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Professor and Head of the Department of Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures

University of Tennessee - Knoxville, TN

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, seeks applicants for Head of its Department of Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures. Applicants should have scholarly and research credentials appropriate for appointment at the rank of Professor.

We seek an individual with a distinguished record of research, excellent teaching, and relevant administrative experience. Strong leadership skills and the ability to work collaboratively with colleagues, staff, and students are especially important. The successful candidate will provide leadership and effective advocacy for a department with undergraduate and graduate programs.

The department, which teaches nine languages, has approximately 31 tenured and tenure-track faculty members, plus 35 lecturers and 42 graduate teaching assistants; a description is at http://web.utk.edu/~mfll/.

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, including the Ready for the World initiative (http://www.utk.edu/readyfortheworld/), in which the department plays a central role. The University is the state’s flagship research institution, a campus of choice for outstanding undergraduates, and a premier graduate institution.

The university welcomes and honors people of all races, creeds, cultures, and sexual orientations, and values intellectual curiosity, pursuit of knowledge, and academic freedom and integrity.

Review of applications will begin January 10, 2012, and will continue until the position is filled.

Provide a letter of application that expresses your professional vision, a curriculum vitae, and a list of four references, addressed to:

Prof. Charles Maland,
Search Committee Chair,
Department of Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures,
701 McClung Tower,
University of Tennessee,
Knoxville, TN 37996

and sent electronically to pcarter@utk.edu

The University of Tennessee is an EEO/AA/Title VI/Title IX/Section 504/ADA/ADEA institution in the provision of its education and employment programs and services.

Posted on November 22, 2011.