Distinguished Visiting Professorship in the Liberal Arts
- Employer
- University of Minnesota Morris
- Location
- Minnesota, United States
- Salary
- Salary Commensurate with experience
- Date posted
- Sep 6, 2024
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- Position Type
- Faculty Positions, Humanities, Other Humanities
- Employment Level
- Non-Tenured Track
- Employment Type
- Full Time
Job Details
ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MORRIS
Founded in 1960, the University of Minnesota Morris is a nationally ranked top 10 public liberal arts university dedicated to its students and the environment. Our beautiful, sustainable campus in the heart of the prairie gives students the space to be themselves, follow their passions, and find their purpose. Regardless of their major, students can take courses in everything from art and music to math and science, working closely with faculty in a small classroom setting. With numerous opportunities for hands-on learning, undergraduate research, and study abroad, students will get a comprehensive, well-rounded education while mastering transferable skills like critical thinking, effective communication, and creative problem-solving. Most of all, they will be career-flexible and well-positioned for what comes next. Learn more at morris.umn.edu.
OPPORTUNITIES IN SPRING 2026 AND FALL 2026
The University of Minnesota Morris invites inquiries from outstanding faculty scholars and researchers for its Distinguished Visiting Professorship in the Liberal Arts. As a founding member of the national Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges (COPLAC), the University of Minnesota Morris desires, through this opportunity, to advance the national conversation on the importance of the liberal arts (“those areas of study [Latin artes] befitting free citizens [Latin liberales]”) in public undergraduate colleges.
The professorship bears the title of Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Liberal Arts and is offered annually to an established, internationally recognized faculty member in one of the liberal arts disciplines. Prior Distinguished Visiting Professors include Gloria Ladson-Billings, path-breaking author in the field of culturally relevant pedagogy; Peter Agre, Nobel Laureate in chemistry and leading global health researcher; Gary Nabhan, ethnobiologist and internationally celebrated nature writer and agrarian activist; and Heid Erdrich, National Poetry Series award-winning poet, curator, filmmaker, and writer.
The professorship includes a stipend, reimbursement for travel, and housing near the campus. The visiting professor is ideally expected to spend one semester in residence on the University of Minnesota Morris campus, during which time the visiting professor participates in teaching and delivers at least two public lectures. Other obligations while in residence can be negotiated and may consist of classroom visits, offering a course or workshops, participation in scheduled colloquia, and mentoring faculty and students.
We are currently scheduling for spring 2026 and fall 2026.
HOW TO APPLY
Interested individuals should visit morris.umn.edu for more information about
UMN Morris. Applicants may submit inquiries and applications to ummvcaa@morris.umn.edu; to apply, please provide a CV and a letter of interest (indicating requested semester) addressed to Jordan Cofer, vice chancellor
for academic affairs and dean, by December 2, 2024.
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The University of Minnesota Morris (UMN Morris) makes its home on a 121-year-old campus on the western edge of the state and is one of the top public liberal arts colleges in the nation. The small, close-knit campus emphasizes faculty/student collaboration in research, study abroad, and service learning. Deeply rooted in the tall grass prairies of Minnesota, the campus also has advanced sustainable, environmentally friendly initiatives that have grown to levels of national leadership and touch nearly all aspects of campus life.
A distinctive undergraduate campus within the University of Minnesota system, the University of Minnesota Morris combines a student-centered residential liberal arts education with access to the resources and opportunities of one of the nation's largest universities. A founding member of the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges (COPLAC), UMN Morris provides students with a rigorous academic experience, preparing them to be global citizens who value and pursue intellectual growth, civic engagement, intercultural competence, and environmental stewardship. The student body numbers around 1100 with a student/faculty ratio of 10:1. UMN Morris serves one of the most diverse student bodies in Minnesota. More than forty percent of UMN Morris students are Native American, persons of color, or of international origin. UMN Morris is the only federally recognized Native American-Serving Non Tribal Institution in the Upper Midwest.
UMN Morris is highly ranked by national publications – U.S. News & World Report as a top-ten public liberal arts college; Forbes as one of the best colleges and universities in the nation; and Fiske Guide to Colleges includes Morris campus in its list of “the best” and “most interesting” schools in the U.S., Canada, and the United Kingdom. Morris students are taught by a faculty with the highest per capita representation in the University of Minnesota’s Academy of Distinguished Teaching and students consistently win national awards, as demonstrated by UMN Morris’s status among the top baccalaureate institutions producing student Fulbright awards. The campus is also a national leader in sustainability, evidenced by receipt of the inaugural Excellence in Sustainability award from the National Association of College and University Business Officers and an AASHE STARS Gold rating.
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