Fwd: Requesting your help with a Tenure Position at AU

[Alina Israeli]

Don't send applications to me, I am only a messenger.

AI

Begin forwarded message:

>
> Tenure-Line Faculty Position – International Development
>
>
> The School of International Service invites applications for a  
> scholar-practitioner for a tenure-line position at assistant  
> professor or untenured associate professor level in the field of  
> international development, starting in the 2009-2010 academic year.  
> The successful candidate will hold a Ph D or equivalent degree;  
> have a strong record of research and scholarship; and have  
> significant field/practical experience.  Expertise in Central Asia  
> or Eastern Europe is strongly preferred.  (This is a preference,  
> not a requirement.  We encourage people who might not have this  
> regional focus but fulfill most of the requirements mentioned below  
> to apply.)
>
> The successful candidate should also be able to design and teach  
> interactive and dynamic courses at both graduate and undergraduate  
> levels that incorporate theory and practice; be interested in  
> teaching a jointly developed multidisciplinary course in  
> micropolitics and/or international development and/or quantitative  
> research methods; have expertise, and an interest in teaching,  
> development management, organization/institution development,  
> project management, NGO management; and have familiarity and  
> experience with participatory and people-centered methods, and  
> grassroots organizations would be an advantage.
>
>
> Candidates should send a letter of intent, curriculum vitae, three  
> letters of reference, evidence of teaching effectiveness, copies of  
> relevant publications, and a graduate school transcript.  Please  
> send the material to: Chair, International Development Faculty  
> Search Committee, School of International Service, American  
> University, 4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC  
> 20016-8071. Consideration of applications will begin October 1 and  
> will continue until the position is filled.
>
>
>
>
> The multi-disciplinary faculty of the School of International  
> Service includes more than seventy full-time, highly productive  
> scholar-teachers in the fields of comparative and regional studies,  
> global environmental policy, international communication,  
> international development, international economic relations,  
> international peace and conflict resolution, international  
> politics, and United States foreign policy.
>
> The International Development Program, founded in 1975, is one of  
> the best established such programs in the US. It is distinguished  
> by its consistent scholarly and applied focus on the interrelated  
> challenges of poverty, inequality and marginalization. The Program  
> includes seven core faculty, offers two Master's degrees, and an  
> undergraduate and a doctoral concentration.
>
>
> See our Website at www.american.edu/academic.depts/sis/idp for  
> further details on the International Development Program.
>
>
>
> An EEO/AA University.  The University is committed
> to a diverse faculty, staff, and student body.  Women and minority
>
> candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
>
>
>
> David Hirschmann
> Director, International Development Program
> School of International Service
> American University
> Washington DC 20016
> http://www.american.edu/sis/idp
>

Alina Israeli
Associate Professor of Russian
LFS, American University
4400 Massachusetts Ave.
Washington DC 20016
(202) 885-2387 	fax (202) 885-1076
aisrael at american.edu



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