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Assistant Professor of Philosophy (EXPIRED)

Social Science & Humanities, Westminster College, Pennsylvania

Job category Junior faculty / Tenure-track or similar
AOS Ethics, duties will include teaching at least two Biomedical Ethics courses a year to service our new Nursing Program. Ability to teach other practical ethics courses desired.
AOS categories Applied Ethics
Biomedical Ethics
Normative Ethics
AOC Open, with any of the following areas acceptable: 20th century or contemporary Analytic Philosophy, Feminism, Phenomenology.
AOC categories 19th/20th Century Philosophy
American Philosophy
Applied Ethics
Feminist Philosophy
Workload Full time
Vacancies 1
Location New Wilmington, Pennsylvania, United States
Start date September 18, 2017
Job description

Vira I. Heinz Professor of Philosophy

(Assistant Professor)

Westminster College invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Philosophy, at the rank of assistant professor, to begin in the Fall semester of 2018.  Duties will include teaching at least two Biomedical Ethics courses a year to service our new Bachelor of Science in Nursing program with the remainder of the six-course teaching load comprised of introductory courses that fulfill institutional general education demands and advanced courses for the major.  Ability to teach other practical Ethics courses desired.  Besides the ability to teach Ethics, broadly construed, we seek to enhance our program with any of the following teaching areas: 20th century or contemporary Analytic Philosophy, Feminism, or Phenomenology.

The successful candidate will be hired as the Vira I. Heinz Chair in Philosophy. This chair, created as a means of supporting early career scholars through additional research/pedagogy development funding, rotates every five years among untenured faculty within the Division of Social Sciences and Humanities. 

Westminster College is one of America’s most admired liberal arts colleges, known for its collaborative environment and outstanding experiential learning programs. Related to the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Westminster was founded in 1852 as the first college in the country to offer the same degrees to all people, regardless of gender, race, or religion. Westminster has been ranked among the nation’s top schools for “Top Colleges Doing the Most for the American Dream” (NY Times), “best value for the money” (College Factual), employment success (Educate to Career Index), graduation rate performance (U.S. News), social mobility (Washington Monthly), women in STEM disciplines (Forbes), serviceā€learning (President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll), and other categories. Around 1,300 undergraduate and graduate students benefit from close personal attention from dedicated faculty (a 12:1 student/faculty ratio) while choosing from 41 majors, 10 preā€professional programs, and nearly 100 organizations. Westminster’s historic campus is located in New Wilmington, PA, a beautiful rural setting near Pittsburgh and Cleveland.

           Applications should be electronically submitted to [email protected] and should include a cover letter, CV, graduate transcripts, writing sample, evidence of teaching effectiveness, sample syllabus, a brief description of teaching experience and/or philosophy, statement describing experience teaching and  mentoring students from historically underrepresented populations, and names and addresses of references, with at least one reference capable of speaking to the candidate's teaching effectiveness/potential.  Materials should be received no later than November 1, 2017.

            Westminster College is an Equal Opportunity Employer, enhancing learning through diversity and inclusion.

How to apply
Application type Email
Email to apply
Hard deadline November 1, 2017, 1:00pm EST
Contact
Web address for more information http://www.westminster.edu
Contact name David W. Goldberg
Contact email
Contact phone 724-946-7153
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Time created September 18, 2017, 1:49pm UTC
Scheduled expiry date November 1, 2017, 1:00pm EST
Expired on November 2, 2017, 1:46pm EST
Last updated January 2, 2018, 3:00pm UTC
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