The Canadian Communication Association (CCA) invites paper proposals for its Annual Conference 2020, which will be held on June 2-5, 2020 at Western University. The CCA calls for paper proposals that explore and extend the Canadian Federation for the
Humanities and Social Sciences 2020 Congress theme (“Bridging Divides: Confronting Colonialism and Anti-Black Racism”) and/or contribute to the range and depth of communications, media-culture and digital technology scholarship in Canada and
internationally. Proposal submission deadline: Monday, December 2, 2019.

The Association of Canadian College and University Teachers of English (ACCUTE) is excited to announce a general call for papers for the 2020 conference, which will take place May 30-June 2, 2020 at Western University. This call welcomes papers in all fields of English studies. Deadline for all paper proposals: November 15, 2019.

The Center for Academic and Professional Communication (CAPC) at Rice University, a multimodal communication center designed on the model of a traditional university writing center, is looking for an assistant director of visual communication. The CAPC provides resources and support tailored for students, faculty, and staff across the campus. The responsibilities of the assistant director of visual communication in the CAPC include developing visual communication related workshops and other resources for faculty and students, consulting with faculty and students on visual projects, organizing a biennial symposium on visual and multimodal communication, helping the CAPC and the Program in Writing and Communication with in-house visual projects, and helping to assess the CAPC’s visual communication efforts. The assistant director of visual communication also may teach a credit-bearing course on visual and multimodal communication per year.

The application deadline is November 6, 2019. To read the full job description and to apply online, click here.

Education required: Master’s degree

Education preferred: PhD degree

Experience preferred:

Related experience in the following areas:

• Employment or attendance at a Tier 1 research university
• Experience developing programs in visual and multimodal communication
• Experience creating training materials for different academic audiences
• Experience visualizing research and designing figures
• Experience with event planning

Skills required:

• Working knowledge of Windows XP/7/8, OSX, and all MS Office Applications
• Experience with Adobe Creative Suite
• Excellent written and communications skills and the ability to communicate clearly and concisely with diverse audiences
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to prioritize work assignments with sustained heavy workload
• Excellent analytical skills
• Demonstrated ability to work both independently and collaboratively with program staff, faculty and course teams and external contractors
• Ability to work on multiple projects
• Demonstrated project management capabilities using established project planning tools and software
• Substantial knowledge and skills in current educational technologies, software and learning platforms
• Proficient in the use of Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop)

The Writing Center at UNC Chapel Hill invites applications for the full-time, permanent position of English Language Specialist. Duties include organizing and leading graduate-level academic writing groups and intercultural speaking groups, developing and leading instructional modules in academic communication, developing multimedia instructional materials, training writing coaches to work with L2 writers, and contributing to Writing Center initiatives. Minimum qualifications include a Master’s degree in TESOL, Foreign Language Education, or related field (PhD preferred) and 2-5 years of experience teaching English as a Second Language at the college level. Demonstrated skill teaching academic English for graduate students, prior employment in a college-level writing center, and tech or web skills are advantages. Salary commensurate with experience. Address materials to Dr. Gigi Taylor and submit application here.

Inaugural Issue: Now Accepting Submissions!

Writers: Craft & Context is a new open-access interdisciplinary journal that publishes a wide array of material focused on the lived experiences of writers: the work they do, the contexts in which they compose and circulate their work, how they are impacted by policies and pedagogies (broadly conceived) and how they develop across the lifespan.

Anticipated launch date: January 2020

Submission window: September 16 – November 16, 2019