CONNECTICUT COLLEGE invites applications for a full-time, three-year (with possibility of renewal) visiting assistant professor position in Arabic beginning Fall 2009. Required: native or near native fluency in both Arabic and English, and experience teaching Modern Standard Arabic at the undergraduate level. Desirable: PhD in Arabic language, cultural studies, literature, linguistics, language pedagogy, or a related field.
Responsibilities include teaching intensive elementary and intermediate language courses and service related to the development of an Arabic language curriculum. The candidate will also work collaboratively with current faculty and new hires from two relevant searches (in Government and History) to assess the possibilities of establishing a Middle Eastern and/or Islamic Studies program at the College.Applicants should submit the following: a letter of application, a C.V., a statement of teaching philosophy, teaching evaluations, a writing sample, graduate transcripts, and three letters of recommendation (all in English). Send these materials to Professor William Rose, Department of Government, Box 5468, Connecticut College, 270 Mohegan Ave., New London, CT 063204196. E-mail inquiries can be sent to william.rose@conncoll.edu. Review of applications will begin November 1, 2008 and will continue until the position is filled.
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