Assistant Professor

College of the Holy Cross Department of Philosophy

Tenure-Track Assistant Professor Position in Philosophy

GENERAL INFORMATION

The Department of Philosophy at the College of the Holy Cross invites applications for a full-time tenure-track Assistant Professor to begin in August 2024. Area of Specialization:  Epistemology and Metaphysics. Area of Competence: Ethics, Political Theory, or Feminism.

This position carries a 3-2 teaching load with a full-salary one-semester research leave prior to tenure review, and generous sabbatical and fellowship leaves for tenured faculty. All full-time appointments offer competitive salaries and include full benefits, including travel support and reimbursement for relocation. Faculty at the College cultivate a richly diverse academic community, pursue innovative teaching, and create high-impact scholarship. To learn more about faculty life at the College & the Worcester area, candidates are encouraged to visit our Prospective Faculty page.

QUALIFICATIONS

Candidates must demonstrate excellence in scholarship and a commitment to effective undergraduate teaching in the context of a liberal arts college. Ph.D. in Philosophy required by the beginning of the appointment.

APPLICATION MATERIALS

Please submit a cover letter addressing the position requirements listed above, a current curriculum vitae, a statement on teaching, three confidential letters of recommendations, and a writing sample. In your cover letter and statement on teaching, in addition to describing your research and teaching interests, please address how your scholarship, teaching, mentoring, and/or service would support the College’s mission as a Jesuit, undergraduate liberal arts college and its core commitment to diversity and inclusion. The College values cultural and intellectual pluralism as integral to this mission and essential to the excellence of our academic program.

Submission Materials

The College of the Holy Cross uses Interfolio to collect all faculty job applications.  Please submit all application materials only through this platform: to https://apply.interfolio.com/129437. Materials submitted through any other means will not be considered.

Review of applications will begin on October 25, 2023. Initial interviews of selected applicants will take place in the middle of December, 2023. We will conduct these preliminary interviews by Zoom. Questions about this search may be directed to Professor Karsten Stueber, [email protected].

COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS

College of the Holy Cross is a highly selective Catholic liberal arts college in the Jesuit tradition. It enrolls about 3,100 students and is located in Worcester, Massachusetts, a medium-sized city 45 miles west of Boston. The College seeks faculty members whose scholarship, teaching, advising, and on- and off-campus service demonstrate an enduring commitment to academic excellence and who embrace the educational benefits of a richly diverse community. Holy Cross aspires to meet the needs of dual-career couples, in part through its membership in the Higher Education Consortium of Central Massachusetts and the New England Higher Education Recruitment Consortium.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYMENT STATEMENT

The College is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and complies with all Federal and Massachusetts laws concerning equal opportunity and affirmative action in the workplace