Full-Time Faculty Position in Writing Studies, School of Liberal Arts and Sciences

eral Arts and Sciences Category: Faculty Subscribe: New Job Alerts RSS Job Feed Department: 305 English & Communication Studies Locations: New York, NY Posted: Aug 14, 2026 Closes: Open Until Filled Type: Full-time Salary Type: Annually Salary Range: $69,346.37 - $142,271.78 Position ID: 203190 Share About Fashion Institute of Technology: The Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), an internationally renowned college of art and design, business and technology, of the State University of New York, invites nominations and applications for a full-time tenure-track faculty position in the English & Communications Studies Department, School of Liberal Arts and Sciences. The Fashion Institute of Technology, a part of the State University of New York, has been a leader in career education in art, design, business, and technology for nearly 80 years. With a curriculum that provides a singular blend of hands-on, practical experience, classroom study, and a firm grounding in the liberal arts, FIT offers a wide range of outstanding programs that are relevant to today's rapidly changing industries. Internationally renowned, FIT draws on its New York City location to provide a vibrant, creative community in which to learn.

The college offers more than 45 majors and grants AAS, BFA, BS, MA, MFA, and MPS degrees, preparing students for professional success and leadership in the global marketplace. With close ties to industry, FIT draws faculty from the city's art, business, and design elite, and from the rich academic community of the region. The College continually seeks creative faculty members who are passionate about their field and demonstrate exceptional professional capability in the core competencies of instruction design, learning enrichment, globalism, and use of technology, as well as mastery of established and emerging industry practices. The School of Liberal Arts and Sciences provides the foundation for a FIT degree, and is committed to providing a broad-based general education for FIT students, integrating traditional academic study with career preparation.

The School is home to six academic departments, thirty academic minors, and two interdisciplinary majors. Our faculty prepare students to become reflective, critical, and engaged citizens of the world. Committed to scholarship, academic service and student-centered instruction, faculty members foster an understanding of diverse cultures and international perspectives as well as an appreciation for the richness and changing composition of American culture. The English and Communication Studies Department prepares students to be reflective, creative, critical, and engaged citizens of the world through the study of literature, writing, and communication.

Our wide-ranging curriculum provides students with the tools to navigate their environment, to stimulate the imagination, and to communicate across boundaries and borders as they begin to enter the global marketplace.

Job Description

The English and Communication Studies Department seeks a full-time tenure-track faculty member of Writing Studies with a primary focus on Business and Professional Writing and first-year composition pedagogy, along with expertise in AI and writing, critical AI literacy, machine writing, or related areas of digital rhetorics and pedagogies. The successful candidate will be expected to teach existing first-year and third-year writing courses and to develop writing and rhetoric courses appropriate to their area of specialization. They will be expected to provide intellectual and pedagogical leadership for the Department's offerings in first-year Composition and third-year professional and research-based writing. New hires will be expected to participate in the rotation of administrative duties related to our writing program, rotating into the role of Writing Program Coordinator so that faculty with scholarly expertise in writing studies can provide consistent, long-term leadership of the writing program.

They will also be expected to coordinate closely with the English Language and Literacy program to support students who need additional developmental/language support and have a commitment to working with culturally and linguistically diverse students in an institution with a strong emphasis on diversity, globalization, and experiential learning. Interest and experience in interdisciplinary collaboration are highly desirable. They will also be expected to work closely with The Writing and Speaking Studio, which may include but is not limited to developing student-centric programming and professional development opportunities. Successful candidates will excel in the following areas: Globalism Possess broad knowledge of and experience with writing pedagogy that supports communication across cultural and linguistic boundaries in diverse classroom environments.

Possess experience communicating with international and global partners using innovative and emerging media, including social media. Demonstrate ability to create a dynamic classroom where students can effectively communicate across cultural and linguistic boundaries and balance differing worldviews based upon a deep knowledge and awareness of other people, countries, cultures, and beliefs through the careful study of writing. Instructional Design Demonstrate ability to design and create engaging curricula that take advantage of emerging technologies. Demonstrate ability to integrate AI and digital writing technologies into curriculum design, with awareness of their implications for rhetoric and composition.

Demonstrate ability to adapt course materials to adjust to innovations within and outside of the discipline. Experience utilizing a variety of instructional delivery methods and emerging technologies to improve student learning. Demonstrate instructional variety and flexibility to accommodate students of different learning styles, abilities, demographics, or diversity. Demonstrate experience in creating engaging curriculum and classroom environments that will reinforce and further develop advanced skills in critical reading, thinking, presenting, writing, and communication skills.

Learning Enrichment Possess a passion for learning and teaching, with the ability to inspire enrichment, curiosity, and creativity in students from diverse backgrounds. Demonstrate the use of innovative pedagogies, emerging technologies, and diverse instructional delivery methods that foster critical thinking and creative problem solving. Demonstrate the vision to deliver and advance the mission of the English and Communication Studies Department and the School of Liberal Arts: to develop reflective, critical and engaged citizens of the world. Possess current knowledge of trends and advances in the areas of business and professional writing, writing pedagogy, first-year writing, and AI in writing.

Demonstrate interest in developing a wide-ranging curriculum that takes advantage of areas of expertise while contributing to the ECS Department's vision. Experience encouraging student interaction, collaboration, teamwork, and cooperation in the learning process. Professionalism Demonstrate ability to authoritatively and effectively speak on behalf of the English and Communication Studies Department, the School of Liberal Arts, and FIT. Demonstrate ability to help oversee and administer all compositional and professional writing classes in the English and Communication Studies Department.

Maintain active participation in professional practices and scholarship, and a willingness to mentor faculty both within the School of Liberal Arts and across the College. Demonstrate expertise in current critical, theoretical, and pedagogical trends and practices in the field. Demonstrate ability to represent FIT with innovative scholarship presented at local, regional, national, and international professional organizations and through peer-reviewed publications. Demonstrate ability to support FIT's goals and mission of promoting issues of sustainability, pluralism, and diversity through writing studies.

Demonstrate the ability to collaborate with colleagues to increase the visibility and profile of literary studies at FIT. Maintain positive, helpful, supportive, respectful, collegial, and teamwork-oriented relationships with other professionals. Technology Demonstrate a superior level of technical skills relating to software, innovative technology, social media, and artificial intelligence, especially as they relate to writing instruction and digital literacy. Demonstrate ability to utilize innovative instructional technology and to select the most appropriate technologies to enhance student-learning outcomes.

Possess expertise in using social and emerging media to create engaging and evolving methods of instruction and student-centered interaction. The preceding description is not designed to be a complete list of all duties and responsibilities required of the position; other duties may be assigned consistent with the classification of the position.

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications

Candidates must have a PhD in Writing Studies or Composition and Rhetoric or a closely related field. ABDs will be considered with the understanding that successful defense of the dissertation is required prior to the start of the second semester of employment. Candidates should also exhibit a record of academic research and publication, professional activities, successful college-level teaching, and familiarity with both online and hybrid learning environments.

Preferred Qualifications

Research and teaching experience in AI and writing, critical AI literacy and pedagogy, machine writing, or related areas of digital rhetorics and pedagogies. Dedication to the teaching of Business and Professional Writing and its growth and development. Ideal candidates should have experience or expertise developing critical thinking through written and oral communication and equipping students to navigate and negotiate the impact of AI on writing in today's professional environments. Background and interest in directing writing programs, pedagogical innovation, programming and spearheading initiatives for students and faculty will be essential.

FIT is a diverse campus, and faculty must have a commitment to working with this diverse student population. Experience/interest in writing program administration and writing in the disciplines is highly desirable. Additional Information: Please note, all offers of employment are contingent upon successful completion of the background check process.

Salary

The final starting salary and appointment rank will be based on education level and cumulative experience; Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA)

Salary

Schedules pgs. 73-74. Instructor: $69,346.37 - $80,793.82 Assistant Professor: $80,736.40 - $118,984.88 Associate Professor: $94,498.31 - $142,271.78 Professor: $115,232.32 - $173,403.37 The College reserves the right to select one or more candidates after having been duly reviewed and presented to the President in conformance with the provisions of Article 15 of the Collective Bargaining Agreement.

Benefits

The Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) provides comprehensive employee benefit programs designed to help keep our faculty and staff and their families healthy, safe, happy, and productive. Our programs also include a variety of components to help our employees improve the quality and balance of their work and family lives, and to help them prepare for their futures. Retirement Plans Health Care Plan and Dental Plan Employee Assistance Program Flexible Spending Account Commuter Benefit Plan FIT Tuition Exemption Program Qualifying Employer for the Public Service Loan For