Assistant Professor or Instructor (ABD) (EXPIRED)

Location

Middlebury, VT

Open Date

Aug 14, 2023

Deadline

Nov 01, 2023 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time

Description

MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE, MIDDLEBURY, VT 05753

The Department of Philosophy seeks a full-time Assistant Professor or Instructor (ABD) for a tenure-track position, beginning September 2024, in AOS: Philosophy of Science and Technology and/or Ethics of Science and Technology, AOC: Open, but willing and able to teach one section of Introduction to Modern Logic annually. The successful candidate will be expected to teach one winter term every other year and will also contribute regularly to the college-wide curriculum, which includes but is not limited to the first-year seminar program. In addition to a robust scholarly program, the successful candidate will have broad pilosophical interests and will be a dynamic and engaging teacher committted to working with students with a variety of academic perspectives, social identities, and life experiences. Candidates should provide evidence of both scholarly potential and a commitment to exceptional teaching within a liberal arts college environment, including contributing to the advancement of diversity, equity, inclusion, and a sense of belonging in the classroom.

Middlebury College is a top-tier liberal arts college with a demonstrated commitment to excellence in both faculty teaching and research. It is also committed to fostering a truly inclusive, open, and supportive learning, teaching, and working environment. The College hires faculty from around the world and a myriad of life experiences, cultures, frames of reference, social identities, and learning perspectives to help cultivate and advance innovation in our curriculum and to provide a rich and varied educational experience to our talented and distinguished student body. To that end, Middlebury College seeks applications from people who would contribute to our increasingly diverse educational community not only through their backgrounds and interests, but in age, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, ethnicity, national origin, religion, and physical ability.

All application materials must be submitted electronically by November 1, 2023. Email and paper applications are not accepted. Application materials must include a cover letter, curriculum vitae, graduate transcript, sample of scholarly work, evidence of teaching ability, and three current letters of recommendation, at least two of which must speak to teaching ability. Additionally, applications must include a statement of teaching interests and titles of 4 courses (in addition to "Introduction to Logic") that the candidate would be interested in teaching, as well as a separate, one-page statement addressing how the candidate's teaching, scholarship, mentorship, and/or community service demonstrate a commitement to and/or evidence of engaging with issues of diversity and inclusion broadly speaking and/or with respect to the discipline of philosophy. For ABD candidates, the expected graduation date must be specified and addressed. More information about the position and the application process is available at https://www.middlebury.edu/college/academics/academic-affairs/faculty/prospective-faculty/open-positions.

To apply, please visit: http://apply.interfolio.com/129578

Offers of employment are contigent on completion of a background check. Information on our background check policy can be found at http://go.middlebury.edu/backgroundchecks.