Post by nothing_else_matters on Dec 22, 2012 21:37:16 GMT -5
Stetson University seeks a broadly trained teacher-scholar who specializes in the sociology of health and illness/medicine with an international or global focus for a full-time, tenure-track appointment at the assistant professor level.
QUALIFICATIONS:
A Ph.D. in sociology with demonstrated excellence in teaching undergraduates in general and in core sociology courses (e.g., sociological theory, research methods, statistics, research proposal preparation, and/or research project execution), as well as courses in the sociology of health and illness/medicine. We are especially interested in a sociologist with an international or global focus, which may include (but is not limited to) international health systems comparisons and domestic health care organization; international social epidemiology, with strengths in demography, developing societies, environmental sociology, and/or analyses of national and international health issues, including public health; or cross-cultural analysis of health issues among specific groups, such as the elderly, social minorities, women, or children. Additionally, the candidate should have an active scholarly agenda and research that could incorporate student investigation at a liberal arts university. Interest in innovative teaching techniques, community-engaged learning, collaborative research, and contributing to our anthropology minor or interdisciplinary and area studies programs at Stetson is advantageous.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
The teaching load is three courses per semester. Primary teaching responsibilities include Introduction to Sociology, core courses required for the sociology major, and courses in the sociology of health and illness/medicine. Other courses will be based on the candidate's expertise and may include offerings for the University's requirements in General Education, including courses for First Year Seminars and Junior Seminars. Other responsibilities include active participation in advising and departmental, college, and university service. For more information on our expectations in teaching and scholarship, our tenure policies, and our support for faculty development, please see the Academic Affairs website: www.stetson.edu/academicaffairs/newfac.php.
THE DEPARTMENT:
The Department of Sociology and Anthropology ( www2.stetson.edu/sociology) is a small, engaged, innovative department that currently supports a major in sociology and minors in sociology and anthropology. Sociology majors can also earn a concentration in criminology. Our focus is exclusively on undergraduate students who desire rigorous training within the context of a liberal arts education.
We emphasize small classes, experiential learning, and service-learning/community based research. Sociology majors take a core course sequence that culminates in a capstone senior research project and thesis. Some of these projects result in student presentations at regional or national meetings and/or publications with faculty co-authors. For examples of collaborative research with students across the university see "Stetson Showcase" at www.stetson.edu/other/research/surcas.php.
THE UNIVERSITY:
Founded in 1883, Stetson University ( http://www.stetson.edu) is a private, selective university comprised of a rich array of liberal arts and professional academic programs. Collectively, Stetson's teacher-scholar faculty works with 3,800 students in undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs. The University's historic main campus, located in DeLand, enrolls more than 2,500 students in undergraduate programs in the College of Arts and Sciences, the School of Business Administration, and the School of Music. Stetson University College of Law, Florida's first law school, moved from the main campus to Gulfport in 1945, and, with the addition of the Tampa Law Center, serves over 1,000 students working full-time or part-time toward J.D. or LL.M. degrees. Graduate programs offered at the main campus and at Stetson University Center in Celebration include Business, Educational Leadership, Reading, Education, Counseling, and English. Stetson has regularly been ranked among the best regional universities in the Southeast and was the first private college in Florida to be granted a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa.
Stetson University provides an inspiring education that engages students with rigorous academic and creative study grounded in liberal learning. Working closely with faculty, staff, and with one another, students cultivate abilities to explore issues deeply, think critically, reason empirically, speak persuasively, and connect ideas creatively. Stetson's academic program prepares and inspires students to dare to be significant TM, realizing 21st century learning goals that will foster their ability and commitment to make a difference in the world. We seek faculty who themselves dare to be significant; think across disciplinary, methodological, and social boundaries; exercise pedagogical creativity and adaptability (including the use of technology to enrich and extend learning); and are passionate lifelong learners.
Stetson values the development of the whole person committed to engaging and building lifelong connections with the larger world through Personal Growth, Intellectual Development,
and Global Citizenship. To that end, the University fosters policies, practices, and modes of
inquiry to support and explore these values areas, integrated in a University-wide commitment to personal and social responsibility. Firmly committed to inclusive excellence, our vibrant community of teacher-scholars nurtures the potential of individual students to lead lives of significance and prepares each to meet the challenges of shaping the future-locally, nationally, and globally.
THE COMMUNITY:
DeLand is a picturesque residential community of 25,000 located 20 miles west of Daytona Beach and 35 miles northeast of Orlando. The area offers extensive cultural as well as recreational activities.
SALARY:
Salary is competitive.
STARTING DATE:
August 2013
APPLICATION:
Applicants must send the following materials for consideration: 1) a letter of application; 2) a teaching portfolio that describes the candidate's teaching experience, teaching approach, and teaching philosophy within a liberal arts university; evidence of teaching effectiveness; and a sample syllabus (preferably in one of the areas listed above); 3) a curriculum vitae; 4) graduate school transcripts (copies are acceptable for screening); 5) a statement of the candidate's scholarly agenda and research record; and 6) a brief writing sample. Additionally, candidates should have three recent blind professional letters of reference (at least one of which should include an evaluation of teaching ability) emailed directly to Dr. Kimberly Flint-Hamilton at kflintha@stetson.edu. Candidates are encouraged to highlight skills and experiences that demonstrate a commitment to social justice, diversity and inclusion.
Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.
Application materials may be submitted electronically to Dr. Kimberly Flint-Hamilton at kflintha@stetson.edu or mailed to the following address:
Dr. Kimberly Flint-Hamilton, Search Committee Chair
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Stetson University
421 N. Woodland Blvd. Unit 8287
DeLand, FL 32723
QUALIFICATIONS:
A Ph.D. in sociology with demonstrated excellence in teaching undergraduates in general and in core sociology courses (e.g., sociological theory, research methods, statistics, research proposal preparation, and/or research project execution), as well as courses in the sociology of health and illness/medicine. We are especially interested in a sociologist with an international or global focus, which may include (but is not limited to) international health systems comparisons and domestic health care organization; international social epidemiology, with strengths in demography, developing societies, environmental sociology, and/or analyses of national and international health issues, including public health; or cross-cultural analysis of health issues among specific groups, such as the elderly, social minorities, women, or children. Additionally, the candidate should have an active scholarly agenda and research that could incorporate student investigation at a liberal arts university. Interest in innovative teaching techniques, community-engaged learning, collaborative research, and contributing to our anthropology minor or interdisciplinary and area studies programs at Stetson is advantageous.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
The teaching load is three courses per semester. Primary teaching responsibilities include Introduction to Sociology, core courses required for the sociology major, and courses in the sociology of health and illness/medicine. Other courses will be based on the candidate's expertise and may include offerings for the University's requirements in General Education, including courses for First Year Seminars and Junior Seminars. Other responsibilities include active participation in advising and departmental, college, and university service. For more information on our expectations in teaching and scholarship, our tenure policies, and our support for faculty development, please see the Academic Affairs website: www.stetson.edu/academicaffairs/newfac.php.
THE DEPARTMENT:
The Department of Sociology and Anthropology ( www2.stetson.edu/sociology) is a small, engaged, innovative department that currently supports a major in sociology and minors in sociology and anthropology. Sociology majors can also earn a concentration in criminology. Our focus is exclusively on undergraduate students who desire rigorous training within the context of a liberal arts education.
We emphasize small classes, experiential learning, and service-learning/community based research. Sociology majors take a core course sequence that culminates in a capstone senior research project and thesis. Some of these projects result in student presentations at regional or national meetings and/or publications with faculty co-authors. For examples of collaborative research with students across the university see "Stetson Showcase" at www.stetson.edu/other/research/surcas.php.
THE UNIVERSITY:
Founded in 1883, Stetson University ( http://www.stetson.edu) is a private, selective university comprised of a rich array of liberal arts and professional academic programs. Collectively, Stetson's teacher-scholar faculty works with 3,800 students in undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs. The University's historic main campus, located in DeLand, enrolls more than 2,500 students in undergraduate programs in the College of Arts and Sciences, the School of Business Administration, and the School of Music. Stetson University College of Law, Florida's first law school, moved from the main campus to Gulfport in 1945, and, with the addition of the Tampa Law Center, serves over 1,000 students working full-time or part-time toward J.D. or LL.M. degrees. Graduate programs offered at the main campus and at Stetson University Center in Celebration include Business, Educational Leadership, Reading, Education, Counseling, and English. Stetson has regularly been ranked among the best regional universities in the Southeast and was the first private college in Florida to be granted a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa.
Stetson University provides an inspiring education that engages students with rigorous academic and creative study grounded in liberal learning. Working closely with faculty, staff, and with one another, students cultivate abilities to explore issues deeply, think critically, reason empirically, speak persuasively, and connect ideas creatively. Stetson's academic program prepares and inspires students to dare to be significant TM, realizing 21st century learning goals that will foster their ability and commitment to make a difference in the world. We seek faculty who themselves dare to be significant; think across disciplinary, methodological, and social boundaries; exercise pedagogical creativity and adaptability (including the use of technology to enrich and extend learning); and are passionate lifelong learners.
Stetson values the development of the whole person committed to engaging and building lifelong connections with the larger world through Personal Growth, Intellectual Development,
and Global Citizenship. To that end, the University fosters policies, practices, and modes of
inquiry to support and explore these values areas, integrated in a University-wide commitment to personal and social responsibility. Firmly committed to inclusive excellence, our vibrant community of teacher-scholars nurtures the potential of individual students to lead lives of significance and prepares each to meet the challenges of shaping the future-locally, nationally, and globally.
THE COMMUNITY:
DeLand is a picturesque residential community of 25,000 located 20 miles west of Daytona Beach and 35 miles northeast of Orlando. The area offers extensive cultural as well as recreational activities.
SALARY:
Salary is competitive.
STARTING DATE:
August 2013
APPLICATION:
Applicants must send the following materials for consideration: 1) a letter of application; 2) a teaching portfolio that describes the candidate's teaching experience, teaching approach, and teaching philosophy within a liberal arts university; evidence of teaching effectiveness; and a sample syllabus (preferably in one of the areas listed above); 3) a curriculum vitae; 4) graduate school transcripts (copies are acceptable for screening); 5) a statement of the candidate's scholarly agenda and research record; and 6) a brief writing sample. Additionally, candidates should have three recent blind professional letters of reference (at least one of which should include an evaluation of teaching ability) emailed directly to Dr. Kimberly Flint-Hamilton at kflintha@stetson.edu. Candidates are encouraged to highlight skills and experiences that demonstrate a commitment to social justice, diversity and inclusion.
Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.
Application materials may be submitted electronically to Dr. Kimberly Flint-Hamilton at kflintha@stetson.edu or mailed to the following address:
Dr. Kimberly Flint-Hamilton, Search Committee Chair
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Stetson University
421 N. Woodland Blvd. Unit 8287
DeLand, FL 32723