Hampshire College

Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships at Hampshire College

Hampshire College, supported by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation "to make Hampshire College into a 'language-learning community’, where students are motivated to integrate the exploration of a world language into their individualized program of studies," seeks to hire two postdoctoral fellows for two-year appointments starting in Fall 2010.

To be eligible, applicants must have received their Ph.D. (or terminal degree in their field) between May 1, 2005 and June 30, 2010.

The postdoctoral fellow will teach one undergraduate course per term, be available for student advising, and will have time to pursue scholarly work. The fellow will maintain a relationship with the World Language Enrichment and Acquisition Office, participating in monthly seminars focusing on language learning across the curriculum. In addition to bringing non-English language material and competency to our students in courses and in advising contexts, fellows will contribute to the faculty’s vision of how to integrate languages and language study into their course offerings.

Applicants should be prepared to be on campus by late August for orientation.

Language, Mind, and Culture: A scholar with a background in linguistics, sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, or neurolinguistics. Candidates' research interests must involve a language or languages other than English. The fellow will be housed in Hampshire’s School of Cognitive Science, and, in addition to teaching two courses per year and conducting research, will collaborate with faculty to enrich their courses of study to include issues of language structure, language typology and history, language and society, linguistic field methods, language learning, or language and mind/brain.

Critical Literacies and Pedagogy: A scholar whose research and teaching explores the participation of Latino students in multiple social, cultural, and linguistic communities and how the negotiation within and across these communities constitutes diverse literacy practices and informs literacy education. Candidates for the position should demonstrate proficiency in Spanish and an interest in incorporating Spanish into their teaching. S/he will be housed in the School of Social Science.

Hampshire College is committed to building a culturally diverse intellectual community and strongly encourages applications from women and minority candidates.

Review of applications will start immediately. Hampshire College offers a competitive salary and comprehensive benefit program. Applicants should submit the following in order to be considered:

1. Letter of Application. Please indicate the position for which you are applying and how you could contribute to making Hampshire College a language-learning community. You might consider how to motivate students’ interest in exploring a target language; how to connect your field to language and culture; create an environment that will introduce another language through particular questions in your discipline; incorporate relevant language materials/activities to give students the opportunity to interact with the target language(s); and assess student learning.
2. Curriculum Vitae.
3. Description of Research.
4. Statement of Teaching Philosophy.
5. Draft Syllabus. The syllabus should not be for a traditional language course; rather it should demonstrate your ability to connect non-English language and material to your subject area. We are interested in exploring alternative approaches to language learning. Syllabuses should not have language pre-requisites, although they may allow for students with multi-level language abilities.
6. Three letters of recommendation from individuals who can speak to your research and teaching.

Required: Application materials should be emailed to Pamela A. Shea, director of World Language Enrichment and Acquisition, at postdoc@hampshire.edu in a single PDF document. Three letters of recommendation should also be emailed by the recommenders to postdoc@hampshire.edu.

We will start reviewing application materials at the end of February. Only applicants under serious consideration will be contacted.

Hampshire College is an equal opportunity institution, committed to diversity in education and employment.