Hamilton College
Assistant or Associate Professor of Chinese Language
Location: Clinton, NY 13323
Closes: Feb 29, 2016 at midnight Eastern Time
(GMT-4 hours)
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The East Asian Languages and Literatures Department at Hamilton College seeks applicants for a tenure-track appointment at the rank of advanced Assistant or Associate Professor of Chinese, to begin July 1, 2016. The candidate for the position must have a Ph.D. in Chinese Language Pedagogy, Linguistics, or Second Language Acquisition. Experience teaching college-level Chinese is essential. The successful candidate will teach introductory and upper-level courses, develop basic language materials, and supervise language instruction in our nationally recognized Chinese program. The successful candidate will also be responsible for academic coordination with the Administrative Director of Hamilton’s Associated Colleges in China language program in Beijing.
Please submit letter of application, curriculum vitae, at least two syllabi, a dissertation abstract, a statement on teaching philosophy, and arrange for submission of two letters of recommendation to Interfolio at http://apply.interfolio.com/31154. Your cover letter should address ways in which issues of diversity are brought into your teaching, scholarship, and/or service. Experience teaching or working with diverse student populations is an asset.
Address questions to Professor Zhuoyi Wang of the East Asian Languages and Literatures Department, Hamilton College (zwang@hamilton.edu). Review of applications will begin on September 18, 2015 and conclude on October 16, 2015. Preliminary interviews will be conducted at the CLTA Annual Meeting in San Diego, November 20-22, 2015, or via Skype.
Hamilton College (www.hamilton.edu) is a residential liberal arts college located in the Mohawk Valley of upstate New York; for applicants with dual-career considerations, Hamilton participates in the regional Higher Education Recruitment Consortium, which posts additional area employment opportunities at www.upstatenyherc.org.
APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS
A complete application must include 1) letter of application, 2) curriculum vitae, 3) two syllabi, 4) dissertation abstract, 5) statement on teaching philosophy, and 6) two letters of recommendation
(uploaded separately by the referees). To begin your application, please click on the Apply Now For Free button below to create an Interfolio account. There is no charge for creating this account. All materials should be addressed to Professor Zhuoyi Wang, East Asian Languages and Literatures Department, and must be submitted via Interfolio by October 16, 2015.