Assistant Professor

Wake Forest University’s Department of Classics invites applications for a tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor level beginning July 1, 2023. The area of specialization is open, but it must substantially include race, racism, and Greek & Roman studies. A Ph.D. in Classics or a related area is required; candidates who will defend the dissertation by July 1, 2023, are eligible to apply. The teaching load is 3–2/2–2 (nine courses over two years), with a semester of leave in the third or fourth year on the tenure track (or a full year at half pay).

We are especially interested in candidates from underrepresented groups, as well as individuals who have experience in working with diverse student populations and who will, through their research and teaching, contribute to the diversity and excellence of the academic community. We value advising and mentoring students who come from a wide range of disciplines, cultures, and academic backgrounds.

Candidates should be ready to teach courses in language, literature, and culture that will appeal to students in and out of Classics. We also welcome candidates with expertise in material culture, art history, archaeology, or religion. Candidates should specifically be prepared and eager to teach the department’s Classics Beyond Whiteness course in rotation with other department faculty, as well as courses in the College’s core curriculum, which includes first-year seminars and the recently adopted Power, Inequity, and Global Contexts curriculum. Priorities for this search include advancement of the department’s Diversity Action Plan. Being likely to form rich interdepartmental connections with any one of the College’s other departments or programs — such as the new African American Studies Program, the American Ethnic Studies Program, or the Department of Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies — is a plus.

The department has four tenure-line faculty and one teaching professional; this search is for a new line. The department offers B.A.s and minors in Classical Languages, Classical Studies, Greek, and Latin. As part of our mission statement, we have articulated firm commitments to equity, action and practice, and support and community. Our department is the first Classics program in the world to require all majors and minors to study race in the ancient world and critical race theory. The department hosted the March 2022 annual meeting of the Classical Association of the Middle West and South and the eighth quadrennial Feminism & Classics conference, May 19–22, 2022. More information about the department is available at classics.wfu.edu.

To apply, submit a letter of application and CV by close of business Eastern time on October 21, 2022. In the letter of application, please be sure to include coverage of how your research agenda and your teaching experience and philosophy fit the position as described above, with specific attention to how your scholarly agenda deals with race, racism, and Greek & Roman studies; please also include in your letter a brief statement on how your research and teaching demonstrate a commitment to racial equity and inclusion. Later in the process, we may ask finalists to supply additional materials. References will be contacted only for short-listed candidates, with the latter's prior approval.

Apply online by visiting http://www.wfu.careers/. Submit the application as a single PDF file. If internet access is an issue, you can submit a hard copy of the application to Ms. Julie Pechanek, Wake Forest University, Department of Classics, P.O. Box 7343, Winston-Salem, NC 27109.

Applications are due on October 21, 2022. We plan to hold phone interviews in December and campus visits in January 2023.

We welcome inquiries about the faculty position or department: please send them to the search committee chair, Prof. John M. Oksanish (oksanijm@wfu.edu). Inquiries about the application process and document submission may be addressed to wakejobs@wfu.edu.

Wake Forest University is a private, coeducational institution dedicated to academic excellence in liberal arts, graduate, and professional education. Founded in 1834 and integrated in 1962, the University is ranked among the top 30 national universities. With 5,200 undergraduates and 3,200 graduate and professional students, the student-faculty ratio is 11:1. Wake Forest is a collegiate university offering a vibrant intellectual community with robust support for faculty research and teaching activities, a rich cultural life, an impressive array of facilities, and an active athletics community. For quick facts about the University, visit http://www.wfu.edu/visitors/quickfacts.html. As a private university, Wake Forest University is not governed by political appointees or state legislative regulations for public universities, and has an explicit commitment to nondiscrimination.

Winston-Salem, NC, is an affordable, diverse city with a growing arts and culture scene. The City Council recently adopted a comprehensively inclusive nondiscrimination ordinance that applies to municipal government, city contractors, and, starting in March 2022, public places of accommodation. The city is located less than an hour’s drive from three gorgeous state parks. Living outside the city while working at Wake Forest is eminently feasible.

Wake Forest University welcomes and encourages diversity and inclusivity, and seeks applicants with demonstrated success in working with diverse populations. Wake Forest University is an AA/EO employer and values an inclusive and diverse learning community and campus climate.

In order to provide a safe and productive learning and living community, Wake Forest University conducts background investigations for final candidates upon their acceptance of an offer of employment. The university requires submission of official graduate transcripts upon employment. The university requires all faculty and staff (except those with documented religious or medical exemptions) to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.