Position Overview

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Organization: Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences, University of Washington
Bothell

Title: Assistant or Associate Professor

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Position Details

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Science and Technology Studies - Assistant Professor, tenure-track, or
Associate Professor, tenured (one full-time position).  The Interdisciplinary
Arts and Sciences Program (IAS) at the University of Washington Bothell seeks
a dynamic educator who integrates research, teaching, and scientific practice
in Science and Technology Studies (STS), and whose work engages with one or
more of the following areas: science communications; science and technology
policy; history of science; philosophy of science, including bioethics.  The
successful candidate will join an interdisciplinary faculty working across
the arts, humanities, and social and natural sciences in an integrative
curriculum with an emphasis on experiential and community-engaged scholarship
and pedagogy.  Two-years teaching experience and PhD required at time of
appointment.  Salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience.

IAS houses undergraduate and graduate programs, is part of a growing campus
located 18 miles from Seattle on the eastside of Lake Washington, and has
access to the research and funding resources of the three UW campuses.  IAS
is launching several new undergraduate majors, including a degree in Science,
Technology, and Society.  It also offers Master of Arts degrees in Cultural
Studies and Policy Studies.  The program as a whole stresses links between
diverse fields and methods of inquiry, and values engaged scholarship and
experiential learning as central components of its mission.  The candidate
will have a demonstrated commitment to pedagogical innovation and be prepared
to teach an upper-division core course that introduces students to
interdisciplinary inquiry. 

For more information about IAS, UWB, and the position, go to
http://www.uwb.edu/IAS/, or e-mail the search committee co-chairs, Professor
Gray Kochhar-Lindgren at gklindgren@uwb.edu and Professor Steve Collins at
swcollin@u.washington.edu.  Preferred deadline: 24 October 2008.
Applications should include a letter addressing the candidate's scholarly and
pedagogical qualifications for working in this type of program, a CV, a
statement of research and teaching interests, and a sample syllabus from an
interdisciplinary course.  Address applications to Ms. Pam DePriest, Science
Studies Search, University of Washington Bothell, Box 358530, 18115 Campus
Way NE, Both

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