-2013. Ph.D. or ABD in Rhetoric/Composition, or MFA with at least 9 credit hours in rhetoric/composition and/or college teaching experience is required. Candidates with a secondary concentration in fantasy/game writing are particularly encouraged to apply.


8 comments:

  1. AnonymousApril 22, 2012 at 12:39 PM

    This may be a hoax. I guess I had some time to kill, because I followed the link and clicked around. The e-mail does not work, and if you go to the UT Tyler website,

    http://www.uttyler.edu/faculty/jobs/cas/index.php

    no such job actually exists.

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  2. AnonymousApril 22, 2012 at 2:41 PM

    The job is not on their HR page, but the HR link works fine for me. Jobs sometimes aren't always online at different sites at exactly the same time. I don't see how it can be a hoax, or why. It's a real field. And Bella, what do you mean the email doesn't work; did you email Dr. Wu? She's one of my heroes. Her Iron Girls book is amazing and brilliantly done.

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  3. Contingent CassandraApril 22, 2012 at 4:04 PM

    Leaving aside the spelling gaffe, I'm finding the dual proffered titles interesting. "Visiting Senior Lecturer," notwithstanding the "senior," sounds pretty low on the totem pole to me, and in keeping with the minimum requirements (ABD accepted; no expressed expectation that the candidate have publications). I'd also assume that a Visiting Senior Lecturer would have a pretty heavy teaching load -- in this case of comp/rhet courses, probably mostly introductory ones (with perhaps one creative writing section if one had the "secondary specialty"). A "writing scholar in residence," on the other hand, sounds like someone who might teach a few fairly specialized, fairly advanced classes while working on his/her book and giving a reading or workshop or two. So which is it? The usual shitty rhet/comp job, or something a bit more prestigious/advanced? Or is the idea that one can hold down a standard shitty comp job while putting something that sounds a bit more elevated (but doesn't offer the writing time implied) on one's c.v.?

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  4. AnonymousApril 22, 2012 at 4:58 PM

    Darla, I am also an admirer due to having been amazed by that same book. I tried e-mailing via the address provided by higher ed jobs and that is the e-mail that did not work. It could be a real job, but I just have some real life experience with a person who enjoys creating fake stuff online for fun. So you never know. The typo is out of character for something Dr. Wu put together. I am sure the error was on the part of the higher ed jobs folks, but still.

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  5. Professor Brown-CowApril 22, 2012 at 9:16 PM

    Good thing I'm in hamster first aid, as I don't see the spelling gaffe.

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  6. AnonymousApril 23, 2012 at 6:56 AM

    Well, I DID hear from Dr. Wu. She not know what I was talking about. She asked me if I meant that the e-mail box on the ad had not been set up yet.

    Oh dear......

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  7. College MiseryApril 25, 2012 at 5:18 PM

    The job is real: http://www.uttyler.edu/faculty/jobs/cas/index.php

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