Visiting Full-Time Faculty Position in Spanish (Spring 2025 Semester)

The Department of Spanish at College of the Holy Cross invites applications for a visiting full-time faculty position for the spring 2025 semester to begin in January 2025. We seek a candidate well-prepared to teach Intermediate Spanish and Readings in Latin American Literature, a thematic examination of Latin American literature from pre-Columbian times to the present. The theme, chosen by the instructor, may include linguistic and cultural encounters, migration, colonization and decolonization, marginalization, racism and antiracism, or environmental consciousness. All teaching is in Spanish, with related languages as appropriate.

Visiting full-time faculty teach 3 courses per semester and are eligible for travel support and reimbursement of relocation costs within the College’s published policies. All full-time appointments offer competitive salaries and include full benefits. 

QUALIFICATIONS

Candidates must demonstrate commitment to, and excellence in, undergraduate teaching as informed by current practice and scholarship in the field.  

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS

Please submit a letter of application, current curriculum vitae, a statement on teaching philosophy and interests, including a proposed topic for Readings. (Ph.D. preferred), and two confidential letters of recommendation. 

In your cover letter, in addition to describing your research and teaching interests, please address the ways you might contribute to and further the College’s mission as a Jesuit, undergraduate liberal arts college (see​ ​http://holycross.edu/mission​) and its core commitment to diversity and inclusion. Previous experience teaching, mentoring, or advising diverse student populations is an asset. For more information, please visit​ ​http://holycross.edu/diversity​. 

College of the Holy Cross uses Interfolio to collect all faculty job applications electronically. Please submit all application materials to https://apply.interfolio.com/156759.  

Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position has been filled. For full consideration, please apply by November 4. Questions about this search may be directed to the department chair, Daniel Frost, dfrost@holycross.edu. 

COVID-19 VACCINATION POLICY

College of the Holy Cross requires that all faculty and staff show proof of full vaccination by an FDA-approved COVID-19 vaccine before beginning employment, unless an exemption from this policy has been granted. New faculty members believing they need an accommodation of this policy because of a disability, sincerely-held religious belief, or otherwise should inform Human Resources after an offer of employment is extended; please do not include any medical, genetic, or religious information in your application materials.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYMENT STATEMENT

The College of the Holy Cross is a highly selective Catholic liberal arts college in the Jesuit tradition. It enrolls about 3,200 students and is located in a medium-sized city 45 miles west of Boston. The College seeks faculty members whose scholarship, teaching, and on- and off-campus service demonstrate commitment to the educational benefits of a richly diverse community.

Holy Cross aspires to meet the needs of dual-career couples, in part through its membership in the Higher Education Consortium of Central Massachusetts and the New England Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (http://www.newenglandherc.org). The College is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and complies with all Federal and Massachusetts laws concerning equal opportunity and affirmative action in the workplace.