Visiting Assistant Professor of Transnational Italian Studies

Description

Bryn Mawr College invites applications for a full-time Visiting Assistant Professor in Transnational Italian Studies with a 3/3 teaching load beginning August 1, 2025. Specialization in foreign language pedagogy with the capacity to teach an undergraduate program committed to dynamic language instruction in multi-sectioned language and culture courses, using up-to-date classroom technologies. Candidates with a demonstrated interest in promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion in the classroom are especially encouraged to apply. Preference will be given to an interdisciplinary study of the Italian language and cinema and its manifestations and usage in the present social context with a focus on de-gendering and de-centering Italian language to make the syllabus more inclusive and diverse. Applicants will be expected to participate fully in, and actively organize, the Department’s activities - both at the curricular and the extracurricular level. Ph.D. is required by the time of appointment. Active scholarship and record of research interests (conferences, podcast, public conversation) in second language pedagogy is required, and a second specialization in any field of Italian Studies with a preference for Transnational Contemporary Italian Culture and/or Cinema is highly desirable.

Bryn Mawr College is a distinguished liberal arts women’s college with a vibrant faculty of scholar-teachers, a talented staff and intellectually curious students eager to make a difference in the world. The College is committed to increasing the diversity of its students, faculty, staff, and curricular offerings with a particular focus on enhancing ethnic and racial diversity and advancing social justice and inclusion. We believe diversity strengthens our community and enriches the education of our students. We have a student body of about 1,400 undergraduates (32 percent are U.S. students of color and 11 percent are international students). There are over 300 graduate students in coeducational graduate programs in social work, humanities and science. Bryn Mawr College is located in metropolitan Philadelphia and enjoys strong consortial relationships with Haverford College, Swarthmore College, and the University of Pennsylvania. Bryn Mawr College is an equal-opportunity employer; candidates from underrepresented groups and women are especially encouraged to apply.

Application Instructions

To apply for this position, candidates must submit a cover letter, CV, a one-page statement of teaching philosophy, a sample syllabus of Italian first or second year language recently designed, the names and contact information of two professional references via Interfolio. Review of applications will continue until December 20, 2024. Letters of Recommendation and Teaching Evaluations will be requested later in the search process.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Bryn Mawr College shall abide by the requirements of 41 CFR §§ 60-1.4(a), 60-300.5(a) and 60-741.5(a). These regulations prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities, and prohibit discrimination against all individuals based on their race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. Moreover, these regulations require that covered prime contractors and subcontractors take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status or disability.