Denison University

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The Global Commerce program at Denison University invites applications for a tenure track position at the assistant professor or senior level beginning in Fall 2017. Denison, located just 30 miles from Columbus, OH, is an increasingly diverse, highly-selective, residential liberal arts college enrolling approximately 2200 students. Global Commerce is a new interdisciplinary, humanities-oriented major that seeks to cultivate a breadth of understanding of the variety of factors—economic, historical, social, and cultural—that shape global interactions, institutional cultures, and ethical leadership in commercial relationships. Applicants must have superior teaching skills and the desire to foster the growth of this new program. We seek a candidate who is willing to teach the introductory course, The History of Commerce and Society, as well as other topical courses investigating the historical, cultural, and economic aspects of global business and organizations. Candidates must have an active research agenda related to the development of the global economy. We are looking for a versatile colleague who appreciates the interdisciplinary nature of a small residential, undergraduate, liberal arts institution and the desire to explore the practical applications of liberal arts education. Denison values faculty who are successful and effective teachers, who develop active and productive research programs, and who are involved in the life of the college. Denison has a 3/2 teaching load.

We will begin reviewing applications on November 15, 2016, and will accept applications until the position is filled. We will conduct Skype interviews, or conference interviews at the American Historical Association and Allied Social Science Association meetings, with prospective candidates in early January 2017. We expect candidates to have their PhD in hand by August 2017.

Applicants should submit electronic application materials on-line at employment.denison.edu: a letter of application that includes a statement addressing the potential to foster and support diversity among our students, faculty, and community, vitae, two sample syllabi including a draft for The History of Commerce and Society and one from an upper division course that reflects the candidate’s area of expertise and interests, three letters of recommendation, and other supportive documents.

Denison University is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer. To achieve our mission as a liberal arts college, we continually strive to foster a diverse campus community, which recognizes the value of all persons regardless of religion, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or socioeconomic background. For information and resources about diversity at Denison please see our Diversity Guide at www.denison.edu/forms/diversity-guide.