The Program in Critical Studies invites applications for part-time
teaching positions at California College of the Arts, a small fine
art, design, and architecture college with campuses in San Francisco
and Oakland. Salary and rank vary with seniority, and the maximum
number of courses that part-time faculty can teach in a year is 4. The
Ph.D. is preferred but advanced ABD students with teaching experience
will be considered. Experience working with art & design students or
other “non-academic” college populations is quite desirable but is not
required. The immediate opening is for two or three courses in spring
of 2009, but this position is renewable at the discretion of the chair
for up to seven semesters, after which a formal application for
promotion and retention is necessary. Part-time faculty are eligible
for participation in college-wide self-governance activities and in
helping to shape Critical Studies curriculum.

Scholars who wish to teach courses rooted in American Studies,
Cultural Studies, Diaspora Studies, Disability Studies, Ethnic
Studies, LGBT Studies, Women’s and Gender Studies, or similar
interdisciplinary fields are encouraged to apply. The program has a
special interest in cultural history outside the US; in cross-cultural
and comparative courses; and in courses designed to teach research
skills.

If you are interested in pursuing this opportunity, please submit a CV
and letter describing your professional and teaching qualifications to
Julian Carter, Chair of Critical Studies, at juliancarter@cca.edu.
Attach sample course descriptions for three or four interdisciplinary
social science/humanities courses you would like to offer at CCA.
Please do*not* focus on literature or the visual arts, as these areas
are covered by different programs in CCA’s rather unorthodox
curriculum. Two of your sample course descriptions should be for
lower-division courses and two should be for upper-division courses.
Two may be focused on issues of race, ethnicity, and/nationality,
while the other two should be framed in more general terms (though
they may include ethnic-studies content, of course). The program chair
will be happy to answer questions or to email you copies of the
program’s course rubrics for each curricular area if you would find
that level of detail helpful.

The successful candidate may be asked to participate in a team-taught
Foundations in Critical Studies course, so if you have experience
working on teams, please do mention it.

Applications are due as soon as possible, but no later than August 15.

Julian Carter
Chair, Program in Critical Studies
California College of the Arts
1111 8th St
San Francisco, CA 94107
juliancarter@cca.edu