Visiting Assistant Professor of Comparative American Studies
Institution Type: | College / University |
Location: | Ohio, United States |
Position: | Visiting Assistant Professor |
The Comparative American Studies Program at Oberlin College invites applications for a full-time non-continuing faculty position in the College of Arts and Sciences. Appointment to this position will be for a term of one year, beginning in the Fall semester of 2010, and will carry the rank of Visiting Assistant Professor.
The incumbent will teach courses in Comparative Race and Ethnicity. For this position, preference will be given to candidates with training in history and/or the social sciences with research and teaching interests in comparative race and ethnicity, transnational social movements, gender and sexuality, and/or urban studies. The Comparative American Studies Program is committed to interdisciplinary and theoretically informed intersectional pedagogy at the undergraduate level. Faculty are expected to integrate issues of gender, race, ethnicity, class, sexuality, and citizenship within comparative and/or transnational frames throughout their teaching. Successful candidates will also be expected to participate in the full range of faculty responsibilities. Faculty will teach five courses per year.
Among the qualifications required for the appointment is the Ph.D. degree (in hand or expected by the first semester of 2010). Candidates must demonstrate interest and potential excellence in undergraduate teaching. Successful teaching experience at the college level is desirable.
To be assured of consideration, letters of application, including a curriculum vitae, graduate academic transcripts, a short writing sample, course syllabi if available, title and one sentence description of 2-3 courses candidate could teach, and at least three letters of reference should be sent to Wendy Kozol, Director, Comparative American Studies Program, King 141D, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH 44074 (Phone: 440-775-8982; fax 440-775-8644) by April 5, 2010. Application materials received after that date may be considered until the position is filled. Salary will depend on qualifications and experience.
Oberlin College is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer with a strong institutional commitment to the development of a climate that supports equality of opportunity and respect of differences based on gender, ethnicity, disability, and sexual orientation. Oberlin was the first coeducational institution to grant bachelor's degrees to women and historically has been a leader in the education of African-Americans; the college was also among the first to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation. In that spirit, we are particularly interested in receiving applications from individuals who would contribute to the diversity of our faculty.
Contact: |
Wendy Kozol, Director
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Website: | http://new.oberlin.edu/ |
Primary Category: | American History / Studies |
Secondary Categories: | Area Studies |
Posting Date: | 03/11/2010 |
Closing Date | 04/05/2010 |