Michigan State University, James Madison College
Assistant Professor - Humanities, Culture & Writing
Institution Type: | College / University |
Location: | Michigan, United States |
Position: | Assistant Professor |
James Madison College, a residential college of public affairs at Michigan State University, invites applications for a tenure-stream position in its Humanities, Culture, and Writing (HCW) program. We seek a beginning or advanced Assistant Professor with demonstrated success teaching first year writing, preferably in courses that integrate writing instruction with intellectually challenging content. The successful candidate could come from any discipline in the humanities or social sciences, as long as he or she is passionate about, and skilled in, teaching writing as a process of inquiry. A PhD is required.
With an enrollment limited to 1200 students, James Madison College (JMC) provides an ideal environment for a teacher-scholar who both plans to maintain an active scholarly agenda and is primarily devoted to excellence in undergraduate teaching. The latter is the primary criterion for tenure at the college. In addition to its mission of excellence in undergraduate teaching, JMC is noted for its rigorous academic standards and attention to the analytical, writing and speaking skills of its students. JMC also has close working relationships with MSU’s area studies centers and its many international teaching and research centers. The faculty currently teaching in the HCW program hold Ph.D.s in English, history, American studies, and government. They offer a variety of first year seminars that incorporate readings from the humanities and social sciences to explore topics of broad relevance to public affairs. Recent topics include: “Literature and Cultural Memory: Slavery, the Holocaust, and AIDS”; “Borderlands, Displacement, and Diasporas”; and “America in the 1930s: Responding to Crisis.”
The teaching load is 2-2/3-2 in a semester system, meaning that faculty alternate between a 2-2 and a 3-2 annual load. This load includes one upper-level course in one of the college’s four majors: Comparative Cultures and Politics; International Relations; Political Theory and Constitutional Democracy; Social Relations and Policy. The remaining courses will be first-year seminars, which enroll a maximum of 20 students each.
Review of applications will begin November 1, 2015 and will continue until the position is filled. Applications must be submitted electronically to the Michigan State University Human Resources web site https://jobs.msu.edu/. Applicants should submit a letter describing their approach to teaching first year writing as well as how their teaching and research interests would contribute to a multidisciplinary college of public affairs. Supporting materials should include a vita, at least three confidential letters of recommendation, a writing sample, and a teaching portfolio or sample teaching materials.
MSU is an affirmative-action, equal-opportunity employer. MSU is committed to achieving excellence through a diverse workforce and inclusive culture that encourages all people to reach their full potential. The University actively encourages applications and/or nominations of women, persons of color, veterans and persons with disabilities.
Contact: |
website: www.jmc.msu.edu Application site: www.jobs.msu.edu (posting #1800) Questions: Lindsay Thornhill (thornh12@msu.edu) |
Website: | http://www.jmc.msu.edu |
Primary Category: | Composition |
Secondary Categories: | Cultural History / Studies Humanities |
Posting Date: | 08/17/2015 |
Closing Date | 10/30/2015 |