Adjunct Faculty in Academic Writing Instruction - Undergraduate

POSITION

Adjunct Faculty in Academic Writing Instruction

DEPARTMENT

Undergraduate Program

POSITION TYPE

Part time (one semester-based contract)

LOCATION

City Campus (Sangen-jaya station)

VISA REQUIREMENT

This position is only available to applicants who are eligible to work in Japan (the position does not include visa sponsorship).

PERIOD

Spring and/or Fall semester 2027 with the possibility to continue in the following semester(s).

WORK HOURS

Classes offered at TUJ meet three times a week on a Monday, Wednesday, Friday schedule, or twice a week on a Tuesday and Thursday schedule.

SALARY & BENEFITS

In accordance with the pay scale determined and used in the program.

OVERVIEW OF TUJ

Based in Philadelphia, Temple University is a public Carnegie-designated R1 research university that ranks in the top 350 of all universities worldwide according to Times Higher Education (2023). It is ranked in the top 90 of all U.S. universities by U.S. News and World Report. With approximately 30,000 students, Temple maintains a multi-campus system extending from Pennsylvania to Rome to Japan.

Established in 1982, the Japan campus of Temple University (TUJ) is a full-service branch campus that engages students from nearly 80 countries in American-style, English-language active-learning education. TUJ offers undergraduate degrees, graduate degrees (law, business, graduate education), and non-degree programs (Academic English, continuing education, and corporate education). TUJ is the oldest and largest branch campus of a foreign university in Japan. It is headquartered in the heart of Tokyo just outside of Shibuya. More details about TUJ are available at www.tuj.ac.jp.

TUJ’s strategic priorities and key objectives are available at Strategic Priorities & Key Objectives. TUJ is expanding, financially healthy, and has just hired over 25 new full-time faculty members in the last two years. Moreover, TUJ’s Kyoto location will open in Spring 2025, offering students opportunities to study in the storied cultural capital of Japan.

TUJ offers undergraduate majors to a broad mix of over 2,500 Japanese and non-Japanese degree-seeking students who will earn their degrees from Temple University through the Japan campus. Every semester, additional undergraduate students from Temple’s main campus and other universities converge on TUJ for a short-term study abroad experience.

In one of the most dynamic cities in the world, TUJ offers twelve full undergraduate majors ranging from Art to International Business to Asian Studies. Our faculty and staff are international, with 80 full-time faculty and instructional staff joined by experienced administrators and many part-time adjunct faculty from the professions, business, and the arts. TUJ holds classes in the fall and spring semesters (15 weeks) and over a well-enrolled 10-week summer semester.

OVERVIEW OF POSITIONS

The position involves teaching either Introduction to Academic Writing and/or Analytical Reading and Writing courses to first-year undergraduate students from diverse cultural backgrounds.

Teaching Fields: Freshman Composition, TESOL, ESL Academic Writing.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

·       Instruction is in English and fluency in English is required

·       Master’s degree in TESOL, English rhetoric, composition, linguistics, or other related subjects

·       At least three years of experience teaching writing/composition in an American university

·       Be available to teach in-person classes

·       To teach online classes, online teaching experience at the university level is required. Successful applicants will be expected to complete Temple’s Online Teaching Institute prior to the semester.

APPLICATION PROCESS:

Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until positions are filled.

Required application materials to be submitted:

(a) a letter of application,

(b) full academic c.v.;

(c) contact information for two references.

Only those applicants who make it past the initial review will be contacted.

Temple University, Japan Campus is committed to equal opportunity employment, and to increase diversity and inclusivity in both its community and curricula. All qualified applicants shall receive full and equal consideration for employment. The university does not discriminate against candidates and employees because of their disability, sex, race, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, age, veteran status, or any other protected status under the law. Candidates who can contribute to the institution's goals are strongly encouraged to apply.