Full-Time Faculty

Liberal Studies Program
ARTS AND SCIENCE
New York University

The Liberal Studies Program at New York University invites applications for up to seven full-time faculty positions to begin September 1, 2010, pending administrative and budgetary approval.  We seek colleagues who will teach both introductory survey courses and more advanced classes in their fields of specialization.  Introductory courses include Cultural Foundations, Social Foundations, Writing, Sciences, Economics, and Quantitative Reasoning.  Higher-level undergraduate classes should fall into one or more of the following areas:

•    Global Culture/Literature/Arts
•    Global Economics
•    Global History
•    International Politics
•    Science/History or Philosophy of Science
•    Science and Public Policy

Liberal Studies is an interdisciplinary program, and we welcome applicants from a broad range of disciplinary backgrounds in the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Life and Physical Sciences.

Liberal Studies offers a two-year, core curriculum program, the great majority of whose students continue their studies in NYU’s College of Arts and Science.  Liberal Studies also houses the new Bachelor of Arts in Global Liberal Studies, which is establishing itself among NYU’s range of premier liberal arts degrees.

Minimum qualifications: a Ph.D. or other appropriate terminal degree in hand by the date of appointment; three years of college-level teaching experience; and demonstrated excellence in teaching.  Publications or other evidence of outstanding scholarship, creative work, or relevant professional activity are desirable.

All Liberal Studies full-time faculty hold renewable term contracts, initially three years, and later potentially five years, in duration.  There is no limit to the number of times a contract may be renewed.  Faculty normally teach three classes per semester.  Faculty also are expected to remain engaged in their fields of expertise, to advise undergraduates, and to contribute service to the program and to the University.

Applications: consisting ONLY of a cover letter and a current c.v. – should be submitted by December 1, 2009.  Applications submitted after this date will not be considered.  Full instructions for submitting an application and additional information about these positions and about the program may be found in an extended position description at http://www.nyu.edu/projects/mediamosaic/0910lsad/ 

NYU is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.