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Lecturer
  • Job Number: 25686
  • Functional Area: Academic (non-faculty)
  • Department: Comparative Media Studies/Writing
  • School Area: Humanities, Arts, & Social Sciences
  • Pay Range Minimum: $74,151
  • Pay Range Maximum: $88,982
  • Employment Type: Full-Time Temporary
  • Employment Category: Exempt
  • Visa Sponsorship Available: No
  • Schedule:
  • Pay Grade: No Grade


Posting Description

LECTURER (2), Comparative Media Studies/Writing, (one year term with the possibility of renewal), to be writing-in-the-disciplines specialists in the Writing, Rhetoric, and Professional Communication program (WRAP). A thriving program with over thirty lecturers, WRAP collaborates with faculty across MIT to provide communication instruction within communication-intensive subjects in all departments.  In addition to technical knowledge, MIT graduates need to know how to analyze audiences and attend to differences in discourse conventions, how to analyze and produce specialized genres and forms of argumentation, and how to compose, evaluate, and integrate oral, written, visual, and digital modes of communication. WRAP researches these concepts and professional practices, develops new pedagogy, and assesses how students learn, apply, and transfer this knowledge. The lecturers will teach communication recitations and workshops within communication-intensive classes primarily in STEM subjects; work with disciplinary faculty and other WRAP lecturers to develop pedagogy, instruction, and assignments that teach the rhetorical principles of written and oral communication; and evaluate and respond to student communication assignments in a variety of contexts, and provide guidance to faculty and TAs for evaluating and responding to student communication assignments.

Job Requirements

REQUIRED: Master’s degree in rhetoric, composition, or technical/professional writing; three years’ teaching experience; experience teaching technical communication, preferably in WAC/WID contexts; comfort with highly technical subject matter andan understanding of the principles of effectively communicating technical material for multiple audiences; and excellent interpersonal skills and ability to collaborate effectively with faculty, TAs, and administrative staff. PREFERRED: Ph.D.; familiarity with rhetoric and WAC/WID pedagogy; and experience with assignment design, oral communication instruction, and/or visual rhetoric.

A full-time teaching load is the equivalent of three classes per term; lecturers typically teach up to four communication modules per term embedded within a team-teaching environment. This is a one year term with the possibility of renewal.

5/4/2026