Global Academic Fellow Writing NYU Shanghai

NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SHANGHAI IS EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THE SEARCH FOR GLOBAL ACADEMIC FELLOWS SPECIALIZING IN WRITING. The NYU Shanghai Global Academic Fellowship enables individuals passionate about education and leadership to apply their talents to delivering academic support services and enrichment for the outstanding students at NYU Shanghai. NYU Shanghai is the third degree-granting campus in NYUs global network, joining NYU in New York and NYU Abu Dhabi. It is a world-class, comprehensive liberal arts and sciences research university in the heart of Shanghai. With half of the student body drawn from China and half from over 30 other countries, The Global Academic Fellowship provides unique opportunities to explore teaching, work closely with faculty, serve an international population, gain administrative experience, and enhance a developing university community both as a leader and community member. The Global Academic Fellowship is a unique position designed for young professionals who have recently completed their academic study programs. Candidates for the Global Academic Fellowship (GAF) positions specializing in writing must have received high distinction during their college and early professional careers, and they must be gifted writers. Experience teaching writing is helpful, but not required. We also value evidence of initiative, judgment and skill working with people from many different cultures. During their fellowship, Writing GAFs will be vital resources for students in the Academic Resource Center, serving as English writing and speaking tutors. Every GAF also partners with a university department for his/her Institutional Enrichment Project (IEP). IEPs expose GAFs to various departments and their functions and develop leadership, project management, and collaborative-working skills, while providing GAFs with opportunities to enhance the NYU Shanghai community. GAFs will also have the opportunity to work on their own writing projects over the course of the academic year with mentorship from a member of the faculty. HIGHLIGHTS: $25,000 fellowship stipend Round-trip transportation to Shanghai Relocation allowance Health and Housing Benefits 10 month appointment from August 1, 2014-May 31, 2015 QUALIFICATIONS Minimum of a bachelor's degree, with demonstrated skill in Writing; Masters degrees welcome. Excellent academic record Previous tutoring or teaching experience preferred, but not required Candidates with fewer than two years of continuous formal work experience in the areas of teaching and writing may be required to participate in an unpaid two-week work certification training in China prior to the beginning of the Fellowship.

Please upload the following documents as PDF files: Cover Letter CV including contact information for three references (two of whom should be faculty or research supervisors) Transcript (Bachelors and, if applicable, Masters) Five-page sample of recent academic writing (may be an excerpt from a longer paper) We would like to know about you as a learner, writer, teacher, and colleague. In responding to the following prompts, you should feel free to deploy whatever voices you choose. Please upload all of your answers in one PDF. o Teaching (400-500 words) Please show us what you value as a teacher and as a learner - in general and with writing specifically. You might choose to describe a challenge or breakthrough moment in your own learning or writing, you might suggest an ideal first-year writing program, or you might go in another direction. English as a Second Language (200-300 words) Please show us how you would approach teaching non-native speakers of English. Professional Development (200-300 words) Please show us what creative or critical work you plan to pursue in the coming years. Where do you see yourself in five years? Place (200-300 words) Please show us what attracts you about Shanghai as a place to live and work.

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Applications will be accepted until all positions are filled. The deadline for the first wave of hiring is January 27, 2014 but applications will still be accepted after that date on a rolling basis. Questions can be directed to shanghai.gafhiring@nyu.edu.