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One-year Lecturer Positions

 

STANFORD UNIVERSITY

LECTURER POSITIONS
2012-13  

Stanford University is now accepting applications for lecturers to teach in the liberal education curriculum required for freshmen.  In 2012-13, Stanford will transform the Introduction to the Humanities (IHUM) program to include a broad range of disciplinary areas of study.  Courses offered in this curriculum will span such diverse fields as American studies, physical chemistry, environmental studies, biological sciences, social psychology, and political philosophy as well as the traditional humanities disciplines.  This is a one-year position.

Lecturers lead seminar discussions for courses that fulfill the freshman liberal arts requirement following the curricular tradition first established at Stanford in 1919.  Lecturers teach two seminar discussion sections (averaging 15 students each) that meet twice weekly and coordinate with course lectures given by Stanford faculty.

Lecturers are appointed September 1, 2012 for a one-year term.  Starting salary will be at least $53,500 with a supplemental stipend of $2,000 for research and scholarship.  Professional development support encourages systematic reflection on effective teaching strategies in an environment that fosters exchange and collaboration.  

Eligible candidates will be asked to provide evidence of teaching excellence and proof of intellectual flexibility as well as a strong record of scholarship.  Other desired qualifications are: experience teaching first-year university students; familiarity with team teaching; and demonstrated experience with developing students’ skills in critical thinking, writing, discussion, and quantitative analysis.

Applications will open January 16 and close March 9, 2012.  All offers of employment are made contingent upon the candidate being able to demonstrate eligibility to work in the US.

 

To apply for the one-year lecturer position

Step One: Course Identification

Before you submit your application online, please identify specific courses for which you would like to be considered.  A full-year lecturer position will require placement in one course each in autumn, winter and spring. Because applications are evaluated in relation to the courses offered, we ask you to think carefully about which courses may be the best matches for your background in scholarship and teaching.  You will find course descriptions for the 2012-13 curriculum at http://www.stanford.edu/dept/undergrad/ihum/fellows/TM_2012_13_Courses.html.

 

Step Two:  Gather Needed Materials

  1. Log in to or create a free account with Interfolio: http://interfolio.com/apply/3164
  2. Add the following materials to your account:
    • Current curriculum vitae
    • Letter of application that addresses all aspects of your qualifications including:
      • The status of your dissertation, if you have not completed the Ph.D. (completion expected no later than June 2012)
      • Suitability for teaching the three top-ranked courses (one per quarter)
      • Evidence of intellectual flexibility
      • Familiarity with team-teaching
    • Teaching statement that describes:
      • Your teaching philosophy
      • Your approach to development of students’ capacities in critical thinking, writing, discussion and analysis
      • An example of how you would lead a seminar for freshmen on one or more of the texts or topics taught in any of the 9 courses that you identified in the on-line form
    • Summary of student, peer and/or other teaching evaluations
      • Please do not submit individual student forms
  3. Request 3 Letters of Recommendation
    • Letters of recommendation can be requested from your Interfolio account
    • Requests can be made via e-mail or a printed request form
    • Writers can submit via a free letter writer account at the Interfolio site or mail letters directly to Interfolio
    • If you have not yet completed the Ph.D., one reference should address the status of your dissertation progress toward completion by June 2012. 

 

Step Three:  Online Submission of Materials and Application Information

Once all required documents have been gathered, process your application through your Interfolio account. There will be a nominal $6 application fee required.  To submit your application:

  1. Begin a delivery via your Interfolio account and search for “Stanford” in Step 1 of the process. Locate and select the position for the Stanford Lecturer Position.
  2. Fulfill all document requirements. You are able to add additional materials later if you do not have everything in your account yet.
  3. Proceed and fill out additional information including:
    • Demographic Information
    • Course Preferences
      • Again, please select your top 3 choices for each quarter
  4. Save and proceed to submit your application.

 

Submit all application materials by March 6, 2012. Phone interviews for semi-finalists will be conducted after April 15, 2012. Campus visits for finalists will be arranged thereafter. Decisions are expected to be announced by late May.



If there is something not covered there, or if you have any additional concerns, please contact ihumprogram@stanford.edu.