Assistant Professor (Lecturer)

The Honors College at the University of Utah invites applications for Assistant Professor (Lecturer) 

The Honors College at the University of Utah seeks candidates for a core faculty position at the rank of Assistant Professor (Lecturer). Honors faculty positions are renewable and on-going, with highly competitive salaries and outstanding benefits. 
 
We are seeking an Assistant Professor (Lecturer) for a three-year initial appointment to teach courses in Intellectual Traditions. Designed to give students the opportunity to think in new ways about present-day issues through close encounters with the problems, values, and questions of the past, Intellectual Traditions courses are driven by direct engagement with diverse primary sources and cultural artifacts. The center of the Honors College’s humanities curriculum, Intellectual Traditions offers students a reading, writing, and conversation-rich environment to explore and share insights. Engaging with ideas that have shaped the human experience across diverse eras and cultures, students are encouraged to reconsider their preconceptions and contextualize the present within a more profound historical framework.  

This teaching-centered position includes a 3/3 course load, along with the student mentorship and administrative service that Honors faculty provide in support of the college’s mission. While Honors faculty are encouraged to maintain scholarly profiles, renewal and promotion are contingent on teaching performance and overall contribution to Honors, to the university, and to the local community. 

Position start date is July 1, 2025. All positions are subject to final budgetary approval.  

Qualifications 

Applicants from any discipline whose educational background and experience demonstrates readiness to teach the Intellectual Traditions curriculum will be considered. The position offers the opportunity to participate in some of Honors’ newest curricular offerings, and we especially welcome candidates with expertise in Latin American, Asian, or African studies, along with candidates whose experience outside U.S. borders would contribute to Honors offerings. Successful candidates will bring their particular disciplinary expertise but also be excited by and ready to teach broadly scoped humanities courses that push beyond the usual temporal, geographical, or topical boundaries of their training and research. 
 
Candidates should be highly successful teachers, creative in their pedagogy, and able to communicate the value of a humanistic curriculum to students of diverse majors. 

Candidates must complete the Ph.D. before the position start date. Applicants who are ABD will be asked to supply a letter from their dissertation director attesting that the degree will be awarded before July 1, 2025.  

Applications 

Complete applications will contain: 

1. a cover letter addressing the candidate’s teaching and research interests, as well as their potential contribution to the Honors College, both as a teacher and as a community member;  

1. a curriculum vitae; 

1. a statement of teaching philosophy (300-500 words); 

1. a 250 to 300-word description of an original course in Intellectual Traditions (example syllabuses, which need not be read as prescriptive, along with key policy information about the Intellectual Traditions framework, can be found here; 

1. a 20 – 30 page writing sample (double-spaced) evidencing innovative scholarship (previously published work is welcome); 

1. contact information for three referees; 

1. a complete set of recent teaching evaluations, if available (optional). 

To ensure full consideration, complete applications should be submitted by December 20, 2024. 
 
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The Honors College 

The Honors College at the University of Utah is one of the oldest Honors programs in the country. Known for our commitment to interdisciplinary forms of thinking and innovative pedagogy, we help students on their path to becoming informed and ethically engaged citizens by emphasizing research skills, global education, and the importance of investing in one’s community. Our students are highly motivated and socially conscious, and the faculty and staff of the Honors College are a close-knit community of collaborative and creative individuals. 

The University of Utah 

Offering an exceptional research and teaching environment, the University of Utah is located on the traditional homelands of the Shoshone, Paiute, Goshute and Ute peoples. It is the state’s oldest and largest institution of higher education. Interdisciplinary hubs such as the Martha Bradley Evans Center for Teaching Excellence, the Tanner Humanities Center, the Tanner Center for Human Rights, and the Bennion Center provide faculty with abundant research and teaching support. Salt Lake City, which has been named one of the top ten mid-sized American cities, is home to a vibrant film, theater, and music scene. It has also become known internationally for its craft breweries and the diversity and quality of its restaurants. A thriving center for innovation and the arts, Salt Lake is surrounded by the Wasatch Mountains, which offer plentiful opportunity for outdoor activities, including nine ski resorts within an hour of campus. A refugee resettlement city, Salt Lake is diverse: 22% of its residents are Latinx, and it has the seventh highest proportion of LGBTQ residents among U.S. cities. 

University of Utah is committed to supporting faculty, staff and students in leading balanced lives while achieving success in their endeavors. We aim to create a space that is welcoming for all, where all employees are engaged meaningfully and have ample opportunity to succeed.