Mountain West HERC

The Foundational Writing Program at Fairleigh Dickinson University invites applications for a Lecturer or Senior Lecturer (depending on qualifications) at the FDU Metropolitan Campus in Teaneck, New Jersey. FDU is a private, nonprofit Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) of higher education, with two New Jersey campuses, the Metropolitan Campus in Teaneck and the Florham Campus in Madison. The Metropolitan Campus is home to a majority-minority student body. Many of the writing classes offered on the Metro campus each semester are designed for students in specialized programs in our Hispanic Center & Center for Student Success, including the FDU Promise/Latino Promise program, which provides traditional-aged Spanish- language heritage students  with personalized support and resources to help ensure academic success from enrollment to graduation. The Metropolitan Campus also has a strong career focus, as it is home to many of FDU's business, professional, science, and health care programs. Students served by the Writing Program at Metro include both two-year and four-year students as well as both traditional-age undergraduates and adult learners.

Masters in Rhetoric and Composition, Literacy Studies, OR related field; some graduate coursework in second language writing, TESOL, or bilingual literacy preferred. Bilingual Spanish-English preferred and experience teaching developmental writing preferred. The ideal candidate will have expertise and a record of excellence in teaching writing to multilingual  students at the undergraduate level. Must be prepared to engage in ongoing professional development and service activities within the Hispanic Center & Center for Student Success and the Foundational Writing Program. Teaching load of 12 credits per semester; the primary teaching responsibility will be FDU Promise/Latino Promise  sections of Foundational Writing at all levels, and the secondary teaching responsibility will be other sections of Foundational Writing, particularly at the basic writing level.

Submit a cover letter/letter of interest, curriculum vitae, and teaching philosophy

Review of applications to begin May 15, 2026

Employment is contingent upon a satisfactory background check. Candidates for hire will be required to sign a waiver authorizing the background check and produce a Social Security Card.