| Department Name: Social, Behavioral & Global St Job Number: FAC2018-311 Position Description: Powered by an inspiring Founding Vision Statement, California State University, Monterey Bay (WWW.CSUMB.EDU) is a comprehensive, mid-sized four-year university whose staff and faculty help transform student lives by emphasizing project-based learning, requiring service learning, and promoting multicultural and global perspectives on and beyond the campus community. CSUMB is both an MSI and HSI and has a vibrant, diverse student body of over 7000 students and growing. Our faculty and staff, many of whom live in campus housing, appreciate living and working about one mile from the shores of the beautiful Monterey Bay. As one of the 23 campuses in the California State University (CSU) system, we offer excellent benefits, including housing, and competitive salaries for our faculty and staff. During our 25th Silver Anniversary Celebration in 2019-20, we will complete two major building projects: the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences and the Student Union. By 2030, CSUMB’s sustainability initiative is to be carbon neutral.
The Global Studies Department is part of the School of Social, Behavioral, and Global Studies an interdisciplinary academic unit, including Anthropology, Archaeology, Geography, History, Global and Comparative Politics, Global Political Economy, Native American Studies, Sociology, Labor Studies, and Religious Studies. In Global Studies, we seek a tenure track Assistant Professor of International Development/ Humanitarian Issues who shares our commitment to transdisciplinary methods in their teaching, research, professional application, and service. Our central focus is serving various transcultural student communities at CSUMB.
The International Development/Humanitarian Issues faculty will focus on analysis, knowledge, and skills for students broadly based in international development/humanitarian issues through existing GS service learning courses as well as the development of new global service learning opportunities. Priority will be given to applicants with field experience as a development or humanitarian practitioner, familiarity with service learning and other forms of community based experiential learning and/or experience supervising interns. A strong candidate will have a firm grounding in theories and trends in the field of Global Studies. We particularly seek someone with theory in global social change. While area focus is open, expertise in Latin America, MENA (Middle East and North Africa region or the Greater Middle East), and Sub-Saharan Africa would complement expertise areas of current faculty.
- Teach lower and upper division courses in service learning, development and humanitarian issues
- Develop curriculum in areas of specialization within the framework of the GS Program Improvement Plan and campus-wide curricular changes
- Mentor students, including those from non-traditional, first generation, working class, and ethnically diverse backgrounds
- Teach a typical load of 12 credits per semester
- Develop an area focus related to International Development/ Humanitarian Issues
- Support the development of global service learning opportunities for GS and other CSUMB students
Minimum Qualifications: - Doctorate in a social science related to international development/ humanitarian issues by the time of appointment from an APA accredited doctoral program
- Ability to teach effectively in areas of international development/ humanitarian issues
- Experience with and commitment to inclusive/critical, experiential and assets-based pedagogies
- Work closely with a small GS faculty to advise students on classes, internships, and study-abroad
- Experience with working effectively in an ethnically and culturally diverse campus community
- Demonstrate a track record of and/or strong potential for scholarly publication and/or funded research
Special Conditions of Employment: The person holding this position is considered a “mandated reporter” under the California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act and is required to comply with the requirements set forth in CSU Executive Order 1083 as a condition of employment.
The incumbent is required to maintain confidentiality as outlined in the Department of Education’s Family Educational Rights and Privacy and California’s Educational Code Chapter 13 regarding sensitive student issues.
All offers of employment are contingent upon the successful completion of a background check (including a criminal records check). Compensation and Benefits: CAMPUS HOUSING INFORMATION BENEFITS VISION STATEMENT ABOUT CSUMB How to Apply: A completed online application and all required materials must be received by University Personnel by 5:00 p.m. on the priority screening date listed above to be guaranteed a review. Application submissions received after the application screening date will be reviewed at the discretion of the University. Materials submitted become the property of CSUMB and will not be returned. CSUMB will not fax application materials.
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