Director Leon Levine Distinguished Professor Judaic, Holocaust, and Peace Studies

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Position Title:

Director Leon Levine Distinguished Professor Judaic, Holocaust, and Peace Studies.

Tenure Status:
Tenure Track.

Rank:
Full Professor.

Position Number: 087291.

Department:
College of Arts and Sciences.

Working Location (City, State):
Boone, NC.

Salary:
Suggested Salary Range Salary is competitive and commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Minimum Qualifications:

• A Ph.D. or equivalent is required.
• Candidates must have a record of teaching, scholarship, and service appropriate for the rank of Professor in at least one of these areas:
  Judaic Studies, Holocaust Studies, Genocide Studies, or Peace Studies.
• Applicants should demonstrate a record of active scholarship, fundraising, community engagement, administrative competence, and engaged teaching.

Areas of Interest (No Minimum Level Required):
The applicant may have any academic specialization consistent with the Center’s mission.

Genocide Studies, Jewish Studies, Peace Studies, Holocaust Studies.

License/Certification

Required:

N/A.

Description of the Department or Unit:
The Center for Judaic, Holocaust, and Peace Studies at Appalachian State University invites applications for the Leon Levine Distinguished Professor of Judaic, Holocaust, and Peace Studies. The Center seeks to strengthen tolerance, understanding, and remembrance by increasing the knowledge of Jewish culture and history, teaching the history and meaning of the Holocaust and other genocides, and using these experiences to explore peaceful avenues for humanity and the prevention of further genocides.

This is an 11-month contract, tenured faculty position with administrative responsibilities.

The successful candidate will direct the Center, teach one course per semester, and receive reassigned time for research.

The director will sustain constructive relationships with Center stakeholders and lead fundraising for the Center in cooperation with University Advancement.

The director will also organize and run the Summer Holocaust Symposium.

Full Time Position Appointment Type 1.0 Number Of Months Per Year 11-Months

Physical Demands of Position:
Typical physical demands of professional position at the university.

Appalachian State University, in North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains, prepares students to lead purposeful lives as global citizens who understand and engage their responsibilities in creating a sustainable future for all. The transformational Appalachian experience promotes a spirit of inclusion that brings people together in inspiring ways to acquire and create knowledge, to grow holistically, to act with passion and determination, and embrace diversity and difference.

As one of 17 campuses in the University of North Carolina system, Appalachian enrolls more than 20,000 students, has a low student-to-faculty ratio and offers more than 150 undergraduate and graduate majors.

Suggested Salary Range Salary is competitive and commensurate with qualifications and experience.

ABD will be considered for this position. Evidence of successful defense of the dissertation must be received by July 31 for a fall hire or November 30 for a spring hire. If confirmation of defense is not provided by the deadline, the candidate will receive a new one-year fixed-term contract and be hired at the rank of Instructor. The candidate’s salary will also be reduced to a lower rate commensurate with other full-time instructors in the same department.

However, if degree verification is provided before the end of the one-year fixed-term contract, the candidate will be returned to the rank of assistant professor with commensurate compensation beginning July 1 of the following academic year.

Only candidates with an earned doctorate or terminal degree from an accredited institution will be considered for the position. Since ABD will not meet the minimum requirements, ABD will not be considered.

• Cover Letter / Letter of Interest
• Curriculum Vitae
• List of References with Contact Information