Political Science: One-Year Teaching Fellow

POLITICAL SCIENCE - AUGUSTANA COLLEGE invites applications for a one year Teaching Fellow position in Political Theory and American Politics for the 2012-13 academic year. The successful candidate will be able to teach modern and contemporary political theory courses; specialization in the secondary field of American Politics is open. Augustana College is on a trimester calendar system with a typical visiting position teaching load of seven courses over three terms.
The candidate will join an active, six-member department. Successful candidates will be able to demonstrate teaching effectiveness and an understanding of the nature of a liberal arts education. Preference will be given to candidates who will have completed their PhD by the time of appointment, although ABD candidates will also be considered.
Augustana College is a selective liberal arts college of 2,500 students, most of whom 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. 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, sexual orientation, disability or creed. Details about Augustana, our expectation of the faculty, the selection process and the Quad Cities all are available at the Faculty Search website: http://www.augustanafaculty.org/.
To apply, send a letter of application, curriculum vitae, graduate transcripts (copies are fine), statement of teaching philosophy, and three letters of recommendation to: Search #112-12 Political Science/Fellow, C/O Dr. Margaret Farrar, Associate Dean, Augustana College, 639 – 38th Street, Rock Island, IL 61201. Questions may be directed to the chair of the department, Mariano Magalhães, at MarianoMagalhaes@augustana.edu. Review of applications will start on March 16, 2012.