Tenure Track Assistant Professor Faculty Position in Environmental Justice and Humanities
 College of the Holy Cross | |
 United States, Massachusetts, Worcester | |
| 1 College Street (Show on map) | |
 Nov 05, 2024 | |
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Tenure Track Assistant Professor Faculty Position in Environmental Justice and Humanities Description The Department of Environmental Studies at the College of the Holy Cross invites applications for a tenure-track position in environmental justice and humanities at the Assistant Professor level to begin August 2025. Successful candidates will be those whose research and teaching demonstrate cogent intersections between environmental justice and any fields within the environmental humanities (including, but not limited to: architectural studies, critical race and ethnic studies, gender, sexuality, and women's studies, indigenous studies, history, literatures, music, philosophy, religious studies, urban studies, visual arts, etc.) Applicants' expertise might focus on a particular region or at the national or global level. We welcome applications from candidates who demonstrate commitment to public-facing research and teaching and/or creative practice. We are also interested in scholars who are committed to community-based forms of arts or humanities, the discovery, celebration, and remediation of urban nature, and dedicated to reducing environmental inequalities. The successful candidate will join our new interdisciplinary department. They will have the opportunity to develop connections with colleagues from the environmental social sciences and environmental sciences, and to help lead our department's pursuit of theoretical approaches toward rigorous interdisciplinary questions, methods, analysis, and interpretation afforded by the environmental humanities. This position carries a 3-2 teaching load with a research leave prior to tenure review of either a full year at 80% salary or a semester at full salary, and generous sabbatical and fellowship leaves for tenured faculty. To enable a smooth transition to Holy Cross, new full-time tenure-track Assistant Professors receive start-up funding to support their research and professional development and have a one-course reduction in their first year of teaching (i.e., 2-2). All full-time appointments offer competitive salaries and full benefits. 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. from an interdisciplinary program in Environmental Studies or a field within the Humanities at time of appointment is required. Application Instructions Candidates should submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae, unofficial transcripts, statement on teaching, and statement on research. The teaching statement should address how your training and experiences have prepared you to teach our introductory course (ENVS 119: Environmental Narratives) and an upper-division course in Environmental Humanities that draws upon your expertise. Three letters of recommendation will be solicited from candidates who are selected as semifinalists for the position. Applications received before the deadline will be given full consideration. As a Jesuit, undergraduate liberal arts college, the College values dialogue among people from diverse perspectives as integral to the mission and essential to the excellence of our academic program. In your cover letter and statement on teaching, please highlight how your teaching, scholarship, mentorship, and/or service might support the College's mission and its commitment to diversity and inclusion. SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS The College of the Holy Cross uses Interfolio to collect all faculty job applications electronically. Please submit all application materials to https://apply.interfolio.com/152498. Review of applications will begin on October 6, 2024, and continue until the position has been filled. For full consideration applicants should have their materials uploaded by that time. Initial interviews of selected applicants will take place beginning November 2024 via Zoom. Follow-up on campus interviews will be scheduled between late November and early December 2024. Questions about this search may be directed to Daina Cheyenne Harvey at dharvey@holycross.edu. To apply, visit https://apply.interfolio.com/152498 The College of the Holy Cross is a highly selective Catholic liberal arts college in the Jesuit tradition. It enrolls about 3,000 students and is located in 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 commitment to 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 Higher Education Consortium of Central Massachusetts (http://www.heccma.org) and the New England Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (https://new-england.hercjobs.org/)jeid-f47a45ed3fba7043a62701af5f37a9bd | |