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Position Description

The Department of Philosophy at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville invites applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor beginning Fall 2024.  Knoxville campus of the University of Tennessee is on the academic semester system, and the default teaching load is four courses across two terms each year. Research and teaching expectations are high. The department’s faculty keeps a dynamic, expanding, and high level of research and publications nationally and internationally. Teaching expectations include introductory, middle-level, and advanced undergraduate courses, graduate teaching in the area/s of specialization and competence, mentoring of graduate student research at the M.A. and Ph.D. levels, directing undergraduate and M.A. theses, as well as chairing or being part of dissertation committees. Service (to the department, university, and profession, and appropriate to rank) is also taken as a substantial part of faculty duties and responsibilities. UTK is a land-grant university and values engaged forms of research/scholarship/creative activity, teaching and service, and considers evidence of these commitments in the records of applicants.

In addition to addressing their qualifications for the position in their application, candidates may describe how they would help promote students’ access to and inclusion in their teaching and research/scholarship/creative activities.

Qualifications

PhD in Philosophy must be completed by the position start date, 8/1/2024.

The Knoxville campus of the University of Tennessee is seeking candidates who have the ability to contribute in meaningful ways to the diversity and intercultural goals of the University.

Area of Specialization: Applied Philosophy broadly construed to include Philosophy of Medicine, Philosophy of AI and Data Science, Philosophy of the Environment, or STS (Science, Technology and Society).

Area of Competency: Open.

Application Instructions

Please submit (i) a cover letter; (ii) a CV; (iii) a research statement; (iv) a writing sample (4,000-10,000 words); (v) three letters of recommendation; and (vi) a teaching portfolio that includes representative syllabi in the candidate’s Area of Specialization and a teaching statement.  In addition, candidates may describe how they would help promote students’ access to and inclusion in their teaching and research/scholarship/creative activities. Application review will begin November 1, 2023. 

Please submit materials electronically http://apply.interfolio.com/132231. Questions may be directed to Dr. Adam Cureton at acureto1@utk.edu.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment and admission without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, and parental status, or any other characteristic protected by federal or state law. In accordance with the requirements of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the University of Tennessee affirmatively states that it does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, or disability in its education programs and activities, and this policy extends to employment by the university. Requests for accommodations of a disability should be directed to the Office of Equity & Diversity, 1840 Melrose Avenue Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-3560 or oed@utk.edu or (865)974-2498. Inquiries and charges of violation of Title VI (race, color and national origin), Title IX (sex), Section 504 (disability), the ADA (disability), the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (age), sexual orientation, or veteran status should be directed to the Office of Investigation & Resolution 216 Business Incubator Building 2450 EJ. Chapman Drive Knoxville, Tennessee 37996 or (865)974-0717 or investigations@utk.edu.