Tenured Professor of Latin American Studies
- Employer
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Location
- Massachusetts, United States
- Salary
- Not specified
- Date posted
- Jun 12, 2017
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- Position Type
- Faculty Positions, Humanities, Ethnic & Multicultural Studies, Foreign Languages & Literatures, Social & Behavioral Sciences, Anthropology & Archaeology
- Employment Level
- Tenured/Tenured Track
- Employment Type
- Full Time
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The Massachusetts Institute of Technologys Global Studies and
Languages (GSL) section invites applications for a position in
contemporary Latin American Cultural Anthropology at the tenured
professor level, to start in Fall 2018 (employment begins July 1,
2018). Applicants must hold a Ph.D. and have five-years minimum of
academic teaching experience at the college or university level.
Preference given to candidates with greater teaching experience and
clear evidence of publication and scholarly development. The
teaching load is three courses per year, specifically, mid-tier and
upper-level undergraduate courses in GSL (generally, two subjects
per year conducted in Spanish, one in English). Native or
near-native fluency in Spanish and English is required. Portuguese
also desirable. Applicants should be trained in cultural
anthropology with a specialization in contemporary Latin American
Studies, and prepared to work in a multidisciplinary environment.
Applicants must have significant scholarly work that is already
published. MIT expects a highly productive and innovative research
program as part of the requirements for tenure. Please submit
letter of application, CV, two writing samples of peer-reviewed
scholarship, preferably at least one book in English, but no more
than two books. Spanish language publications accepted. Please also
provide two syllabi of undergraduate courses (one course taught in
upper-level Spanish, one in English) that you would be interested
in teaching, to be received no later than October 16, 2017 to:
https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/9235
If books cannot be submitted electronically, hard copies may be
sent to: GSL Search, MIT Global Studies and Languages, Room
14N-305, 77 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. Books
will be returned after the search. After the initial review of
applications, semi-finalists will be asked to provide three letters
of recommendation. Please send questions to gsl-search@mit.edu. MIT
is an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified
applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not
be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual
orientation, gender identity, religion, disability, age, genetic
information, veteran status, ancestry, or national or ethnic
origin.
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