Postdoctoral Fellow and Lecturer, College of Arts & Sciences Engagements Program
- Employer
- University of Virginia
- Location
- Virginia, United States
- Salary
- $48,000.00 - $50,000.00
- Date posted
- Apr 3, 2021
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- Position Type
- Faculty Positions, Humanities, Other Humanities, Science, Technology & Mathematics, Other Science & Technology, Social & Behavioral Sciences, Other Social & Behavioral Sciences
- Employment Level
- Post-Doc
- Employment Type
- Full Time
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The College of Arts & Sciences at the University
of Virginia invites applications for several Postdoctoral Fellows
and Lecturers in the College's core Engagements courses for a
one-year appointment, renewable for two additional years contingent
upon satisfactory performance, starting the fall of 2021.
Compensation will take the form of 12-month salary with full-time
benefits. Candidates must have defended their dissertation and
earned the Ph.D. in a liberal arts and sciences field by June 1,
2021 and no earlier than May 2017.
In October 2019 the Faculty of the College of Arts
& Sciences voted to fully adopt a new general education
curriculum for its undergraduates, composed of three conceptually
related components: the Engagements, Literacies, and Disciplines.
Postdoctoral Fellows, in consort with the College Fellows, will
serve as instructors of record in the Engagements: four 2-credit
courses designed to foster intellectual sensibilities that are
generally deployed across all realms of inquiry. These include:
Engaging Aesthetics, Empirical & Scientific Engagement,
Engaging Differences, and Ethical Engagement. Candidates will be
responsible for developing two courses in one (or two) of the
Engagement domains. For more information on the Engagements, visit:
http://gened.as.virginia.edu.
In the 2021-22 academic year the postdoctoral
fellows will teach six sections of their Engagement courses
(2-credits each). In years two and three, should the contract be
extended, candidates will continue to develop and teach six
sections of their Engagement courses (2-credits each) per academic
year.
Candidates will also be expected to pursue a
vigorous research agenda grounded in the liberal arts and sciences.
The candidate will be an active participant in the College Fellows
- a cohort of faculty drawn from across the College and entrusted
with crafting a unique and compelling first-year general education
experience for A&S undergraduates. In addition, Postdoctoral
Fellows will be expected to participate in (and possibly lead)
College Fellows sponsored events such as lectures for the
University community, symposia, and seminars regarding the Liberal
Arts & Sciences at UVA. Administrative duties will include
participation in select general education committees that relate to
the implementation of the new curriculum; these duties will be
assigned by the Co-Directors for the College Fellows.
TO APPLY:
Please visit UVA job board https://uva.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UVAJobs.
Enter requisition number R0023197 and attach the following: Please
note all required documents must be uploaded in the CV
box.
- Cover letter -
- CV -
- Writing Sample #1 - A writing sample of your choice no more than 20 pages or a research statement of no more than 2 pages; -
- Writing Sample #2 - A 1-page statement regarding the role of the liberal arts in the 21st-century curriculum; -
- 2-page course description and syllabus for one of the four Engagements (please clearly indicate which you have selected); -
- Contact information for three references -
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