Berea College, Foreign Languages
Tenure-Track position in Chinese Language and Asian Studies
Institution Type: | College / University |
Location: | Kentucky, United States |
Position: | Tenure Track Faculty |
Berea College announces a full-time, tenure-track position as Assistant Professor of Chinese and Asian Studies beginning August 2016. Qualifications include a Ph.D. in Chinese language, linguistics, literature, or another related field, native or near-native fluency in Mandarin Chinese and English, and demonstrated excellence in teaching at the undergraduate level. Responsibilities include teaching introductory courses in Chinese language and culture, contributing to the College’s General Education program, and collaborating with the Asian Studies and Foreign Languages programs to develop and maintain an introductory curriculum in Chinese language. The College seeks an individual who is an excellent instructor and scholar to join a faculty of scholar-teachers. Commitment to the purposes of the College and to superior teaching at the undergraduate level is essential.
Application materials (consisting of a letter of application, CV, three letters of recommendation, summary of student evaluation data, sample syllabi, and samples of scholarly work) should be sent to: chinesesearch@berea.edu. Review of applications will begin on November 1, 2015, and continue until the position is filled. Berea faculty will be present at the 2015 meeting of the American Association of Chinese Studies at the University of Saint Thomas in Houston, Texas on October 9-11, 2015, to conduct preliminary interviews with interested candidates.
Berea College achieved national distinction as the first coeducational and interracial college in the South. With an emphasis on service to the people of Appalachia and beyond, Berea enrolls 1,600 students from 40 states and 60 countries. The College has a longstanding commitment to interracial education; here, people of different races seek to learn from and about each other, while also living together. Berea is among the most racially diverse private liberal arts colleges in the United States. The College admits only students whose families are unable to afford the high cost of tuition and awards each of them a four-year tuition scholarship. Berea’s students excel in the College’s supportive but demanding academic environment, and many are the first in their families to graduate from college. The College is one of seven federally recognized Work Colleges, and all students hold a position in which they work 10-12 hours per week. Washington Monthly Magazine has consistently ranked Berea in the top three of Liberal Arts Colleges for its success in educating and graduating academically talented, low-income students who become service-oriented leaders in their professions and communities.
Located where the Bluegrass Region meets the Cumberland Mountains, the town of Berea (pop. 14,000) lies forty miles south of Lexington and is approximately two hours from Cincinnati, Louisville, and Knoxville. More information about Berea College is available at www.berea.edu.
Berea College, in light of its mission in the tradition of impartial love and social equality, welcomes all people of the earth to learn and work here.
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Website: | https://www.berea.edu/human-resources/faculty-positions/ |
Primary Category: | Languages |
Secondary Categories: | Chinese History / Studies |
Posting Date: | 09/10/2015 |
Closing Date | 12/09/2015 |