Assistant Teaching Professor in Environmental Humanities Teaching Track
Assistant Teaching Professor in Environmental Humanities Teaching Track
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Carnegie Mellon Universitys Steinbrenner Institute for Environmental Education and Research home of the undergraduate interdisciplinary Program in Environmental and Sustainability Studies invites applications for a fulltime teachingtrack Assistant Professor in Environmental Humanities. This is a career nontenure track position with opportunity for promotion. See: Appointments Teaching Track University Policies
Teachers and scholars engaged in a broad range of Environmental Humanities are encouraged to apply. Candidates should identify ways their teaching emphasizes:
- Classroom engagement with discourses and debates in the Environmental Humanities presented in a way that is accessible to students from all majors and backgrounds (including students from Humanities Arts STEM Business and other fields) with no prerequisites required; develops insight among students about each others disciplinary perspectives
- Critical reading writing and discussion practices for undergraduate students with a goal of acquiring and strengthening Humanitiesrelated skills
- Interdisciplinary communication and/or interdisciplinary collaboration particularly among disciplines related to Environmental and Sustainability Studies
- Environmental Justice as a core set of principles for teaching and research
- Advantages of Humanities skills for academic professional and civic contexts
- Relevance of the candidates research experience for enriching and guiding undergraduate coursework advising and capstone projects
We welcome applications from Humanitiescentric teachers and scholars with a range of disciplinary backgrounds including but not limited to: History Sociology Anthropology Literatures and Languages Philosophy Science and Technology Studies American Studies Area Studies Geography Ethnic Studies and interdisciplinary Environmental and Sustainability Studies.
In addition to teaching courses in Environmental Humanities a successful candidate will advise undergraduates on interdisciplinary pathways for completion of the Minor or Additional Major in Environmental and Sustainability Studies. A normal teaching load for teachingtrack faculty would be 3/2. For this position approximately 1 course per semester is replaced with oneonone advising of students in the program. The program includes a Minor and an Additional Major in Environmental and Sustainability Studies. Thus the candidate will teach courses on a 2 plus 1 / 1 plus 1 semester load: 3 courses per year plus the equivalent of 2 courses in advising per year.
The Teaching Track at Carnegie Mellon is a careeroriented nontenure faculty track with renewable fixed terms and opportunities for promotion from Assistant to Associate and ultimately Full Teaching Professor. This position emphasizes teaching curriculum development and supervising student projects. Scholarship is expected with recognized contributions either to pedagogy or disciplinary research. Teaching Track faculty serve on committees alongside other faculty at the College and University levels. Carnegie Mellon values teaching and provides excellent resources to help you develop implement and assess educational innovations.
Carnegie Mellon University is committed to increasing the diversity of its community on a range of intellectual and cultural dimensions. Carnegie Mellon welcomes faculty applicants who will contribute to this diversity through their research teaching and service. Qualified candidates who can contribute through their work/life experiences to the diversity and excellence of the academic community are encouraged to apply. Carnegie Mellon University seeks to meet the needs of dualcareer couples and is a member of the Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (HERC) that assists with dualcareer searches. Carnegie Mellon offers highly competitive salaries and startup packages in an attractive and livable urban environment.
The candidate must receive the Ph.D. by July 1 2024. Preference will be given to candidates with at least two years of collegelevel teaching experience.
Employment Type
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