Founded in 1863, Saint Mary's is a residential
campus nestled 20 miles east of San Francisco in the picturesque
Moraga Valley. Based in the Catholic, Lasallian and Liberal Arts
traditions, Saint Mary's currently enrolls more than 4,500 students
from diverse backgrounds in undergraduate and graduate programs.
The De La Salle Christian Brothers, the largest teaching order of
the Roman Catholic Church, guide the spiritual and academic character
of the College. As a comprehensive and independent institution, Saint Mary’s
offers undergraduate and graduate programs integrating liberal and
professional education. Saint Mary’s reputation for excellence,
innovation and responsiveness in education stems from its vibrant
heritage as a Catholic, Lasallian and Liberal Arts institution.
An outstanding, committed faculty and staff that value shared inquiry,
integrative learning and student interaction bring these traditions
to life in the 21st century. The College is committed to the educational
benefits of diversity. | |
Recruitment #: 2009-6688
| Opening date: 10/12/2009
Open until filled
| Job Title: Assistant Professor/Associate Professor, Tenure Track Ethnic Studies
| Salary: - Salary is competitive with other non-profit higher education institutions and commensurate with qualifications, experience, internal equity considerations and subject to the availability of funding sources.
- Competitive benefits package, including health, dental, vision, life and long-term disability insurance; tuition remission available to eligible employees and their dependents; generous vacation, holiday and leave programs and a TIAA/CREF retirement program.
| Position Responsibilities: - Saint Mary’s College of California invites applicants for a tenure-track, Assistant or Associate Professor position in Ethnic Studies. The position will transition to include Program Director responsibilities. Ethnic Studies at Saint Mary’s College is an interdisciplinary program for the critical analysis of race, ethnicity, class, and gender in national and transnational contexts. The successful candidate will be expected to contribute to the mission of the College, which is informed, animated and expressed through its Catholic, Lasallian and Liberal Arts traditions. We are seeking a candidate dedicated to innovative scholarship, liberatory pedagogy, and community engagement. The College is committed to supporting social justice education, serves many first-generation college students, and embraces a student-centered and multicultural vision.
Position requirements include:
- Teaching core undergraduate ethnic studies courses
- Supervising undergraduate research
- Maintaining an ongoing record of scholarly productivity
- Having an active service commitment to the community. Saint Mary’s College is committed to excellence through diversity, and, in this spirit, particularly welcomes applications from members of historically underrepresented groups.
| Deadline: - Applications are due by December 31, 2009, for a start date of July 1, 2010.
- All applications and inquiries will be held in strictest confidence.
| Qualifications: - The candidate should possess a doctorate and have demonstrable scholarly achievement and teaching experience focused on race and ethnic studies in the United States or in a transnational context that includes the United States.
- Area of specialty is open.
- Candidates with program development experience are preferred.
| Application Instructions and Requested Documents: - Apply on line.
- A complete application includes a cover letter describing how your qualifications fit this position, a sample syllabi, a 1-2 page statement of teaching philosophy and curriculum vita. All documents should be uploaded as MS Word or pdf files.
- Please arrange to have three (3) current letters of professional recommendation, at least two (2) of which address your teaching effectiveness, sent under separate cover via email by the writers of the recommendations directly to: jmking@stmarys-ca.edu (Dr. Jeannine King, Director, Ethnic studies Program).
- Candidates who submit names of references should expect that references will be contacted, in confidence, by the College and that credentials will be confirmed prior to hire.
| Other Information: - If hired, must be able to provide documentation verifying identity and legal right to work in the United States.
- Position will be subject to a background screening.
- For more information about Saint Mary’s mission and history go to: www.stmarys-ca.edu.
| For more information about Saint Mary’s
mission and history go to: http://www.stmarys-ca.edu/lasallian-approach
| Saint Mary’s College
of California is an EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. In compliance
with applicable law and its own policy, Saint Mary’s College
of California is committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse
faculty, staff and student population and does not discriminate
in its admission of students, hiring of faculty and staff, or
in the provision of its employment benefits to its faculty and
staff and its educational programs, activities, benefits and
services to its students, including but not limited to scholarship
and loan programs, on the basis of race, color, religion, national
origin, age, sex/gender, marital status, ancestry, sexual orientation,
medical condition or physical or mental disability. | Notification with regard
to the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and
Campus Crime Statistics Act of 1998, and the Campus Sex Crimes
Prevention Act. As provided by the Jeanne Clery Disclosure
of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act
of 1998, Saint Mary's College of California through its Department
of Public Safety, annually provides notice and makes available
copies of the Annual Security Report, to the campus community,
prospective students, employees and the public. Each Security
Report includes statistics for the past three years concerning
crimes and incidents (whether they occurred on campus, in
off-campus building and property owned or controlled by the
College, or on public property adjacent to campus) reported
to campus security authorities. Each Security Report also
provides campus policies and practices concerning security
- how to report sexual assaults and other crimes, crime prevention
efforts, policies/laws governing alcohol and drugs, victims'
assistance programs, student discipline, college resources,
and other matters. The Security Report is publicly available
electronically or hard copy in the following ways: electronically:
http://www.stmarys-ca.edu/about/safety/02report.pdf;
in person: Department of Public Safety, Administrative Office,
Siena Hall: or by or by Mail or Telephone Request: Department
of Public Safety, P.O. Box 3111, Moraga, CA 94575-3111 (925)
631-4052. In addition, as provided by the Campus
Sex Crimes Prevention Act, the Contra Costa County Sheriff's
Office maintains a Megan's Law database of sex crime offenders,
which information may be obtained from the Sheriff's office
located at 500 Court Street, Martinez, Monday-Friday, 9 am
to 4 pm. | 
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