Guttman Community College Hiring for Assistant Professor – Interdisciplinary Studies (Tenure-track or Tenured) at New York City, New York Full Time

Assistant Professor – Interdisciplinary Studies (Tenure-track or Tenured)

 

Job ID: 27256

Location: Guttman Community College

Full/Part Time: Full-Time

Regular/Temporary: Regular

 

FACULTY VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT

Stella and Charles Guttman Community College, City University of New York, seeks an accomplished practitioner-educator in interdisciplinary studies to serve on the faculty and support the culture of teaching and learning across the institution.

 

This full-time, tenured/tenure-track Assistant Professor position will begin in Fall 2024. Full-time faculty are required to teach a 24-hour course load across Guttman’s two 12-week Fall and Spring semesters and 6-week Fall II intersession (visit the Guttman Academic calendar online for dates). Faculty are expected to teach in person although some courses are taught online or in a hybrid format. Faculty on tenure-track appointments receive reassigned time to pursue scholarship. A record of scholarly production, whether in the faculty member’s disciplinary field or in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, is required for tenure and promotion.

 

For this position, the successful candidate will be an interdisciplinary educator with expertise in history and education for teaching courses within the Secondary Education Social Studies major of Guttman’s Liberal Arts program of study. With a focus on social justice, Guttman’s education track emphasizes the importance of relationships, equity, and critical knowledge through liberal arts courses with a focus on history and education courses. The track prepares students to be reflective, knowledgeable, and vocal advocates, future teachers and community members.

 

This position will also teach American Studies courses (“Introduction to Social Justice” and “Civic Engagement in a Global Society”) that constitute Guttman’s unique, required first-year seminar. The Introduction to Social Justice course is linked with Composition I and involves collaboration across disciplines through participation on an instructional team.

 

Guttman faculty are also active members of the College Community through participation in collaborative work initiatives that advance the goals of the College.

 

ABOUT GUTTMAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE

The Stella and Charles Guttman Community College is a beacon of innovation and knowledge creation in higher education, a two-year college where evidence-based high-impact practices in curriculum design and delivery permeate the educational model and have yielded graduation rates that are the highest in CUNY’s community college sector and above the national average. Located in midtown Manhattan, Guttman draws a culturally diverse student body from across New York City and is a federally designated Hispanic Serving Institution.

 

The College is committed to using a range of innovative approaches to achieve its goals and to improve student persistence, retention, completion, and transfer. The centerpiece of Guttman’s educational model is an integrated first-year core curriculum, where students examine current world issues and use New York City as a living text and laboratory. Thus, connecting information and concepts across multiple disciplines, contexts, and perspectives. This immersive approach equips Guttman students with the foundation of knowledge and skills essential to their intellectual, social, civic, and professional endeavors in and beyond the classroom. The College admitted its first cohort of 300 students in August 2012 and has established an enrolment target of approximately 5,000 students in the coming years. Before applying, candidates are strongly encouraged to visit the Stella and Charles Guttman Community College website (www.guttman.cuny.edu) to learn more about the institution.

 

QUALIFICATIONS

Ph.D. in interdisciplinary studies, history, education, urban studies or related discipline (awarded by start of fall, 2023-24 academic year); and at least two years of successful teaching experience in a college setting (full-time or part-time) required. Due to the interdisciplinary organization of the college, the ability to collaborate well with others in academics, student services, and administration is expected.

 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Minimum of two years documented successful teaching in a community college in interdisciplinary studies, history or education
• Experience with pedagogical practices central to Guttman’s educational model such as learning communities, undergraduate research, project-based learning, inquiry-based learning, experiential education, embedded remediation, civic engagement, electronic portfolios, universal design principles, and peer mentoring
• Demonstrated experience designing and managing a new program or organization, preferably in an academic context
• Demonstrated experience in course design and assessment at the post-secondary level
• A practice of reflective thinking about teaching history and/or education
• Demonstrated capacity to use a diverse range of effective instructional strategies and openness to adopting new practices
• Ability to work in a highly collaborative, interdisciplinary environment
• Active, student-centered pedagogy and significant student mentoring experience
• Teaching students of diverse racial, ethnic, linguistic and educational backgrounds
• An understanding of community college students’ assets and challenges
• Use of current technology as it supports teaching and learning
• Excellent organizational, planning, interpersonal, and written and verbal skills

 

We are particularly looking for candidates to address the following specialized experience and demonstrated knowledge in their application materials:

• Guttman is a minority-serving institution composed of more than 85% African American and Latinx students of color. Candidates should demonstrate a strong understanding of the literacy experiences of Latinx students and students of color as they engage, confront, and master the English-dominated rhetoric of Academic Writing, and should share Guttman’s commitment to creating learning environments that foster equity, inclusion, and belonging.
• As a college committed to access and success for all students, faculty should understand the body normativity and disability labeling that often goes unquestioned in the college classroom. Candidates should have demonstrated experience applying the principles of universal design for learning to meet the needs of all learners proactively and with flexibility.

 

COMPENSATION

$52,267 – $90,375

 

CUNY offers faculty a competitive compensation and benefits package covering health insurance, pension and retirement benefits, paid parental leave, and savings programs. We also provide mentoring and support for research, scholarship, and publication as part of our commitment to ongoing faculty professional development.

 

HOW TO APPLY

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Applications should include, as one combined document, the following:

• A cover letter addressing how you embody the Guttman values. For more information please visit: https://guttman.cuny.edu/faculty-staff/human-resources/prospective-employees/why-work-at-guttman/
• A curriculum vitae/resume
• Statement of teaching philosophy
• Statement of scholarly interests
• Separate equity statement. For more information about the questions that must be addressed please visit: https://guttman.cuny.edu/faculty-staff/human-resources/prospective-employees/apply-interview/#1562783751506-67588d88-651b

 

CLOSING DATE

Open until filled with review of application starting September 14, 2023

 

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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

CUNY encourages people with disabilities, minorities, veterans and women to apply. At CUNY, Italian Americans are also included among our protected groups. Applicants and employees will not be discriminated against on the basis of any legally protected category, including sexual orientation or gender identity. EEO/AA/Vet/Disability Employer.