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JOB DESCRIPTION
Antioch College invites applications for a tenure-track position in
cultural anthropology, to begin in fall 2011. A PhD. in anthropol-
ogy or a related interdisciplinary field is required. The successful
candidate will teach general education courses that introduce an –
thropology and sociology; and upper level topical courses, includ-
ing those which will support student self-designed majors in the
area of concentration in Self, Society, and Culture. The successful
candidate’s experience will determine rank and salary.
An appreciation for and/or experience with Antioch’s unique edu-
cational model that includes liberal arts study, work, and commu-
nity governance (shared governance) is highly valued.
Antioch College is searching this year for its first tenure-track
appointments (as well as some visiting and adjunct faculty) as it
seeks to admit its first small starting class in fall 2011, on the
way to becoming a liberal arts college of 600 students. These first
six tenure track positions are in organic chemistry, philosophy,
Spanish, anthropology, 3-D arts, and literature. From among the
tenure track faculty, at the president’s discretion, one person may
be invited to serve also as interim academic dean. Qualifications
to be dean are not a part of the requirements for the teaching
position.
WORKING AT ANTIOCH COLLEGE
Antioch College is committed to the goal of achieving equal op –
portunity for all and, accordingly, does not discriminate on the
basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, expres-
sion and characteristics, age, religion, national or ethnic origin,
visible or invisible disability, or status as a disabled veteran of the
Vietnam era. The College complies with federal and state legisla –
tion and regulations regarding nondiscrimination. This policy ap-
plies to faculty and staff, applicants for faculty and staff positions,
students and applicants for educational programs and activities.
Inquiries concerning this policy should be addressed to the Office
of the President.
A private, independent nonprofit college in Yellow Springs, Ohio,
Antioch College proposes to offer a four-year, undergraduate resi-
dential college experience. The Antioch College curriculum puts
equal emphasis on rigorous liberal arts learning and work. Upon
graduation, students will have completed an individualized major
based on one of 11 concentrations as well as a language minor. The
institution, originally founded in 1850, now operates independent
of Antioch University, the multi-campus system it founded.
Antioch College plans to award the Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor
of Science degrees. As a liberal arts institution, the College will
require students to complete substantial introductory coursework
in disciplines within four academic divisions: Arts, Humanities,
Science and Social Sciences. Then, with their advisors, students
will propose a major that may be either disciplinary or interdisci-
plinary, based on the 11 areas of concentrations supported by the
college within those four divisions.
Another important element of the academic experience at An –
tioch College is the introduction of Global Seminars that focus on
important human issues surrounding energy, food, governance,
health, and water. Designed as mini-courses, the Global Seminars
will be taught by distinguished visiting faculty, as well as other
subject-matter experts. They provide an academic link between
on-campus study terms and off-campus work terms.
For 90 years, a critical component of the Antioch College educa –
tion has been the cooperative work program (Co-op) established
by the late former President Arthur E. Morgan. In addition to
completing nine on-campus study terms, students will complete
six terms of full-time, paid work assignments in local, national and
international settings. The off-campus work program allows stu –
dents to connect academic knowledge with the professional world
of work. The Antioch College work program expands learning ex-
periences through paid employment in a supervised, educational
work setting often related to the student’s coursework. In addition
to on-the-job-learning, a high value is placed on the learning stu-
dents do off-the-job in the communities in which they live while
on Co-op. That value leads the college to provide second language
instruction from the very first term, and including every term, on
and off campus, culminating in a final two-quarter international
work placement where the student’s second language capability
will be put to substantial use.
Our objective is to prepare scholars and adaptable critical thinkers
with the creative capacity and ethical bearing needed to invent so-
lutions to the problems facing humankind now and in the future.
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS
Submit a curriculum vitae, transcript, statement of teaching phi –
losophy and how applicant might contribute to Antioch’s educa –
tional goals, and three letters of recommendation. Send electronic
applications (preferred) to nwilburn@antiochcollege.org or mail
to Antioch College Faculty Recruitment, c/o Nancy Wilburn,
South Hall, Antioch College, Yellow Springs, OH 45387.
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Tenure-Track Position in Cultural Anthropology
EMPLOYMENT ANNOUNCEMENT
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