Tenure-Track Professor in History of the Modern Life Sciences
- Employer
- Harvard University
- Location
- Massachusetts, United States
- Salary
- Salary Not specified
- Date posted
- Sep 9, 2021
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- Position Type
- Faculty Positions, Humanities, History, Science, Technology & Mathematics, Biology & Life Sciences
- Employment Level
- Tenured/Tenured Track
- Employment Type
- Full Time
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TENURE-TRACK PROFESSOR IN HISTORY OF THE
MODERN LIFE SCIENCES
Harvard University
Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of History
of Science Cambridge, MA
Position Description: The Department
of History of Science seeks to appoint a tenure-track Assistant
Professor or tenure-track Associate Professor in the History of the
Modern Life Sciences, broadly construed. Applicants with interests
in the history of Race and Ethnicity in the Life Sciences are
encouraged to apply. Candidates should have a strong scholarly
record and teaching experience, or show promise of excellence in
academic research, publications, and teaching. The position
involves undergraduate and graduate teaching, as well as advising
graduate students at M.A. and Ph.D. levels. The appointment is
expected to begin on 1 July 2022.
Keywords: faculty, tenure-track, history, biology,
biomedicine, race, ethnicity, life science, Boston, Cambridge,
Massachusetts, MA, Northeast, New England
Basic Qualifications: Doctorate in
History of Science or related disciplines required by the time the
appointment begins.
Additional Qualifications:
Demonstrated strong commitment to teaching and advising is
desired.
Special Instructions: Please submit
the following materials through the ARIeS portal (https://academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/10555).
Applications must be submitted no later than 15 October
2021
1. Cover letter.
2. Curriculum Vitae.
3. Teaching/advising statement (describing teaching
philosophy and practices, draft syllabi may be included).
4. Research statement.
5. Statement describing efforts to encourage
diversity, inclusion, and belonging, including past, current, and
anticipated future contributions in these areas.
6. Names and contact information of 3 referees, who
will be asked by a system-generated email to upload a letter of
recommendation once the candidate’s application has been submitted.
Three letters of recommendation are required by the closing date of
15 October, and the application is considered complete only when
three letters have been received. At least one letter must come
from someone who has not served as the candidate’s undergraduate,
graduate, or postdoctoral advisor.
7. Writing sample or copies of
publications.
Harvard is an equal opportunity employer and all
qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment
without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin,
disability status, protected veteran status, gender identity,
sexual orientation, pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions, or
any other characteristic protected by law.
Contact Information: Yaz Alfata,
Search Committee, Department of History of Science, Harvard
University, Science Center 371, 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge MA
02138. yalfata@fas.harvard.edu
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