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Supported by an investment from the Jewish Heritage Fund, the University of Louisville Philosophy Department is pleased to invite applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position, appointment beginning August 1, 2025.

The successful candidate will have a reduced teaching load of 3 courses per year for at least the first three years of the appointment, during which time they will have the opportunity to build programming and academic opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students as well as for community engagement. Such programming may include internships, study abroad, alternative service breaks, campus events, community education, and so on. The exact form and extent of the initiative is flexible, and the successful candidate will have both autonomy to develop it in line with their own vision, and support from the Philosophy department and others to realize that vision. Some community outreach is expected. Some leadership experience is desirable and should be addressed in the cover letter.

Teaching responsibilities include both undergraduate and graduate courses; if and when the grant funding subsides, the teaching load would revert to the normal 5 courses per academic year. Starting salary $70,000; summer and winter teaching may be undertaken for additional pay. Candidates should be willing, with department support, to meet the department’s commitment to integrate the contributions of nonwhite and non-male philosophers, and non-Eurocentric philosophical traditions, into every course.

All requirements for the Ph.D. must be completed by June 30, 2025. Candidates must be eligible to work in the United States by August 1, 2025.

Review of applications will begin on September 30, 2024, and continue until the position is filled. First-round interviews will be conducted by video conference.

Founded in 1798, the University of Louisville is one of only 69 universities nationwide that is recognized as both a Carnegie Research 1 and a Carnegie Community Engaged University. With a population of some 23,000 undergraduate, graduate, and professional students, UofL is the major educational institution of the region, including 10 professional schools in addition to undergraduate and graduate education. In addition to undergraduate majors, minors, and certificates, the Philosophy Department offers an MA in Applied Philosophy and contributes to the PhD in Humanities. The successful candidate will also sit on the Jewish Studies steering committee and contribute to the minor in Jewish Studies.

Please apply online at louisville.edu/jobs, attaching your cover letter and curriculum vitae to the online application. In addition, please submit the following documents by email to phil@louisville.edu: (1) unofficial graduate school transcript(s)

(2) sample syllabus for a course in (some area of) Jewish Philosophy

(3) evidence of teaching effectiveness. Further, candidates should arrange to have three recent letters of recommendation, one of which addresses teaching, sent separately to the same email address.


 

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Assistance and Accommodations

Computers are available for application submission at the Human Resources Department located at 215 Central Avenue, Ste 205 - Louisville, Kentucky 40208.

If you require assistance or accommodation with our online application process, please contact us by email at employment@louisville.edu or by phone 502-852-6258.