Visiting Professor of Chinese (open rank)
- Employer
- Swarthmore College
- Location
- Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
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- Arts & Humanities, Ethnic & Cultural Studies, Foreign Languages & Literature
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Institution Type
- Four-Year Institution
Job Details
Location: Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
Open Date: Nov 9, 2024
DescriptionThe Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at Swarthmore College invites applications for a full-time two-year appointment in Chinese at the level of Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, or Professor to begin in Fall 2025. This is a non-tenure track position; rank and salary is commensurate with experience. The successful candidate will have research interests in Chinese/Sinophone cinema or media studies and modern and/or contemporary Chinese/Sinophone literature. Pending the curricular needs of the Chinese program, candidates will be encouraged to teach an upper-level seminar on the topic of faculty interest and to develop a first-year seminar to attract non-majors to Chinese cultural studies. Candidates should have the ability to rotate into the Chinese section’s advanced Chinese language classes, and language teaching experience in a college or university setting is highly desired.
The Department of Modern Languages and Literatures contains six programs: Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Japanese, and Russian. The Chinese program offers a robust undergraduate curriculum in modern and classical Chinese as well as Chinese literature, film and media studies, and cultural studies. The program offers both majors and minors in Chinese, and supports majors in Asian Studies as well as Comparative Literature and Linguistics and Languages. The teaching load is 2/2. Classes for majors are small, students are motivated, and interdisciplinary opportunities for collaboration with colleagues and students are real and abundant. Additional information about the Chinese Program in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures can be found at https://www.swarthmore.edu/chinese.
Located in the suburbs of Philadelphia and near Wilmington DE, Swarthmore College is a highly selective liberal arts college whose mission combines academic rigor with social responsibility. Swarthmore has a strong institutional commitment to diversity, and actively seeks and welcomes applications from candidates with exceptional qualifications, particularly those with demonstrable commitments to a more inclusive society and world. Applicants from traditionally underrepresented groups are strongly encouraged to apply. For more information on Faculty Diversity and Excellence at Swarthmore, see http://www.swarthmore.edu/faculty-diversity-excellence/information-candidates-new-faculty
QualificationsQualifications for consideration at the rank of Assistant Professor include a Ph.D. in hand by August 2025, fluency in English and Mandarin Chinese, a passion for teaching and mentoring undergraduate students of diverse backgrounds and identities, and the potential for innovative and impactful scholarship.
Qualifications for consideration at the rank of Associate/Full Professor include a Ph.D., at least five years of teaching experience at a North American college or university, a passion for teaching and mentoring undergraduate students of diverse backgrounds and identities, and demonstrable proof of ongoing innovative and impactful scholarship. If applicable, please include information about academic leadership experience (e.g., program or section head) in your cover letter.
Application InstructionsApply at: apply.interfolio.com/158837. Applicants should include a brief cover letter describing their intended research and teaching contributions to Swarthmore College, a curriculum vitae, a teaching statement, and three letters of recommendation. The cover letter should describe the applicant’s program of research (including research interests, recent and current research, and anticipated areas for future work) and its potential to engage undergraduate students. The teaching statement should describe the applicant’s interests in teaching at an undergraduate institution, previous teaching experience, and approach to teaching and mentoring students from diverse backgrounds. At least one letter of recommendation should comment specifically on teaching.
Applications will not be considered until letters of recommendation have been submitted. Please address any questions you may have to Sunka Simon, Interim Chair of Modern Languages and Literatures, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA 19081.
All applications received by December 1, 2024 will receive full consideration, and review of applications will continue until the position is filled.
Organization
Swarthmore College, a highly selective college of liberal arts and engineering, has supported thinkers and doers for more than 150 years. Since 1864, it has lifted students to their full intellectual and personal potential so they can apply their knowledge with meaning and purpose.
Located 11 miles southwest of Philadelphia in the borough of Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, Swarthmore has been co-educational since its founding by the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). Our Quaker founders believed in the practical application of knowledge for the common good. While Swarthmore is no longer a religious institution, these Quaker roots anchor and inform how Swatties learn and work.
The College offers two degrees: the B.A. in the arts and sciences and the B.S. in engineering. With a student/faculty ratio of 8:1, Swarthmore ensures that its students have close and meaningful contact with their professors.
Swarthmore’s alumni body is small (about 20,000 living alumni) but distinguished. Five Swarthmore graduates have won the Nobel Prize; Swarthmore is also among the top five highest producers of doctorate recipients in the humanities, life sciences, and all sciences combined, with 20 percent of Swarthmore graduates going on to earn a doctorate degree. Some prominent Swarthmore alumni are acclaimed artist Njideka Akunyili Crosby ‘04, novelist Jonathan Franzen ’81, Ashesi University founder Patrick Awuah ’89, Chris Van Hollen ’83, U.S. Senator from Maryland, fashion designer Joseph Altuzarra ’05, and noted sociologist Sarah Lawrence-Lightfoot '66.
As of June 30, 2016, the College has an endowment of approximately $1.7 billion. Swarthmore's robust financial aid program ensures the College’s commitment to providing access to an exceptional liberal arts education for all qualified students without regard to their ability to pay and allows the College to meet each admitted student's demonstrated financial need. With one of the most generous financial aid programs in the country, Swarthmore awards aid -- without loans -- to more than half of its students.
True to its Quaker heritage, Swarthmore maintains a commitment to service and the common good. Students find support for service projects through the Lang Center for Civic and Social Responsibility and in the nearby communities of Chester and Philadelphia and around the world. In addition, Swarthmore is one of 10 charter members of Project Pericles, which supports students who propose and implement projects to identify issues and advance solutions.
Swarthmore's residential campus features more than 425 wooded acres, including rolling lawns, a creek, wooded hills, and hiking trails which are maintained by staff horticulturists as the nationally registered Scott Arboretum.
Swarthmore College, a highly selective liberal arts college located in the suburbs of Philadelphia, has supported thinkers and doers for more than 150 years. Swarthmore has a strong institutional commitment to excellence through diversity in its educational program and employment practices and actively seeks and welcomes applications from candidates with exceptional qualifications, particularly those with demonstrable commitments to a more inclusive society and world.
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