University of Michigan LSA Collegiate Fellowship Program: Romance Languages and Literatures

The Department of Romance Languages and Literatures at the University of Michigan invites applications to join our faculty through the LSA Collegiate Fellows Program (LCFP). As a department committed to diversity, research excellence, and cross-cultural and interdisciplinary approaches, we encourage applications from scholars who foster inclusive teaching and contribute to innovative cross-cultural research in the field of Romance Studies, including French, Italian, and Spanish.

 

The Collegiate Fellows Program is administered through the College of Literature Science and the Arts (LSA). The program seeks outstanding early-career or new associate professors whose teaching and mentoring, AND/OR, research and scholarship, AND/OR service and engagement will contribute to our interconnected goals of excellence, diversity, equity, and inclusion. 

 

The LSA Collegiate Fellows Program aims to recruit and hire exceptional early-career faculty at two levels: as postdoctoral fellows/tenure-track assistant professors and early-in-rank tenured associate professors in the following Departments: 

 

Applications are due Tuesday, September 10, 2024, at 11:59 p.m. ET, with reference letters due Thursday, September 12, 2024, by 11:59 p.m. ET.

 

The LSA Collegiate Fellows Program was launched in 2016 as a major college initiative aimed at promoting an intellectually rich and inclusive scholarly environment, recruiting and retaining exceptional early career faculty scholars, and supporting these outstanding scholars who are committed to working with college colleagues to build a diverse, equitable scholarly and learning community.  The program is administered by U-M’s National Center for Institutional Diversity (NCID) in conjunction with LSA academic departments. 

 

Postdoctoral Fellow/Assistant Professor Rank:

The early-career program provides either one to two years of postdoctoral fellowship support with tenure-track assistant professors offers to follow the fellowship period or immediate tenure-track appointments in LSA departments. Successful candidates will receive dedicated research time, mentorship, research and travel funding, and cohort- and program-based professional development opportunities related to scholarship and teaching. 

 

Associate Professor Rank:

The associate professor program seeks to hire early-in-rank associate professors or scholars in the year they are seeking promotion to associate rank. In their first year, successful candidates will participate in a cohort-based professional development program designed to support DEI leadership in their service and administrative roles. 

 

Eligibility: 

Applicants must apply through the application portal in order to be considered for the Collegiate Fellows Program (linked below).  A list of participating departments/units, eligibility requirements, and crucial application information can be found at: https://ncid.umich.edu/initiatives/lsa-collegiate-fellowship-program/. Inquiries may be directed to lsacollegiate@umich.edu.


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