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Visiting Assistant Professor in Anthropology

Employer
Governors State University
Location
University Park, Illinois
Salary
Salary and benefits package are commensurate with education and experience.
Closing date
Apr 6, 2023

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Position Type
Non-Tenure Track
Discipline
General Anthropology
Hours
Full Time
Organization Type
Academic
Level of Experience
Senior-level

Governors State University (University Park, IL) is inviting applications for a full time, non-tenure track Visiting Assistant Professor in Anthropology, to begin in the Fall 2023 semester. This position is a 12-month contract with a teaching load of 27 credit hours (9 courses) over Fall 2023, Spring 2024, and Summer 2024. This is a one-year appointment with the possibility of renewal for one additional year.   The ideal candidate has outstanding teaching skills, evidence of—or potential for—a prominent record of scholarship, as well as service to the institution, discipline, and/or community. A successful candidate is a teacher/scholar with teaching and research expertise in anthropology or related field, specifically a generalist with the ability to teach required courses for the Anthropology and Sociology (ANSO) major from a qualitative and/or mixed methodology approach, including Qualitative Methods; Environmental Justice; and/or Social Inequalities. Required courses also include general education courses, which include Intro to Cultural Anthropology; Ecology, Environment, and Culture; Race and Class; Food, Culture, and Society; and/or Theories of Social Science. While most courses will be taught in-person at our University Park campus, the ideal candidate should have experience teaching online courses and interpersonal skills to collaborate on the newly created online Bachelor of Arts degree in Anthropology and Sociology. Governors State University is the only regional public comprehensive university in Chicago’s south suburban area, serving approximately 5500 students annually. Since its founding in 1969, GSU has offered accessible, high-value educational opportunities to a culturally diverse student body of first-generation students, returning adults, and veterans. With among the lowest undergraduate tuition in Illinois, GSU offers accredited programs that have earned high praise from national accrediting agencies. In 2014, GSU accepted its inaugural class of first-year students as it transitioned from an upper-division and graduate institution into a regional comprehensive university with a state-of-the-art general education program. New faculty at GSU must demonstrate enthusiasm and ability to work with students at all levels, from first-year to graduate.   Through its strategic planning, GSU emphasizes excellence, access, and innovation. Students benefit from the university’s academic quality, range of convenient class times, increasingly numerous hybrid and online offerings, and outstanding educational value. Our innovative lower-division program uses high-impact practices to foster student engagement with ethics, citizenship, and innovative thinking. Every first-year class is taught by a full-time faculty member to ensure that students have a strong foundation for their studies. GSU is a national leader in successful transfer of community college students to universities, and is leading through the Kresge-supported Dual Degree Program, with features such as tuition lock-in at GSU for academically eligible community college students who commit to earn an Associate Degree and attend college full-time. GSU offers a wide variety of master’s programs and several applied doctoral degrees in health, counseling fields, and Interdisciplinary Leadership.   GSU’s 750-acre campus encompasses the award-winning Nathan Manilow Sculpture Park yet is conveniently located within easy reach of Chicago and surrounding communities with a wealth of cultural and natural attractions. The highly diverse region GSU serves has a number of high-performing schools and engaged communities as well as struggling urban, suburban, and rural communities. GSU serves as a public square, working to foster educational opportunities for all populations.   It is the policy of Governors State University, in its role as educator, employer, and purchaser of goods and services, to provide equal opportunity and affirmative action. Discrimination based on race, color, sex, religion, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or veteran status is strictly prohibited.    

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