History: Secondary Education (tenure-track)

Calvin College invites applications for a tenure-track appointment in history, to begin September 1, 2008.

Qualifications:

Ph.D. required. The candidate will have primary responsibility for supervision of student teachers in history; will teach courses on pedagogical methods and practices as well as sections of the core world history course and courses in American history; and will develop expertise in the scholarship of pedagogy. Secondary education credential and recent high school teaching experience required.

About the Department:

Calvin's comparatively large History Dept. allows it to cover a wide range of periods, places and programs. Besides treating all periods of European and North American History in depth, the department has specialists in the history of East Asia, Latin America, Central and South Asia, and the Eastern Mediterranean. We host a well-developed Archaeology Minor program, and also have a significant presence in the African Studies, Asian Studies, Medieval Studies, and International Development Studies Minors.

The History Dept. is also associated with a number of off-campus programs. For example, some of our archaeology students have worked at Umm el-Jimal, and professors from the department have led semsters in China, Great Britain, Hungary, and Ghana.

About Calvin:

Calvin College is a college of the Christian Reformed Church. Candidates must be strongly committed to the college’s mission of undergraduate liberal arts education, have a promising research program, and be active participants in the Reformed/Presbyterian tradition in Protestant Christianity.

Application Procedure:

Send cover letter and vita to by December 1, 2007:

• William Van Vugt, Chair
• Department of History
• Calvin College
• 1845 Knollcrest Circle, S.E.
• Grand Rapids, Michigan 49546-4402

Calvin College is an AA/EOE; women and minorities are especially invited to apply.

Last updated Wednesday, April 9, 2008