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 August 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. 

• 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)

Interested candidates should submit the following documents to be considered for the position:

• 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)

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Review of applications will begin immediately, and priority will be given to applications received before March 15, 2025. Interviews will be conducted online, and only shortlisted applicants will be notified. The position will remain open until filled. 

Carnegie Mellon University is an equal opportunity employer. It does not discriminate in admission, employment, or administration of its programs or activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy or related condition, family status, marital status, parental status, religion, ancestry, veteran status, or genetic information.  Furthermore, Carnegie Mellon University does not discriminate and is required not to discriminate in violation of federal, state, or local laws or executive orders.

About Carnegie Mellon University

Carnegie Mellon (www.cmu.edu) is a private, internationally ranked research university with programs in areas ranging from science, technology and business, to public policy, the humanities and the arts. More than 12,000 students in the university’s seven schools and colleges benefit from a small student-to-faculty ratio and an education characterized by its focus on creating and implementing solutions for real problems, interdisciplinary collaboration and innovation. A global university, Carnegie Mellon’s main campus in the United States is in Pittsburgh, Pa. It has campuses in California’s Silicon Valley and Qatar, and programs in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe and Mexico.

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