Department:    World Languages & Literatures        Rank:      Assistant

Specialization(s):  French literature (as opposed to Francophone);  any specialty or concentration;  generalist preferred to specialist.
Search # 12-034

Date Posted: November 18, 2011

Brief Description of Duties/Responsibilities:       
Normal teaching load is 12 credits/three-four courses per semester.  Successful candidate will be expected to teach graduate, upper- and lower-level courses most semesters.  All faculty share student advising and committee assignments. 


Required Qualifications: 
Applicants must be at least ABD.  If ABD, candidate must have earned doctorate by time of appointment.

Evidence of ability to teach university-level French effectively.  Ability to coordinate and oversee language sections highly desirable.  Ability to engage in meaningful scholarship/creative activity, leading to presentations at professional meetings and publications in peer-reviewed journals in the discipline. 


Preferred Qualifications: 
Earned Ph.D. highly desirable.  Equivalent of two years experience teaching university-level French;  interactive pedagogical methodology and familiarity with ACTFL assessment desirable.  Ability to lead and instruct graduate and undergraduate students on SCSU Summer Program in Paris desirable.  Scholarship/creative activity in progress.

Application Process:
Please submit Letter of Interest, Current Curriculum Vita, Official Graduate Transcripts, and Three Letters of Recommendation to:

Dr. Linda S. Olson, Chair, French Section Search Committee, Department of World Languages and Literatures, 501 Crescent Street, New Haven, CT 06515.

In order for your application to be given full consideration, all materials must be received by January 17, 2012.  Position will remain open until filled.