Liberal Studies at New York University invites applications for a Postdoctoral Faculty Fellow position

to begin September 1, 2025, pending administrative and budgetary approval.

The Liberal Studies Core is a dynamic liberal arts curriculum that provides a global and interdisciplinary

foundation for nearly 100 NYU majors. The curriculum emphasizes conceptual and spatial frameworks to

trace the movement of ideas and the interconnectivity of material culture, through the study of different

texts, histories, exchanges, structures and systems, languages, arts, and writing from early antiquity

through contemporary times. Small seminar-style classes and close faculty-student interaction ensure the

benefits of a liberal arts college within a large urban research university. We are especially interested in

hiring qualified candidates who can contribute through their research, teaching and service to the diversity

and excellence of the Liberal Studies community.

Liberal Studies Postdoctoral Faculty Fellows teach two courses each semester in the Core Curriculum.

Fellows work closely with an assigned Faculty Mentor, they attend pedagogy workshops that explore

innovative approaches to interdisciplinary global teaching, and they have the opportunity to lead faculty

development workshops or host program wide events in their area of scholarly, creative, or pedagogical

expertise. Fellows are appointed for two years, renewable for a third year based on performance and

programmatic need; they are non-tenure track and non-renewable beyond the third year.

WRITING

PhD in Writing Studies, Creative Writing (area non-specific), Rhetoric, Journalism, Translation Studies,

TESOL, Applied Linguistics or related field. Candidates should have the ability to teach first-year writing

in an interdisciplinary and global-focused two-course writing sequence as part of the LS Core Curriculum.

Candidates with specialization in TESOL/ESOL/ESL and/or environmental writing are strongly

encouraged to apply.

Salary is $60,000 p.a. plus University benefits. Fellows will be provided with offices, computers, and

professional development funds.

Liberal Studies sees diversity, equity and inclusion and belonging as essential to education and the

development of leadership in a globally interconnected world. These values inform LS as a collegial and

respectful environment for students, faculty and staff—with particular attention to improving the student

experience. Liberal Studies strongly encourages applications from women, racial and ethnic minorities,

and other individuals who are under-represented in the profession, across color, creed, race, ethnic and

national origin, ability, gender and sexual identity, or any other legally protected basis. To learn more

about the Liberal Studies commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion please read here:

https://liberalstudies.nyu.edu/content/nyu-as/liberalstudies/student-life/diversity-equity-inclusion.html

NYU affirms the value of differing perspectives on the world as we strive to build the strongest possible

university with the widest reach. To learn more about the Arts & Science commitment to diversity,

equality, and inclusion, please read here: http://as.nyu.edu/departments/facultydiversity.html

EOE/Affirmative Action/Minorities/Females/Vet/Disabled/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity

Minimum qualifications: Successful candidates must have a PhD conferred by the date of appointment, or

have received the PhD no more than three years before the date of appointment. We are especially

interested in qualified candidates who share Liberal Studies’ commitment to diversity, equity, and

inclusion, and who can contribute to the diversity of intellectual life in LS and NYU. Candidates must

present demonstrated experience and commitment to interdisciplinarity, intersectionality, and a teaching

approach informed by global perspectives. Commitment to excellence in undergraduate teaching required;

some college-level teaching experience, and evidence of outstanding scholarship and relevant

professional activity are desirable.

Applications include ONLY (1) a cover letter, (2) a current c.v., and (3) a Diversity and Inclusion

Statement addressing past and/or potential future contributions to diversity through teaching, professional

activity, and/or service (additional information can be found here

http://as.nyu.edu/departments/facultydiversity/recruitment/diversity-statements.html). Complete

applications must be recorded by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (US), November 1, 2024.

Applications recorded after this deadline will not be considered.