Assistant Professor of Spanish
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Salary commensurate with education and experience.
Descripción
Catawba College (“Catawba”) invites applications for a full-time, tenure track position in Spanish at the rank of Assistant Professor, to begin in August 2025. We are seeking candidates with a strong background on teaching language courses at the elementary and intermediate levels as well as scholarship and teaching interests in sustainability / environmental education in connection to Spanish-speaking cultures.
This faculty position presents a unique opportunity for a professor of Spanish who is committed to teaching in an undergraduate environment that values the personal formation of students, the exploration of vocation, the traditional role of a liberal arts education, and interaction with faculty and students who work across varied disciplines. The candidate must value the ethos and rhythm of small-college life.
The successful candidate will also serve as a member of a strategic cluster hire aimed at embedding environmental education and sustainability across Catawba College’s curriculum and co-curricular initiatives. Together, this interdisciplinary group, a dynamic cohort of new campus thought leaders, will collaborate to develop innovative strategies that enhance students' environmental and sustainability literacy, fostering a deeper understanding of these critical issues. In addition, the cohort will explore and implement opportunities to utilize the campus as a living-learning laboratory, creating hands-on, experiential learning experiences that reinforce classroom instruction and enrich the overall student experience. Through this collective effort, the cohort will help shape a more sustainable and environmentally conscious campus community.
Duties and responsibilities
- Teach 12 credits in fall and 12 credits in spring during a traditional two-semester academic year, including introductory courses for non-majors
- Assist in a departmental review of the Spanish-language curriculum, including course, minor, and major development and assessment
- Participate in the interdisciplinary environmental learning and sustainability faculty cohort
- Opportunity to teach in the M.S. in Environment & Sustainability Leadership (under development)
- Teach as needed in the Pursuit, the College’s interdisciplinary humanities program that is part of the First Year Seminar program
- Maintain office hours and provide academic advising and mentorship for students, both majors and non-majors
- Support recruitment and retention of students for current departmental programs and those in development
- Engage in service, including faculty governance committee membership and involvement in college and community life
- Opportunities for teaching online classes, including Winter Term and Summer Sessions, are available
- Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
Requisitos
Minimum Qualifications
- PhD in Spanish Language/Linguistics or Comparative Literature with an environmental or sustainability emphasis.
- Demonstration of excellence in teaching.
- Ongoing research and scholarly activity.
- Desire and willingness to support the mission of Catawba College.
- Ability to work collegially and engage in cross-disciplinary collaboration.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively within the relevant departments and the greater Catawba community.
Additional Qualifications:
- Substantial teaching experience in language education and commitment to student-centered pedagogies.
- Ability to teach courses in general education, especially first-year seminar, the Spanish major, and a proposed graduate program rooted in sustainability.
- Ability and desire to teach introductory level literature or cultural studies courses in English for non-majors.
- A demonstrated commitment to diversity, well-being, equity, and belonging (WEB) as well as success in teaching students from diverse communities.
- Demonstratable ability to thrive in an institution, founded in Christian faith, which welcomes students from all faiths or no faith.
- Familiarity with the small college milieu through attendance and/or teaching experience.
- Candidates from minoritized groups are especially encouraged to apply.
Cómo solicitar
In a single pdf document, applicants should include:
- A cover letter addressing the applicant’s
- ability to facilitate student Spanish-language learning at a liberal arts college
- a substantial commitment to environmental and sustainability education and research
- commitment to Catawba College’s mission and ideal
- Curriculum vitae;
Candidates should submit their electronic application file (single PDF document) via email to employment@catawba.edu. Additional materials may be requested at later stages of the search process. Catawba will provide full consideration to complete files received prior to April 4, 2025, and will accept materials until the position is filled.
Observaciones
Please contact Gordon Grant, Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences, if you have questions about the position or application process.
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