Location
Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMUQ)
Description
Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar is seeking a postdoctoral fellow to support research in academic and disciplinary writing.
Responsibilities:
Manage the day-to-day tasks of a multidisciplinary research team that researches academic and disciplinary writing Collect and manage data including student writing, interviews, surveys, focus groups, and think-aloud protocols Design teaching materials to scaffold academic and disciplinary writing Conduct writing workshops with faculty and students Provide writing support for students Develop online modules to scaffold academic writing Analyze data including student writing Assist with preparing presentations for conferences Assist with preparing manuscripts for publication
Timeframe: 12-month contract beginning in
January 2025 with possibility of renewal.
Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar offers a competitive salary, travel, housing, and schooling allowances, as well as other benefits, including professional development opportunities.
Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar is a branch campus that operates along with several other American and European branch campuses under the umbrella of the Qatar Foundation’s Education City. CMU-Q’s student body comes from all over the world; in particular, many come from the Middle East, North Africa, and Central and South Asia.
CMU-Q’s focus is undergraduate education in Computer Science, Business Administration, Biological Sciences, and Information Systems.
Qualifications
PhD required in English, rhetoric, applied linguistics, second language acquisition, education, or related field Demonstrated excellence in teaching or course support. Previous experience teaching academic writing and developing materials to teach writing Previous experience conducting research in academic writing, disciplinary writing, discourse analysis, systemic functional linguistics, or corpus linguistics Computer skills to be able to develop online teaching modules (preferred but not required)
A cover letter specifying how your qualifications match the job description A CV, including the contact information of two references A diversity & inclusion statement (one page or less) Sample teaching materials and/or publications (this may include course syllabus, teaching materials, published or in-preparation manuscript)
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
Carnegie Mellon University shall abide by the requirements of 41 CFR §§ 60-1.4(a), 60-300.5(a) and 60-741.5(a). These regulations prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities, and prohibit discrimination against all individuals based on their race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. Moreover, these regulations require that covered prime contractors and subcontractors take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status or disability.
