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Department of

Languages and Literatures

Employment Opportunities

The University of San Diego is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer that values diversity and welcomes all qualified applicants including those from minority groups underrepresented in academia.

Adjunct | Teaching Assistant

Full-Time, tenure-track positions are advertised in the MLA Job Information List (both the electronic and October print versions) and other publications.

Full-time faculty teach both lower-division language classes and upper-division conversation, writing, literature, and civilization courses. Preliminary interviews are conducted at the annual MLA convention.

The application deadline has passed. Late applications will not be considered.

 

General qualifications:

  

Recruiting for two positions to begin in Fall 2010.

  • Ph.D. in language sought (not Comparative Literature) in hand by start date (Fall 2010)
  • Native or near-native proficiency in target language and English
  • Strong commitment to teaching and scholarly achievement, as well as sincere interest in teaching lower-division language courses
  

- Italian -

  • Tenure-track position (Assistant or Associate Professor rank)
  • Open area of specialization in Italian or Italian Studies
  • Experience teaching Italian at all levels of the undergraduate curriculum
  • Active agenda of research and scholarship
  • Proficiency in the use of technology is expected.

Application requirements :

  • Cover letter and current curriculum vita
  • One page statement of teaching philosophy (Italian)
  • Two page statement of teaching philosophy (Spanish)
  • Three recent letters of recommendation, including one from the chair of the candidate's dissertation committee
  • A writing sample (15-20 pages maximum for Italian position; no page specification for Spanish position)
  • Sample of student-written teaching evaluations for both lower- and upper-division classes, including student comments. A summary of representative teaching evaluations is also required for the Spanish position.
  • Unofficial graduate transcript(s)
 

- Spanish -

  • Tenure-track position (Assistant Professor rank)
  • Generalist in Latin American literature (specialization in Andean or Central American literature and culture is a plus)
  • Experience teaching Spanish at all levels of the undergraduate curriculum
  • Active agenda of research and scholarship
  • Proficiency in the use of technology is expected.

How to submit by mail:

Dr. M. Magnin (Italian)

Dr. R. Stroik (Spanish)

University of San Diego

Languages and Literature

s5998 Alcala Park

San Diego, CA 92110

 

How to submit by e-mail:

languages@sandiego.edu

   Deadline:

   All parts of the application must be received -not

   postmarked- by November 9, 2009. 

   Any electronic submissions must be received by close

   of business (5 pm PST) on November 9, 2009.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adjunct positions are seldom advertised because we maintain a file of unsolicited applications, though on occasion we send employment notices to local colleges and universities.

Adjunct faculty must hold at least a Master's degree in the language to be taught. They teach first, second, third and fourth semester language courses. When needed, adjuncts who hold a Ph.D. may be assigned an upper-division conversation, writing, literature, or civilization course.

Because we are a university committed to teaching and research, we do not employ Teaching Assistants.