Willamette University

Visiting Assistant Professor of History

Visiting Assistant Professor of History

The Department of History at Willamette University seeks a transnational historian with an area of focus in Latin America, the Middle East/North Africa, or Pacific Rim/Pacific Indigenous Studies for a one year, non-tenure track visiting appointment beginning in the fall of 2016.

To learn more about the Department of History, staff and faculty please visit http://www.willamette.edu/cla/history

Qualifications: Candidates holding a Ph.D. or ABD in History will be considered. Teaching experience at the undergraduate level is preferred. Scholars whose work utilizes public history, new media, and digital humanities are encouraged to apply. The teaching load is three courses per semester with two at the lower-division level and one at the upper division.

Salary with Ph.D. is $42,874; without a Ph.D. $38, 587. Both include medical and dental benefits.

How to apply: Please submit the following application materials at http://jobs.willamette.edu:
• Cover letter
• Curriculum vitae
• One-page statement of teaching philosophy
• Statement of how, as a scholar and teacher, you might engage and sustain our institutional commitment to diversity and equity
• Sample Syllabi
• Unofficial graduate transcripts (official transcripts will be required before hiring)
• Three letters of recommendations

Application Deadline: Review of applications will begin March 9 and continue until the finalists are selected.

Inquiries should be directed to Professor William Smaldone, Search Committee Chair, Department of History, at wsmaldone@willamette.edu.

Willamette University is a small, distinguished undergraduate institution with a strong liberal arts curriculum, committed to excellence in teaching and scholarship. Founded in 1842, as the first University in the West, Willamette takes full advantage of its location in the heart of the Willamette Valley, in Salem, across the street from the state capitol, and a one-hour drive from Portland, Eugene, the Oregon Coast and the Cascade Mountains. The 72-acre campus consists of an undergraduate college of liberal arts together with professional schools in law and management. To learn more about Willamette, please visit www.willamette.edu

Believing that diversity contributes to academic excellence and to rich and rewarding communities, Willamette University is committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse faculty, staff, and student body. We seek candidates, particularly those from historically under-represented groups, whose work furthers diversity and who bring to campus varied experiences, perspectives, and backgrounds.