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INTERCOLLEGIATE DEPARTMENT OF ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIES
CLAREMONT COLLEGES
CLAREMONT, CA 91711

VISITING ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIES
SPRING 2008

The Intercollegiate Department of Asian American Studies (IDAAS) at the Claremont Colleges invites applications for a part-time visiting assistant professor for Spring 2008 to teach a pedagogically innovative course in Asian American Studies. The basis of the course is for students to learn through teaching each other, to provide a space to claim their education, and to raise awareness of class power dynamics and different pedagogies. The course will accomplish this by using food as a focus to look at its intersection with race, class, and gender, and its role in community and identity formation.

The instructor will be expected to be highly supportive of student leadership in determining both the pedagogy and content of the course, be available for advising, and act as a resource for course material, class facilitation, and final projects. A successful candidate will possess strong interpersonal skills, the ability to work with people from diverse backgrounds, experience teaching and advising students, and an interest in the politics of food.

Applicants should be ABD or have a Ph.D. in ethnic studies, Asian American Studies, history, psychology, sociology, anthropology or other disciplines or interdisciplinary studies appropriate to this subject. Teaching experience preferred. Applications will be reviewed as soon as complete and accepted until the courses are filled. Please submit a letter of interest, curriculum vitae, a brief statement of teaching philosophy, and contact information for three references to: Professor Thomas Kim, Scripps College, 1030 Columbia Avenue, Box 4063, Claremont, CA 91711. Interested applicants are highly encouraged to contact Professor Kim at tkim@scrippscollege.edu.

IDAAS offers a rich academic program to all students at The Claremont Colleges (Claremont McKenna, Harvey Mudd, Pitzer, Pomona and Scripps). Interdisciplinary in both research and teaching initiatives, IDAAS promotes collaborative projects with other departments at the Colleges, and with scholars at other institutions. The Claremont Colleges are composed of seven institutions of higher learning located 35 miles east of Los Angeles. In a continuing effort to enrich its academic environment and provide equal educational and employment opportunities, IDAAS and the Claremont Colleges actively encourage applications from women and members of historically underrepresented groups.