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JOB ANNOUNCEMENT
Austin College seeks candidates for two tenure-track assistant professor
positions in Spanish beginning Fall 2000.
Position 1. Possible areas of expertise: Latino/Chicano, Andean, or
Caribbean literature and culture, or applied linguistics.
Position 2. Area of expertise: Peninsular Generalist.
For both positions, Ph.D. in Spanish required, with native or near-native
fluency. Responsibilities include teaching all levels of Spanish language
and courses in Spanish or Spanish American literature and culture (as
appropriate to the position), and some participation in core curriculum
courses taught in English. Commitment to and evidence of excellence in
undergraduate teaching important. Interest in computer-assisted language
learning an asset. Teaching load is three courses in each of two long
semesters and one course in January Term.
Austin College is a selective coeducational residential college for 1200
students located in Sherman, Texas, sixty miles north of Dallas. The
College affirms the centrality of the liberal arts in its educational
program. Students pursue a Bachelor of Arts degree and through a fifth
year in the Austin Teacher Program may also earn a Master of Arts degree
and teacher certification. The College's undergraduate curriculum provides
for a core program of four courses, including a variable content seminar
for beginning freshmen and a three-course sequence in the Heritage of
Western Culture; an exploratory dimension of eight courses in different
fields of study or modes of intellectual inquiry; and possible
concentrations in 26 disciplines or interdisciplinary subject areas.
The Department of Classical and Modern Languages has ten full-time faculty,
including four in Spanish. For information about specific departmental
projects (for example, those funded by a Culpeper grant), see
http://cml.austinc.edu/index.htm.
The Jordan Family Language House is an example of the institutional
commitment to the study of languages. Completed in 1998 at a cost of
approximately $3,000,000, it is the first residence hall on campus
specifically designed to encourage the study of foreign languages and 48
students engaged in the on-campus study of French, German, Japanese and
Spanish. Native speakers in each language live in the residence and help
guide the students' immersion in the target language. Thanks to a generous
grant by the Culpeper Foundation, the JFLH is also home to two multimedia
language instruction laboratories for both classroom and individual student
use.
Two endowments provide generous funds to support faculty in career
development projects and in activities that enhance the College's academic
program. Austin College offers an attractive benefit package to its
faculty. Faculty are eligible every seven years to apply for sabbatical
leaves at full pay for one term or half pay for an entire year with
additional funding available to support leave projects.
Review of applications will begin December 1, 1999. Send letter of
application, c.v., graduate transcript(s), other supporting materials, and
three recent letters of recommendation to Dr. Michael Imhoff, Interim Vice
President for Academic Affairs, Austin College, 900 North Grand Avenue,
Sherman, Texas 75090-4440. Interviews at MLA. AA/EOE FOR MORE INFO:
http://artemis.austinc.edu/acad/cml/pduffey/spanpositions.html
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Dr. J. Patrick Duffey
Assistant Professor of Spanish
Austin College Suite 61555
900 N. Grand Ave.
Sherman, TX 75090-4440
(903) 813-2364
FAX (903) 813-2011
pduffey@austinc.edu
http://artemis.austinc.edu/acad/cml/pduffey/PD.html