STETSON UNIVERSITY
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
PSYCHOLOGY DEPARTMENT
VISITING ASSISTANT PROFESSOR (non-tenure track)
POSITION:
Stetson University seeks a broadly trained teacher-scholar in any area of Psychology for a full-time, one-year, non-tenure-track appointment at the instructor or assistant professor level. Area of specialization is open, although special consideration will be given to Social, Clinical, or Counseling Psychology.
QUALIFICATIONS:
Ph.D. or Psy.D. in Psychology with demonstrated potential for excellence in teaching undergraduates in both general and specialized areas of psychology.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
The teaching load is four courses per semester. Candidates able to teach several of the following will be strongly preferred: Theories of Personality, Introduction to Psychology, Social Psychology, Human Sexuality, Great Experiments in Psychology, Abnormal Psychology, and Health Psychology.
For more information on our expectations in teaching and scholarship, our tenure policies, and our support for faculty development, please see the Academic Affairs website: http://www.stetson.edu/administration/academic-affairs/newfac.php.
THE DEPARTMENT:
Psychology is a rapidly growing department within the Social Science Division of the College of Arts and Sciences. We have approximately 220 majors and 70 minors. Our department focuses exclusively on undergraduate education, but many of our students go on to pursue graduate studies, including in Stetson’s graduate Department of Counselor Education, which offers master’s degrees in Marriage and Family Therapy, Mental Health Counseling, and School Counseling.
We offer a solid foundation to students seeking to do graduate work in psychology and those planning graduate or professional education in various other areas--law, medicine, business, etc. – as well as students who plan to enter the work force upon graduation. This includes an understanding of statistics and research methodology, familiarity with the traditional core areas of psychology and the history of psychology, and engagement in undergraduate research.
The Psychology Department (http://www.stetson.edu/other/academics/programs/psychology.php) is strongly committed to developing effective teaching and to working with students in a mentoring capacity, whether as faculty advisers, research supervisors, teaching apprenticeship supervisors, internship coordinators, teachers for independent studies, advisers for student organizations, or in other capacities. Our faculty are also dedicated scholars with a broad range of research interests and expertise.
THE UNIVERSITY:
Founded in 1883, Stetson University (http://www.stetson.edu) is a private, selective university comprised of a rich array of liberal arts and professional academic programs. Collectively, Stetson’s teacher-scholar faculty works with 3,800 students in undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs. The University’s historic main campus, located in DeLand, enrolls more than 2,500 students in undergraduate programs in the College of Arts and Sciences, the School of Business Administration, and the School of Music. Stetson University College of Law, Florida’s first law school, moved from the main campus to Gulfport in 1945, and, with the addition of the Tampa Law Center, serves over 1,000 students working full-time or part-time toward J.D. or LL.M. degrees. Graduate programs offered at the main campus and at Stetson University Center in Celebration include Business, Educational Leadership, Reading, Education, Counseling, and English. Stetson has regularly been ranked among the best regional universities in the Southeast and was the first private college in Florida to be granted a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa.
Stetson University provides an inspiring education that engages students with rigorous academic and creative study grounded in liberal learning. Working closely with faculty, staff, and with one another, students cultivate abilities to explore issues deeply, think critically, reason empirically, speak persuasively, and connect ideas creatively. Stetson’s academic program prepares and inspires students to dare to be significant™, realizing 21st century learning goals that will foster their ability and commitment to make a difference in the world. We seek faculty who themselves dare to be significant; think across disciplinary, methodological, and social boundaries; exercise pedagogical creativity and adaptability (including the use of technology to enrich and extend learning); and are passionate lifelong learners.
Stetson values the development of the whole person committed to engaging and building lifelong connections with the larger world through Personal Growth, Intellectual Development, and Global Citizenship. To that end, the University fosters policies, practices, and modes of inquiry to support and explore these values areas, integrated in a University-wide commitment to personal and social responsibility. Firmly committed to inclusive excellence, our vibrant community of teacher-scholars nurtures the potential of individual students to lead lives of significance and prepares each to meet the challenges of shaping the future—locally, nationally, and globally.
THE COMMUNITY:
DeLand is a picturesque residential community of 25,000 located 20 miles west of Daytona Beach and 35 miles northeast of Orlando. The area offers extensive cultural as well as recreational activities.
SALARY:
Salary is competitive.
STARTING DATE:
August 2013
APPLICATION:
Applicants must send the following materials for consideration: a cover letter that includes the candidate's philosophy of teaching in a liberal arts university; a curriculum vitae; transcripts (copies are acceptable for screening); and three letters of recommendation (at least one of which should include an evaluation of teaching ability). Highlighting evidence of teaching excellence would be especially helpful.
Candidates are encouraged to highlight skills and experiences that demonstrate a commitment to social justice, diversity and inclusion. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.
Application materials may be submitted electronically (.doc, .docx, or .pdf formats) to Dr. Toni L. Blum at tblum@stetson.edu
Stetson University is an Equal Opportunity Employer that affirms cultural diversity and inclusion as a core value of academic excellence at Stetson University. We are committed to achieving equal access in education, employment, and participation through the recruitment and retention of outstanding faculty, staff, and students from diverse backgrounds, and to meaningful academic and intellectual transformation in curriculum, research and service. We are dedicated to actions and policies that foster a community in which individuals with various identities, cultures, backgrounds, and viewpoints work together to create opportunities for engagement through rewarding and fulfilling careers and personal experiences in a culturally and racially diverse society and a globalized world. We strongly encourage members of historically under-represented and economically-disadvantaged groups and women to apply for employment. Stetson University is an EEO, ADA, ADEA, and GINA employer.