BAYLOR UNIVERSITY – WACO, TX (Two Positions)
POSITION ONE: Assistant to Associate Professor (tenure-track).
Baylor University, Department of Classics, invites applications for Associate or Assistant Professor (tenure track) beginning August 1, 2012. Area of specialization is open. The Classics major at Baylor is philologically based, emphasizing a significant quantity of reading in the primary languages. Thus, serious applicants should have a demonstrable record of outstanding teaching in the languages and show strong scholarly potential. The successful candidate will be expected to participate vigorously in a large department's academic community by intellectually engaging students both in and out of the classroom. Baylor is a Baptist university affiliated with the Baptist General Convention of Texas; applicants should be comfortable with Baylor's Christian identity as expressed, for example, in the Vision 2012 document (http://www.baylor.edu/about/vision/index.php?id=62629). As an Affirmative Action/Equal Employment Opportunity employer, Baylor encourages minorities, women, veterans, and persons with disabilities to apply. Dossiers should include cover letter, c.v., transcripts, at least three letters of reference, evidence of teaching ability, and a representative writing sample, such as off-prints or a dissertation chapter. To ensure full consideration, a complete application should be received by the search committee chair no later than November 1, 2011. Applications should be addressed to Alden Smith, Chair of the Search Committee, Department of Classics, Baylor University, P.O. Box 97352, Waco, TX 76798. Telephone: (254) 710-1399; fax: (254) 710-1367; email: Alden_Smith@baylor.edu. Website: http://www.baylor.edu/classics/.
RANK AND SALARY: Commensurate with experience and qualifications.
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Applications will be reviewed beginning November 1, 2011 and will be accepted until the position is filled. To ensure full consideration, complete applications must be submitted by November, 1, 2011
APPLICATION PROCEDURE: Please submit a letter of application, current curriculum vitae, and transcripts. Include names, addresses, and phone numbers of three individuals from whom you have requested letters of recommendation to: Alden Smith, Search Committee Chair, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97352, Waco, Texas 76798-7352. (254) 710-1399; fax: (254) 710-1367; email: Alden_Smith@baylor.edu. Website: http://www.baylor.edu/classics/. Materials may be submitted electronically to: Alden_Smith@baylor.edu
Baylor is a Baptist university affiliated with the Baptist General Convention of Texas. As an Affirmative Action/Equal Employment Opportunity employer, Baylor encourages minorities, women, veterans, and persons with disabilities to apply.
POSITION TWO: Chair of Classics
Baylor University, Department of Classics, invites applications for Chair of Classics at the rank of either Associate or Full Professor beginning August 1, 2012. Area of specialization is open.
The new chair will be expected to lead the department in a variety of ways, including recruiting and mentoring junior faculty. He or she must have strong academic credentials, an admirable publication record, and a demonstrable record of outstanding teaching. Inasmuch as Baylor has a very strong philologically-based undergraduate program, the new chair must care deeply for undergraduate education and affirm the value of studying classics in the original languages as well as the importance of liberal arts education; he or she should, at the same time, be able to articulate the importance of graduate education, as the university considers the possibility of a developing a graduate program. He or she must also be able to espouse and aver the major tenets of Baylor's mission statement, and should be in sympathy with the spirit of the Vision 2012 document (http://www.baylor.edu/about/vision/index.php?id=62629).
Baylor is a Baptist university affiliated with the Baptist General Convention of Texas. As an Affirmative Action/Equal Employment Opportunity employer, Baylor encourages minorities, women, veterans, and persons with disabilities to apply. Dossiers should include cover letter, c.v., at least three letters of reference, transcripts, evidence of teaching ability, and off-prints and/or book chapters, vel sim. To ensure full consideration, a complete application should be received by the search committee chair no later than November 1, 2011. Applications will be reviewed just after that deadline. Applications should be addressed to Alden Smith, Chair of the Search Committee, Department of Classics, Baylor University, P.O. Box 97352, Waco, TX 76798. Telephone: (254) 710-1399; fax: (254) 710-1367; email: Alden_Smith@baylor.edu. Website: http://www.baylor.edu/classics/.
RANK AND SALARY: Commensurate with experience and qualifications.
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Applications will be reviewed beginning November 1, 2011 and will be accepted until the position is filled. To ensure full consideration, complete applications must be submitted by November, 1, 2011.
APPLICATION PROCEDURE: Please submit a letter of application, current curriculum vitae, and transcripts. Include names, addresses, and phone numbers of three individuals from whom you have requested letters of recommendation to: Alden Smith, Search Committee Chair, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97352, Waco, Texas 76798-7352. Telephone: (254) 710-1399; fax: (254) 710-1367. Materials may be submitted electronically to: Alden_Smith@baylor.edu.
Baylor is a Baptist university affiliated with the Baptist General Convention of Texas. As an Affirmative Action/Equal Employment Opportunity employer, Baylor encourages minorities, women, veterans, and persons with disabilities to apply.