Teaching Assistant Professor

UNC-Chapel Hill • Chapel Hill, NC

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Curriculum in Global Studies (CGS) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is hiring a full-time Teaching Assistant Professor broadly focused on environment and wellbeing. Areas of focus may include environmental justice, health and care practices, climate change impacts, food systems, health systems, and sustainability. The position carries a 3-3 teaching load, with courses taught live and in person, and includes a combination of introductory and advanced offerings. The successful candidate will teach required and elective courses in the Global Studies MA program, including Graduate Studies Research and Methods. Teaching may also include core Global Studies MA courses, GLBL 210: Global Issues and Globalization, research and methods courses, Global Studies Senior Honors Thesis Writing Seminars, and electives in the candidate’s areas of expertise.

In addition to teaching, the successful candidate will mentor undergraduate honors thesis committees and graduate student thesis committees, with opportunities to work closely with students on research projects. CGS welcomes scholars whose work engages relevant environment and wellbeing topics, particularly research and teaching incorporating Global South, grassroots, and/or Indigenous perspectives, as well as creative, collaborative, and community-based approaches. The role supports the CGS mission of bringing together diverse perspectives and methodological approaches to examine relationships among local, national, and global structures and develop responses to pressing global challenges.

This is a three-year, fixed-term, renewable appointment with standard full-time employee benefits. Professional and career advancement opportunities include promotion to Teaching Associate Professor and Teaching Professor.

Requirements

• Demonstrated academic experience in topics related to environment and wellbeing, such as environmental justice, health and care practices, climate change impacts, food systems, health systems, or sustainability.
• University-level teaching experience.
• Strong commitment to supporting students in the classroom and through research mentorship.
• High personal motivation and responsibility, and commitment to maintaining the integrity and quality of the learning environment and process.

Nice To Haves

• Research and teaching incorporating Global South, grassroots, and/or Indigenous perspectives.
• Creative, collaborative, and community-based approaches.
• Experience or interest aligned with CGS’s mission to bring together diverse perspectives and methodological approaches to examine local, national, and global structures and address pressing challenges.

Responsibilities

• Teach required and elective courses in the Global Studies MA program, including Graduate Studies Research and Methods.
• Teach a 3-3 course load live and in person, combining introductory and advanced offerings.
• Teach, as applicable, core Global Studies MA courses, GLBL 210: Global Issues and Globalization, research and methods courses, Global Studies Senior Honors Thesis Writing Seminars, and electives related to the candidate’s expertise.
• Mentor undergraduate honors thesis committees and graduate student thesis committees.
• Work with students on research projects.

Benefits

• Standard full-time employee benefits
• Opportunities for professional and career advancement, including promotion to Teaching Associate Professor and Teaching Professor

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed