History Faculty Positions at UTC

The history department at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga is hiring full-time lecturers! Below is the ad that was posted on H-Net.

The History Department at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga is seeking two (2) full-time Lecturers in American history for the 2012-2013 academic year. Both positions are one-year appointments and will begin in August 2012, pending final budgetary approval. Applicants should hold a Ph.D. in History. Applications from advanced ABD candidates will be considered. Previous college-level teaching experience is strongly preferred, but is not required.

The department seeks one candidate to teach upper-division courses on postbellum and late nineteenth-century America; the second candidate is desired to teach upper-division courses on twentieth-century America. Both successful applicants should possess the ability to design and offer an additional upper-level course or courses in a specialty field. Candidates also should be able to teach both of the department’s introductory American history surveys; the ability to teach World Civilization courses is desirable, but is not required. Teaching load will be 4/4.

Candidates should send electronically the a letter of interest, curriculum vitae, graduate transcripts, statement of teaching philosophy, sample syllabi (if available), copies of student evaluations (if available), and three letters of recommendation to facultyvitae28@utc.edu. In the subject line please indicate "American History Lecturer." The review of applications will begin the first week of April and continue until the positions are filled. Please direct inquires to Michael-D-Thompson@utc.edu.

The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga is an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action/title VI & IX Section 504/ ADA/ ADEA institution. Further information about the department is available at http://www.utc.edu/Academic/History