Visiting Assistant Professor or Teaching Fellowship in French
"World Languages, Literatures and Cultures/French- Augustana College invites applications for a Visiting Assistant Professor or Teaching Fellowship in French. Augustana College is a selective liberal arts college of approximately 2,500 students, most of who live on a wooded 115-acre campus. Rock Island, Illinois is one of the Illinois-Iowa Quad Cities along the Mississippi River, a diverse metropolitan area with 400,000 residents about three hours west of Chicago.
This is a full-time, one-year position that we anticipate replacing with a tenure-track line in the near future. The standard teaching load is eight (for visiting assistant) 3-credit courses or seven (for fellow) 3-credit courses per year on a ten-week trimester calendar. This next year’s load will be primarily language courses, but will also include a course in our Liberal Studies First Year program, and at least one advanced French course in literature or cultural studies. Specialization for this position is open, but the long-term needs of the French program are in the area of Medieval/Renaissance. Candidates whose secondary interests include interdisciplinary areas such as film studies or gender studies are encouraged to apply. Strong candidates will demonstrate a commitment to teaching, mentoring, and recruiting students, as well as to ongoing professional growth, and engagement with and service to the campus and the department. A Ph.D. in hand is preferred, but ABD candidates will be considered.
Details about Augustana College, our expectation of the faculty, the selection process, and the Quad Cities all are available at the Faculty Search website: http://www.augustanafaculty.org
Augustana College is an equal opportunity employer and actively encourages applications from women and persons of diverse ethnic backgrounds. We do not discriminate based on age, race, color, ethnic origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, disability, or creed.
To apply, please send a letter of application, curriculum vitae, a copy of graduate transcripts, statement of teaching philosophy, evidence of teaching effectiveness, writing sample, and three letters of recommendation to: Search #105-16 WLLC/French, c/o Wendy Hilton-Morrow, Associate Dean, Augustana College, 639 – 38th Street, Rock Island, IL 61201 or by email to sherrydocherty@augustana.edu.
Questions should be directed to Taddy Kalas at taddykalas@augustana.edu. Review of applications will begin immediately but should be received no later than August 1, 2015.