Opportunities

Teaching Fellows

The University Writing Program (UWP) invites recent JHU PhD graduates to apply for Postdoctoral Teaching Fellowships for the academic year 2026–2027, with an anticipated start date in July 2026. The appointment is for one year with the possibility of one renewal.

The successful candidates will join the UWP at an ongoing moment of transformation. The program has recently launched a universal first-year writing requirement and is helping departments to integrate more writing into the majors, while also developing community-engaged writing classes as well as courses for graduate students and advanced undergraduates. The Postdoctoral Teaching Fellows will join a collaborative, creative faculty in the midst of crafting a new culture of writing at Hopkins.   

Postdocs are responsible for 4 courses (1 prep) per year, either 2-2 or 1-3, depending on program needs, and perform service (primarily committee work). New fellows who have not yet participated in UWP’s Teaching Writing Workshop (TWW) will complete this training in the fall and teach 3 sections in the spring. As of July 1, 2025, the Krieger School set compensation for this 9-month position at $46,500 plus qualified benefits. This may be subject to change. 

Qualifications

Required:

  • PhD in hand by the time of appointment (July 1, 2026)
    • The dissertation defense must have occurred by June 1, 2026.
    • The date of the defense, if known, must be specified in the application.
    • If the defense is not yet scheduled at the time of application, the following must be provided:
      • A letter from the student’s advisor stating that they fully expect the defense to happen before June 1st. 
      • This letter needs to be received by April 1st at the latest, and ideally with the application, which is due on March 15th.
      • Once the defense is scheduled, we need to be informed. 
  • Demonstrated teaching excellence 
  • Eligibility to work in the United States for the duration of the appointment, beginning on July 1, 2026
    • Note that work authorization for the second year is a requirement for renewal of the appointment. The UWP cannot sponsor visas.

Preferred:

  • Experience in teacher training programs such as the JHU Teaching Academy. 
  • Experience teaching writing-intensive courses 
  • Experience teaching first year students 
  • Experience working with students from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, including first-generation college students, limited income students, and students from underrepresented groups 

Review of applications will begin March 15, 2026, and will continue until the position is filled. Initial interviews will occur in person.

Application Instructions 

We will begin accepting applications for the 26/27 academic year on February 2, 2026. A link to the application will be provided here. You will be asked to upload the following documents.

  • Cover letter that foregrounds your experience in and approach to teaching. Note that if your PhD is not in hand at the time of application, you must specify the date of your scheduled defense in your cover letter.
  • CV that includes your teaching experience and any relevant training (e.g. CTEI workshops).
  • Sample syllabus. If you have taught with us before, please include your Reintroduction to Writing syllabus along with a description (not more than 250 words) of anything you might change if you were to teach the class again. If you have not taught with us before, please include a syllabus from a class you have recently taught along with a description (not more than 250 words) of how you might adapt it to be a Reintroduction to Writing class. (Please see the description of our Reintroduction to Writing class here and the descriptions of individual Reintroduction to Writing sections here for more information.)
  • Contact information for one academic reference.

If you have questions, please contact the chair of the search committee, Sandy Koullas, at [email protected], or the director of the University Writing Program, Matt Pavesich, at [email protected].

We strongly encourage applications from minority-identifying candidates. 

Successful candidates will be subject to a pre-employment background check.   

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