Seattle University
Assistant Professor of Chinese. Tenure track, to begin Fall quarter, 2002. Ph.D. in hand by June, 2002. We are seeking candidates with a strong interest in undergraduate teaching, particularly language classes and some other courses in Chinese culture and literature - a total of 6-7 courses per year. The successful candidate must possess native or near-native fluency in both Mandarin Chinese and English, have relevant teaching experience and a research agenda. The position also involves playing a leading role in the expansion of the Asian Studies program, including the development of a study-abroad program, and service to the department and the university, including advising. Send letter of application, current CV, three letters of recommendation and a self-addressed stamped envelope to Victor Reinking, Chair, Department of Foreign Languages, Casey 311, Seattle University, 900 Broadway, Seattle WA 98122-4340. Deadline November 20, 2001. (Please indicate US visa status, if non-citizen). We plan to interview at the MLA convention in New Orleans. Seattle University, founded in 1891, continues a four hundred and fifty year tradition of Jesuit Catholic higher education. The university's ideals underscore its commitment to the centrality of teaching, learning and scholarship, of values-based education grounded in the Jesuit and Catholic traditions, of service and social justice, of lifelong learning and of educating the whole person. Seattle University is an AA/EOE employer, and actively seeks diversity in its students, faculty and staff.