Lecturer in Philosophy (EXPIRED)

UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON, DAYTON, OH. The Department of Philosophy invites applications for a Lecturer position, beginning August 16, 2019.  This is an annually renewable non-tenure track position.

Description

The typical teaching load is eight undergraduate courses per academic year (four per semester), including Introduction to Philosophy and one or more courses in professional (business, medical, and/or engineering) ethics as needed for non-majors.  Some summer teaching may be available.  This position includes a potential opportunity to engage with an endowment-funded program in professional ethics. 

We are a large, collegial philosophy department, currently numbering nineteen tenure-line faculty and eight lecturers, and offering strong major and minor programs. We are racially, religiously, and ethnically diverse, and we embrace a pluralistic outlook, recognizing the value of a variety of philosophical traditions both western and non-western, and including feminist philosophy.  

Required qualifications

We require a master’s degree in philosophy, or a master’s degree in a closely related field with at least 18 graduate credit hours of philosophical study.  We require experience teaching philosophy as the instructor of record at the university level.  We require excellent written communication skills.

For a complete list of qualifications for the position and to apply, please go to https://jobs.udayton.edu/postings/27502

The University of Dayton, with a College of Arts and Sciences and professional schools of Business Administration, Education and Health Sciences, Engineering, and Law has a full-time undergraduate enrollment of approximately 8,000 undergraduate students. All undergraduate students take twelve hours of philosophy and religious studies.

Initial interviews will be conducted via teleconferencing. Application deadline is January 15, 2019.  A complete application consists of letter of interest, CV, a sample syllabus for medical, business, or engineering ethics, evidence of teaching effectiveness, three letters of recommendation, and copies of graduate transcript(s).  Submit materials at https://jobs.udayton.edu/postings/27502

For further information about the department consult our website, http://artssciences.udayton.edu/Philosophy/.

The University of Dayton, founded in 1850 by the Society of Mary, is a top ten Catholic research university. The University seeks outstanding, diverse faculty and staff who value its mission and share its commitment to academic excellence in teaching, research and artistic creativity, the development of the whole person, and leadership and service in the local and global community.

To attain its Catholic and Marianist mission, the University is committed to the principles of diversity, inclusion and affirmative action and to equal opportunity policies and practices. As an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer we will not discriminate against minorities, females, protected veterans, individuals with disabilities, or on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.