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Posted: 30-Aug-24
Location: Boone, North Carolina
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Internal Number: 083091
Position Title: Assistant Professor
Tenure Status: Tenure Track
Rank: Assistant Professor
Department: History
Working Location: Boone, NC
Position Summary Information
Minimum Qualifications:
Ph.D. in history or a related field
Candidates who are ABD will be considered, but the position requires completion of all doctoral requirements by August 2025.
Areas of Interest (No Minimum Level Required):
Candidates whose work incorporates public history, history education, and/or digital history are encouraged to apply.
The department is looking for someone eligible to teach U.S. History, and Hispanic/ Chicano/ Latino/e American history as well as upper-level and graduate courses in the candidate’s field of expertise.
Description of the Department or Unit:
Appalachian State University’s History Department houses one of the largest programs for the education of secondary (9-12) history/social studies teachers in North Carolina.
Our program’s mission is to prepare our majors to teach a robust, digitally-infused, and globally-minded history/social studies curriculum. The History Department offers three other undergraduate majors, a master’s degree program, and employs approximately 25 tenure-line faculty members.
Additional information about the department, the university, and the surrounding area is located at http://history.appstate.edu. For information on our History Education Program, visit: http://history.appstate.edu/historyeducation.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
In addition to instructional duties, faculty members are expected to maintain an active program of scholarship as well as participate in service activities.
All faculty and staff are expected to support Appalachian State University’s Strategic Priorities.
Position may require teaching in Hickory in addition to Boone courses.
Type of Position: Full Time
Appointment Type: 1.0
Number Of Months Per Year: 9
Physical Demands of Position
Physical demands typical of a university/education related history role.
Description of University
Appalachian State University, in North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains, prepares students to lead purposeful lives as global citizens who understand and engage their responsibilities in creating a sustainable future for all. The transformational Appalachian experience promotes a spirit of inclusion that brings people together in inspiring ways to acquire and create knowledge, to grow holistically, to act with passion and determination, and embrace diversity and difference. As one of 17 campuses in the University of North Carolina system, Appalachian enrolls more than 20,000 students, has a low student-to-faculty ratio and offers more than 150 undergraduate and graduate majors.
Posting Details Information
Proposed Date of Hire: 08/01/2025
Suggested Salary Range: Salary is competitive and commensurate with qualifications and experience.
ABD Consideration: ABD with reduction in rank and salary (see desc. below)
ABD Description
ABD with reduction in rank and salary: ABD will be considered for this position. Evidence of successful defense of the dissertation must be received by July 31 for a fall hire or November 30 for a spring hire. If confirmation of defense is not provided by the deadline, the candidate will receive a new one-year fixed-term contract and be hired at the rank of Instructor. The candidate’s salary will also be reduced to a lower rate commensurate with other full-time instructors in the same department. However, if degree verification is provided before the end of the one-year fixed-term contract, the candidate will be returned to the rank of assistant professor with commensurate compensation beginning July 1 of the following academic year.
No ABD consideration: Only candidates with an earned doctorate or terminal degree from an accredited institution will be considered for the position. Since ABD will not meet the minimum requirements, ABD will not be considered.
Special Instructions to Applicants:
Review of applications will begin October 1, 2024
Please upload a Cover Letter, CV, and list of at least three references with contact information.
UNC System Code (Section 610(2)) Special Faculty Hires
The continued employment of a special faculty member during the term appointment may be made expressly contingent on items such as the continued availability of funding from any source, on enrollment levels, or any other contingency established by the institution.
Posting Date: 08/26/2024
Open Until Filled: Yes
Evaluation of Applications Begins: 10/01/2024
Apply via this link: https://appstate.peopleadmin.com/postings/47275