Assistant /Associate Professor in French

The Department of World Languages and Literatures invites applications for a tenure track position at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor of French, beginning in the fall of 2018.  Ph.D. required at time of employment.

Applicants must possess a strong desire to teach and pursue research in a liberal arts environment with a reputation for excellent teaching. The successful candidate will teach language, literature, and culture. The priority fields are Francophone Studies with focus

on gender and/or media. Particular attention will be given to candidates with an interest in sub-Saharan Africa, the French Caribbean, and/or multiculturalism in contemporary France. Candidates must be willing to develop new courses to help shape an evolving curriculum. The college offers excellent research support and has been the recipient of a major grant from the Mellon Foundation supporting a Media and Film minor. The standard teaching load is five courses per year.

We encourage applications from historically under-represented groups as well as individuals who have experience in teaching in a multi-cultural classroom. Your teaching statement should speak to your ability to work effectively with a student population that is broadly diverse with regard to gender, race, ethnicity, nationality, sexual orientation, and religion, and it should provide specific examples that demonstrate this ability. The college is especially interested in candidates who can contribute to the diversity and excellence of the academic community through their research, teaching, and/or service.   Skidmore College is a highly selective liberal arts college with a student body of roughly 2,500 located near the foothills of the Adirondack Mountains, in Saratoga Springs, New York.  Skidmore College is distinguished by a curriculum balance d in the natural sciences, social sciences and humanities and offers more than 60 major

Ph.D. required at time of employment.

Applications due November 15.  We will be conducting interviews at the January 2018, MLA meetings in New York, New York.

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