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The University of Maine’s Department of Philosophy seeks a dynamic, innovative scholar and teacher to join our small, collegial, pluralistic department at Maine’s flagship land and sea grant institution. This is a tenure-track, academic-year position at the assistant professor level anticipated to start September 1, 2018.

We invite applicants for an academic-year, tenure-track position as assistant professor with an area of specialization in environmental philosophy, broadly construed. Candidates will be expected to teach core and advanced courses in environmental philosophy, including environmental ethics, with a standard 3-2 load. Area of concentration in applied ethics, including teaching one or more courses such as contemporary moral problems, biomedical ethics, business ethics, technology and philosophy, and/or philosophy of law. Ability to teach logic is desirable. We prefer candidates with an interest in publicly engaged philosophy. An interest in collaborating across disciplines in service, research and/or teaching is also desirable. Service to the department, college, and university is expected.

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Position: Philosophy, Tenure-track (Assistant) 

The New School for Social Research and Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts in New York City seek applicants for a tenure-track appointment with the Department of Philosophy to begin Fall 2018.

The area of specialization and the area of competence are open. We encourage applicants who work in areas currently underrepresented in the department to apply. The successful applicant must have a significant record of research excellence, as well as a demonstrated commitment to quality undergraduate and graduate teaching.  Our teaching load is the equivalent of five courses per year which consists of four classroom courses, two undergraduate, two graduate, with the usual non-teaching duties; the fifth course is comprised of dissertation supervision. Salary competitive.

The deadline for applications is December 1, 2017.

The New School is committed to actively recruiting applications from a diverse pool. We encourage candidates from groups underrepresented in US higher education to apply.

Applicants apply on-line using the faculty application on The New School human resources website http://careers.newschool.edu. Using our online application system, candidates should submit a letter of interest, a current CV, evidence of teaching excellence, a writing sample and three of letters of reference.  Letters of reference should be sent by email attachment to Despina Dontas dontasd@newschool.edu.

Information about The New School for Social Research, Eugene Lang College, and the Philosophy Department can be found at:

http://www.newschool.edu/nssr/

http://www.newschool.edu/lang/

http://www.newschool.edu/nssr/philosophy/

Benefits: Comprehensive University benefits package including health and retirement plans, tuition remission. Visit: http://www.newschool.edu/human-resources/benefits/

The New School does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, creed, sex or gender (including gender identity and expression), pregnancy, sexual orientation, religion, religious practices, mental or physical disability, national or ethnic origin, citizenship status, veteran status, marital or partnership status, or any other legally protected status.