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Adjunct Faculty Position - History

Employer
Eastern Kentucky University
Location
Kentucky, United States
Salary
Salary Not specified
Date posted
Nov 18, 2021

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Position Type
Faculty Positions, Education, Teacher Education
Employment Level
Adjunct
Employment Type
Full Time


Adjunct Faculty Position - History


Position Type:
Position Category: PT Faculty
Driver Classification: Non Driver
FLSA Status: Exempt
Employee Class: 03-Part Time Faculty

Position Summary:
Applications for adjunct faculty of World Civilization and American History in the Department of History, Philosophy and Religious Studies are being accepted. An adjunct instructor is a term-to-term appointment with responsibility to students, course material, and classroom instruction. This position is specifically for classes currently taught as part of the EKU General Education program (World Topics to 1500; World Topic since 1500; American Civ to 1877; American Civ since 1877). Applications for part-time faculty positions are accepted on a continuous basis and reviewed when openings become available. Future teaching assignments are on a term-by-term basis, which may include fall and spring. For information regarding the Department of HPRS, please visit https://hpr.eku.edu/

Minimum Qualifications:
Candidates must hold a master’s degree in a relevant field. Demonstrated success in teaching similar content may provide a candidate with the necessary knowledge to teach an EKU history course, but previous teaching of a similar course alone is not sufficient. The candidate also must demonstrate course-content knowledge through documented research endeavors and/or work/community experiences and/or relevant graduate course work, and through the preparation of an appropriate course syllabus and lesson plans.

Desired Qualifications:
Preference will be given to candidates with a terminal degree in a relevant field. Experience teaching with technology preferred.

Division: Academic Affairs/Provost
Department: College of Letters, Arts & Soc SciEastern Kentucky University is a regional, coeducational, public institution of higher education offering general and liberal arts programs, pre-professional and professional training in education and various other fields at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Located in Richmond, Madison County, Kentucky, EKU has a distinguished record of more than a century of educational service to the Commonwealth. Eastern Kentucky University is committed to access, equal opportunity, dignity, respect, and inclusion for all people, as integral to a learning environment in which intellectual creativity and diversity thrives. Situated near the heart of the Bluegrass, Richmond is served by a network of major highways that make EKU easily accessible from all parts of Kentucky and surrounding states. Richmond is 26 miles southeast of Lexington, Kentucky. Interstate Highways I-75 (north-south) and I-64 (east-west) make the metropolitan areas of Cincinnati, 112 miles to the north, and Louisville, 110 miles to the west, within convenient distance by automobile. Richmond is also served by U.S. Route 25 from Southeastern Kentucky and Kentucky Route 52 from the east and west. The Bluegrass, Mountain, Daniel Boone, and Cumberland Parkways provide even greater accessibility by automobile since the city is located near the convergence of these arterial highways into the interstate system. EKU is a dedicated high-quality instruction, scholarship, and service, and places emphasis on the three in that order. Through its colleges and schools, the University seeks to offer quality instruction at a variety of degree levels in general education, the arts, the sciences, business, education, pre-professional and professional areas, and applied and technical disciplines. Through consultative services, continuing education, and the extended campus, the University seeks to provide service to the community and the region. Research seeks both to advance knowledge in the subject matter areas with which the University is concerned and to support the primary function of teaching.
Unit: History, Philosophy & Relig Studies
City: Richmond
H Code:
Funding Source: Institutional

About the College/Department:
Eastern Kentucky University is a regional, coeducational, public institution of higher education offering general and liberal arts programs, pre-professional and professional training in education and various other fields at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Located in Richmond, Madison County, Kentucky, EKU has a distinguished record of more than a century of educational service to the Commonwealth. Eastern Kentucky University is committed to access, equal opportunity, dignity, respect, and inclusion for all people, as integral to a learning environment in which intellectual creativity and diversity thrives.

Situated near the heart of the Bluegrass, Richmond is served by a network of major highways that make EKU easily accessible from all parts of Kentucky and surrounding states. Richmond is 26 miles southeast of Lexington, Kentucky. Interstate Highways I-75 (north-south) and I-64 (east-west) make the metropolitan areas of Cincinnati, 112 miles to the north, and Louisville, 110 miles to the west, within convenient distance by automobile. Richmond is also served by U.S. Route 25 from Southeastern Kentucky and Kentucky Route 52 from the east and west. The Bluegrass, Mountain, Daniel Boone, and Cumberland Parkways provide even greater accessibility by automobile since the city is located near the convergence of these arterial highways into the interstate system.

EKU is a dedicated high-quality instruction, scholarship, and service, and places emphasis on the three in that order. Through its colleges and schools, the University seeks to offer quality instruction at a variety of degree levels in general education, the arts, the sciences, business, education, pre-professional and professional areas, and applied and technical disciplines. Through consultative services, continuing education, and the extended campus, the University seeks to provide service to the community and the region. Research seeks both to advance knowledge in the subject matter areas with which the University is concerned and to support the primary function of teaching.


Contact Person: Jackie Jay - jackie.jay@eku.edu
Posting Number: PTF00249P
Number of Vacancies: open
Job Open Date: 06/23/2020
Application Review Date:
Job Close Date: 12/31/2021
Open Until Filled: No
Special Instructions Summary:


AA/EEO Statement:
Eastern Kentucky University is an EEO/AA institution that values diversity in its faculty, staff, and student body. In keeping with this commitment, the University welcomes applications from diverse candidates who support diversity.

Background Check Statement:
Offers of employment are contingent upon satisfactory background check.

Document Link:

To apply, visit https://jobs.eku.edu/postings/18127

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