Professor of History
Grove City College announces a faculty opening in the Department of History beginning in August 2012. A Ph.D. in History preferred with focus in modern history, specifically European and/or non-Western. Interest in history of minorities a plus. Responsibilities include teaching courses in those areas and interdisciplinary humanities courses in the College’s core curriculum. This position also will assist in developing and guiding student research opportunities for history majors.
Candidates must evidence a strong record of classroom teaching, scholarship within their field, and a commitment to instructing highly motivated students (1244/1600 average SAT for entering freshmen). Rank and salary are commensurate with qualifications. Grove City College is a nationally recognized, truly independent, highly selective college of liberal arts, sciences, and engineering where intellectual inquiry remains open to the questions religion raises and affirms the answers Christianity offers.
Send letter of application, vita, transcripts, names of four references (three professional and one pastoral), a brief statement of how you would engage undergraduates in your research plans, and a four to five paragraph essay relating your philosophy of a liberal arts education and teaching history to the College’s unique mission as a Christian college (see www.gcc.edu) to: William P. Anderson, Jr.; Ph.D., Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Grove City College, 100 Campus Drive, Grove City, PA 16127-2104 or electronically to laklaiber@gcc.edu . Review of applications commences immediately. In a continuing effort to enrich its academic and social environment, the college actively encourages applications from members of all ethnic groups.
Grove City College is a private educational institution noted for its academic excellence where scholarship is informed by Christian principles. It does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, creed, sex, marital status, disability, or national or ethnic origin in the administration of its educational policies, admission policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other college-administrative programs.
