INTERNATIONAL AND MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
TESOL/Critical
Language Studies
The
International and Multicultural Education (IME) Department in the School of
Education of the University of San Francisco invites applications for a
tenure-track faculty position in Teaching English to Speakers of Other
Languages (TESOL)/Critical Language Studies at the Assistant Professor level
commencing Fall 2014. We are particularly looking for a candidate with a strong
background in preparing students to teach English to Speakers of Other
Languages and a background in historical and contemporary issues related to
these areas:
- language, power and inequality
- critical applied linguistics
- critical discourse analysis
- bilingualism and multilingualism
This position involves
coordinating the TESOL program and teaching graduate courses in the areas of
second language acquisition, applied linguistics and bilingualism as well as
coordinating the expanding MA-TESOL program.
Since its inception in 1975, the
International and Multicultural Education (IME) Department has been committed
to understanding inequalities based on race, class, gender, and nationality as
a way of promoting educational scholarship and research based on principles of
equity and social justice. IME provides students with
educational experiences that generate leadership, ethical responsibility and
service to all communities with focused studies on formal and
informal education within social, cultural, and linguistic contexts in both the
United States and abroad.
The
IME Department currently offers the following degrees: Ed.D. in International and Multicultural
Education (with optional concentrations in Second Language Acquisition and
Human Rights Education), M.A. in International and Multicultural Education (with
optional concentration in Human Rights Education), M.A. in Teaching English as
a Second Language (with a new online program as of Spring 2013), and M.A. in
Human Rights Education. The IME
Department has always been innovative in its curriculum and scholarship, with a
special focus on Freirean pedagogy and critical participatory action research.
The
IME Department is actively seeking to expand the diversity of its faculty and
student body. Applicants should meet the following requirements:
- An earned doctorate in Education or an
appropriate discipline related to Critical Language Studies/TESOL. Candidates nearing completion of their
doctorates will be considered.
- Proven ability or potential to teach in and
coordinate a graduate program in TESOL, particularly working with
international students.
- Experience and expertise in university teaching
at the graduate level. Ability to
guide doctoral students in the research and writing stages of their
dissertations; interest in chairing and serving on doctoral dissertation
committees.
- Potential to teach courses in the General
Education program.
- Ability to work effectively with a highly
collegial and progressive faculty who are dedicated to educational
excellence for all.
- Interest in collaboration, particularly with
other departments in the School of Education.
- Evidence of active scholarship and a research
agenda that advance international and multicultural education.
Applications
will be reviewed beginning November 1, 2013.
Please
send a letter of intent, curriculum vitae, three letters of reference and
graduate transcripts to:
Search Committee: International and Multicultural Education
Department
University of San
Francisco
2130 Fulton Street
San Francisco, CA 94117-1080
Established
as San Francisco’s first institution of higher learning in 1855, the University
of San Francisco currently serves 8,000 students in the arts and sciences,
education, business, nursing, law, and professional studies. USF is a Jesuit
institution with the principle aim of “educating minds and hearts to change the
world.”
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