ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN CHICANA/O – LATINA/O STUDIES BEGINNING FALL 2013

THE CLAREMONT COLLEGES

CLAREMONT, CA 91711

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN CHICANA/O – LATINA/O STUDIES

BEGINNING FALL 2013

The Claremont Colleges invite applications for a full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Chicana/o – Latina/o Studies.  A Ph.D. in Chicana/o—Latina/o Studies or related interdisciplinary studies is preferred.  We are seeking candidates with interdisciplinary training and a creative approach to cutting edge scholarship. The teaching load for this appointment will be five courses annually.  The successful candidate will be expected to teach the capstone interdisciplinary senior seminar in CLS, an interdisciplinary methods course, and additional courses in his or her fields of expertise.  He or she will be expected to work collaboratively in an intercollegiate and interdisciplinary setting.

A Ph.D. is required and teaching experience is highly desirable.  The successful candidate should have a strong commitment to undergraduate liberal arts education and teaching, as well as the promise of a productive research program.  Send a cover letter, curriculum vitae, statement of teaching philosophy and sample syllabi, a brief description of your research, reprints, and three letters of reference to

AcademicJobsOnline.org

The appointment for this position will be to the Intercollegiate Department of Chicana/o – Latina/o Studies at The Claremont Colleges and to Scripps College.

Review of applications will begin on December 16, 2012 and will continue until the position is filled.  Professor Maria Soldatenko is the Chair of the search.

The Claremont Colleges Consortium is located 35 miles east of Los Angeles.  In a continuing effort to build a diverse academic community and to provide equal educational and employment opportunities, The Claremont Colleges actively encourages applications from women and members of historically under-represented groups.