CeHu News 39/02
PROFESSOR FOR USA
Full-time, continuing faculty position at Warren Wilson
College, Asheville, NC. Faculty position, beginning August 1, 2003,
generalist in cultural geography, with area expertise in Latin America
preferred. Ph.D. and teaching experience are required.
Teaching responsibilities include introductory courses in geography, courses on
GIS skills and applications, a survey course on Latin America, and upper level
courses in the applicant’s specialty. The opportunity exists to
design and teach short term field courses as part of the Warren Wilson WorldWide
Program. Successful candidates will demonstrate teaching excellence and an
interest in varied instructional approaches and will teach the equivalent of
six, 4-credit courses per year. We seek individuals with the following
characteristics: a solid academic background, with a generalist
orientation and interdisciplinary interests; a committed interest in our triad
of academic study, work, and service; and a desire to teach regularly in the
College-wide general education program. Second language proficiency is
highly desirable, as is experience in off-campus and international learning.
Warren Wilson College is an independent liberal arts college of
770 undergraduates from more than 15 countries, located on a beautiful 1135-acre
campus in the Blue Ridge Mountains, near Asheville, North Carolina, one of
America’s most livable cities. The College offers a triad education
program combining study, work, and service and has been widely recognized as
progressive and committed to social, environmental, and global awareness.
For more information about the College and our programs, visit http://www.warren-wilson.edu. We
desire a diverse faculty and a community that reflects a global outlook.
We particularly invite applications from ethnic minorities or other groups
historically underrepresented in academia. Interested candidates should
submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae, official graduate transcripts, evidence
of teaching excellence, and three letters of reference.
Review of
applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.
Apply: Dr. Virginia McKinley, Vice-President for
Academic Affairs, Warren Wilson College, P.O. Box 9000, Asheville, NC
28815-9000 and academic@warren-wilson.edu
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