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Form of work80% Teaching/Advising
The successful candidate will teach the introductory socio-cultural anthropology class in the Department of Anthropology and an existing class on culture and health, cross-listed by African & African-American Studies and Geography and Atmospheric Science. The new faculty member will also be expected to train advanced graduate students as college level educators and teachers. The standard teaching expectation is three courses per semester. All faculty are expected to:
The successful candidate will conduct research in their area of specialization. Geographic area of interest will be Africa preferably, but not limited to, sub-Saharan Africa. The successful candidate may also conduct research in the area of the scholarship of teaching. The products of research may include, but are not limited to, workshops, presentations, and publication (including newsletters, websites, to peer-reviewed journal articles) of best practices in teaching and learning within and outside the unit and/or peer-reviewed disciplinary or pedagogical research.
10% Service
Teaching professors are expected to participate in appropriate professional activities, such as attending faculty meetings, carrying out departmental committee assignments, mentoring graduate students, attending national and international meetings or conferences, serving the College and KU as appropriate, and serving the profession as a reviewer for grant proposals and manuscripts, or as an officer of a professional society. Teaching professors are full voting members of the department faculty except on personnel matters involving tenure-track faculty.
Collegiality
Faculty members are expected to meet satisfactory standards of performance in all three areas of responsibility and to carry out those responsibilities in accordance with the Faculty Code of Rights, Responsibilities, and Conduct.
The successful candidate will teach the introductory socio-cultural anthropology class in the Department of Anthropology and an existing class on culture and health, cross-listed by African & African-American Studies and Geography and Atmospheric Science. The new faculty member will also be expected to train advanced graduate students as college level educators and teachers. The standard teaching expectation is three courses per semester. All faculty are expected to:
- Prepare for and attend all class meetings. In case of absence, the faculty member must arrange for a substitute to teach class or propose some other relevant assignment. Classes should not be canceled.
- Provide instruction throughout the semester, develop appropriate material for class sessions, grade assignments in a timely manner, provide students with regular and precise information about their progress in the course, and give students clear information about how to improve their performance in the course.
- Develop assignments, administer tests, evaluate student work, provide feedback to students, and assign grades.
- Hold regular office hours for students involved in classes taught. Be available for office hours each week, including reasonable appointments if a student cannot meet during scheduled office hours.
- Advise and mentor undergraduate and graduate students.
- Supervise and mentor graduate teaching assistants assigned to their classes.
- Adhere to program, College, and University policies.
- All faculty members are expected to be active in advising. All faculty members are to take their teaching and advising responsibilities seriously and to strive for excellence in the classroom.
The successful candidate will conduct research in their area of specialization. Geographic area of interest will be Africa preferably, but not limited to, sub-Saharan Africa. The successful candidate may also conduct research in the area of the scholarship of teaching. The products of research may include, but are not limited to, workshops, presentations, and publication (including newsletters, websites, to peer-reviewed journal articles) of best practices in teaching and learning within and outside the unit and/or peer-reviewed disciplinary or pedagogical research.
10% Service
Teaching professors are expected to participate in appropriate professional activities, such as attending faculty meetings, carrying out departmental committee assignments, mentoring graduate students, attending national and international meetings or conferences, serving the College and KU as appropriate, and serving the profession as a reviewer for grant proposals and manuscripts, or as an officer of a professional society. Teaching professors are full voting members of the department faculty except on personnel matters involving tenure-track faculty.
Collegiality
Faculty members are expected to meet satisfactory standards of performance in all three areas of responsibility and to carry out those responsibilities in accordance with the Faculty Code of Rights, Responsibilities, and Conduct.
