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Director of the Seventh College Academic Program, Associate or Full Teaching Professor

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Position description

Seventh College invites applications for a Teaching Professor position at the tenured Associate or Full Teaching Professor level to serve as the Director of the Seventh College Academic Program. Teaching Professors have nine-month (academic-year) appointments and are full members of the Academic Senate of the Faculty of the University of California, San Diego.

Seventh College is the newest of the seven undergraduate colleges at the University of California, San Diego and will matriculate its first cohort of students in Fall 2020. Building on the College’s theme, “A Changing Planet”, its academic mission is to introduce students to inter-disciplinary inquiry, foster critical thinking and invite multifaceted solutions to the challenges posed by our changing planet.

The college’s academic program is comprised of three courses: two lower-division courses (Synthesis 1-2, taken in the first and second year, respectively) and one upper-division course that students take in either their junior or senior year (Synthesis 100). The two lower-division courses are writing-intensive and provide an introduction to interdisciplinary inquiry. The upper-division course is project-based, and may include elements of design, community-based work, and group projects. All three courses focus on the challenges posed by our changing planet and present students with a variety of research methodologies and involve collaborative, interdisciplinary work. In addition to these three courses, the academic program also helps facilitate a requirement that students take an additional “high-impact” course that includes a capstone, internship, practicum, mentored research, study abroad or other significant experiential learning.

The Director of the Seventh College Academic Program will be an academic leader who, in addition to teaching in the program, will contribute to its design and help define its pedagogical vision. The Director will be responsible for recruiting ladder-rank faculty and lecturers to teach in the program and working with them to develop the curriculum and implement pedagogical innovations; for supervising program staff; for monitoring and assessing the program’s effectiveness and learning outcomes; for successfully recruiting, training and supervising teaching assistants; for managing program resources; and for facilitating the integration of the academic program with the student life programs at the college. The Director reports to the college Provost.

All candidates must have earned a Ph.D. or terminal degree in any field by the time of appointment.

Salary: Salary commensurate with experience based on published University of California pay scales.

Apply by December 31, 2019 for full consideration

To apply, go to: https://apol-recruit.ucsd.edu/JPF02290

The University of California is committed to creating and maintaining a community dedicated to the advancement, application, and transmission of knowledge and creative endeavors through academic excellence, where all individuals who participate in University programs and activities can work and learn together in a safe and secure environment, free of violence, harassment, discrimination, exploitation, or intimidation. With this commitment, UC San Diego requires all candidates for academic appointments with tenure or security of employment to complete, sign, and upload the form entitled “Authorization to Release” into RECRUIT as part of their application.

Seventh College are committed to academic excellence and diversity within the faculty, staff, and student body.

UCSD is an equal opportunity/ affirmative action employer with a strong institutional commitment to excellence and diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

Application Requirements

Document requirements
  • Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V.

  • Cover Letter - To include a statement that demonstrates evidence of writing across the disciplines or writing across the curriculum.

  • Statement of Teaching Philosophy

  • Statement of Contributions to Diversity - Applicants should summarize their past or potential contributions to diversity. See our Faculty Equity site for more information.

  • Teaching Evaluations

  • Writing Sample - Provide a writing sample that demonstrates evidence of writing across the disciplines or writing across the curriculum

  • Authorization to Release Form - Applicants must complete, sign and upload this form. See Institutional Reference Check for more information.

  • Misc / Additional (Optional)

Reference requirements
  • 3-5 letters of reference required

Job location

San Diego, Ca