Classification:  Academic Year Faculty
Priority Screening Date:  January 7, 2025
Recruitment Status:  Open Until Filled
Appointment Date:  Fall 2025 

California State University, Monterey Bay is a mid-sized university in California’s Central Coast that grants undergraduate and graduate degrees. Powered by an inspiring Founding Vision Statement, CSUMB is part of the nation’s largest four-year public university system, California State University, which educates nearly 460,000 students every year. 

With a vibrant, diverse student body of over 7,000 students, CSU Monterey Bay is both a Minority Serving Institution and a Hispanic Serving Institution. Our staff and faculty transform students’ lives with a focus on student success and engagement through experiential learning, service learning, and a strong emphasis on multicultural and global perspectives. CSUMB’s sustainability goal is to be carbon neutral by 2030. 

The university’s Strategic Plan prioritizes inclusive excellence through recruiting and investing in developing a diverse body of faculty, staff and administrators. Many appreciate living and working close to the shores of beautiful Monterey Bay, with easy access to recreational areas from Big Sur to Santa Cruz. Nearby opportunities for collaborative research include working in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary and Silicon Valley, and with colleagues at local research universities, including UC Santa Cruz and Stanford University.

As one of the 23 campuses in the CSU system, CSUMB offers excellent benefits, including access to below-market-rate rental housing on East Campus, and competitive salaries for faculty and staff. With proximity to the San Francisco Bay Area and San Jose, opportunities for faculty, staff and students are as endless as the shores of the nearby Pacific Ocean.

The Department of Humanities and Communication (HCOM), seeks an Assistant Professor of Composition and Rhetoric qualified to prepare a diverse group of students, many from historically underserved communities, for leadership in a multicultural society. HCOM is committed to inclusive excellence, innovation in interdisciplinary teaching and learning, quality scholarship, and collaborative and imaginative program development. HCOM fosters an educational environment of cultural and linguistic diversity and gender equity, ethical reflection and practice, and a commitment to working across disciplinary boundaries. The curriculum prepares students to be ethical, creative, and critical thinkers and doers in a multicultural and increasingly interconnected global society. Toward that end, through its degree programs, HCOM offers students a comprehensive, interdisciplinary humanities and liberal arts education for the 21st century.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Teach lower- division General Education courses in Oral and Written Communication and Critical Thinking
• Teach upper- division courses in Argumentation, Composition Studies, and/or Rhetorical Theory
• Strong commitment to innovative curriculum development
• Mentoring students, including those from non-traditional, first generation, working class, and ethnically diverse backgrounds
• Contributing to the service and community-building needs at the Department, College and University levels
• Typical teaching load is 12 credits per semester

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Ph.D. in English Composition, Rhetoric, Communication Studies or related discipline by the time of appointment
• Demonstrated experience and commitment to working with colleagues and students across a range of disciplinary areas
• Demonstrated teaching experience and ability to work with an ethnically and linguistically diverse student population, including non-native speakers of English
• Ability to engage with an integrated approach to reading, writing, and oral communication
• Experience with, and knowledge of, inclusive pedagogies
• Research and teaching interests in composition studies, literacy studies, and/or the scholarship of teaching and learning in composition and communication
• Experience working effectively in an ethnically and culturally diverse campus community

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Skill in cross-cultural, experiential, and assets-based pedagogies
• Expertise in an area of ethnic and/or transnational rhetoric(s)
• Expertise in critical race, gender, sexuality, and/or disability studies
• Successful experience authoring grants
• Expertise in new and emerging forms of digital media
• Administrative experience coordinating a departmental writing program or equivalent
• Experience with project-based learning, applied learning, and/or service learning
• Professional experience in multilingual/multicultural contexts
• Experience in university service and community building

SPECIAL CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT:

All offers of employment are contingent upon the successful completion of a background check (including a criminal records check).

The person holding this position will have a duty to report to the Campus Title IX Officer information pertaining to discrimination, harassment, sexual misconduct, sexual exploitation, dating violence, domestic violence, stalking, and retaliation and is required to comply with the requirements set forth in CSU Executive Order EO 1095, EO 1096, and EO 1097 as a condition of employment. 

The incumbent is required to maintain confidentiality as outlined in the Department of Education’s Family Educational Rights and Privacy and California’s Educational Code Chapter 13 regarding sensitive student issues.

Working in the State of California is a condition of employment.

COMPENSATION:  

Anticipated Hiring Salary Range:  $7,163 to $7,481* mo ($85,953 to $89,772 annual) 

CSU Salary Schedule
*CSUMB provides pay scales representing its good faith estimate of what the university reasonably expects to pay for this position. The pay offered to a selected candidate will be determined on factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the qualifications of the selected candidate, departmental budget availability, internal equity, and CSU systemwide pay for comparable jobs.

BENEFITS:

CSUMB offers a premium benefit package that includes outstanding health, dental & vision plans; a fee waiver education program; and membership in the California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS).  For more information, visit: Employee Benefits Summary.  Additionally, the University Corporation at CSU Monterey Bay provides access to affordable campus housing based on availability, visit:  Schoonover Employee Housing for more information.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE:

For full consideration, applicants must complete the required online application and submit required documents by the priority screening date found at csumb.edu/jobs. Application submissions received after the application screening date will be reviewed at the discretion of the University. Materials submitted become the property of CSUMB and will not be returned.

Reasonable accommodations will be provided for qualified applicants with disabilities who self-disclose by contacting Human Resources at (831) 582-3389 or humanresources@csumb.edu.

GENERAL INFORMATION:

CSUMB hires only individuals lawfully authorized to work in the United States and is an E-Verify employer. In compliance with state and federal crime awareness and campus security legislation, including The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Crime Statistics Act, California Education Code section 67380, and the Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA), the Cal State University, Monterey Bay Annual Security and Fire Safety Report is available at: https://csumb.edu/clery

The health and safety of our students, faculty, and staff remain our highest priority. While on campus, students, faculty, staff, and the community will be expected to follow all campus safety mandates.  

CSUMB is a smoke and tobacco-free campus. 

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER:

CSUMB is an Equal Opportunity employer seeking to recruit and support a broadly diverse community of faculty and staff. We value and celebrate diversity in all its forms and strive to foster an inclusive culture built on respect that affirms inter-group relations and builds cohesion. We consider qualified applicants for employment for their anticipated contributions and without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, genetic information, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, veteran status, or disability.