East Lansing, Michigan, United States
Linguistics, Languages, And Cultures 10004543
Area of Interest: Education/Training
Full Time/Part Time: Full Time (90-100%)
Group: Fixed Term Academic Staff
Opening on: Nov 20 2024
Closing at: Nov 20 2026 - 23:55 EST
Salary Commensurate with Experience
College Of Arts And Letters
1004423
Lilac Tutor-Fixed Term
The Less Commonly Taught Languages (LCTL) and the Indian and South Asian (ISA) Languages Programs at Michigan State University are currently establishing a pool of fixed term tutors. These positions will be filled per course/per semester, on an as-needed basis. Applicants in this pool are reviewed when the department has an immediate need to fill a vacancy.
Duties: responsibilities include working closely with the LCTL or ISA coordinators to teach one to three courses in the LCTL or ISA, attending training meetings and biweekly progress meetings. Tutors will also be evaluated by the LCTL or ISA Teaching Coordinator.
The Department has a strong institutional commitment to diversity in all areas and encourages candidates from underrepresented groups. We favor candidates who can contribute to the College of Arts and Letters’ distinctive educational objectives, which promote interdisciplinary perspectives, intercultural understanding, and values diversity and inclusion as essential to achieving excellence.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, age, disability or protected veteran status.
Bachelors
Doctorate
- Bachelor’s degree
- Native or near-native literate speaker of a Less Commonly Taught Language, including, but not limited to: Bengali, Hindi, Indonesian, Khmer, Persian, Polish, Romanian, Tagalog, Tamil, Thai, Turkish, Urdu, and Uzbek.
- Experience teaching in US setting
- Master’s degree or PhD.
Qualified applicants should submit
- 3 letters of recommendations
Review of applications will be as needed and will be on-going. Applications must be submitted electronically to the Michigan State University Human Resources website
http://careers.msu.edu
. Posting number 1004423.
For more information, contact Danielle Steider, Less Commonly Taught Languages program coordinator,
steider@msu.edu
o or Rajiv Ranjan, Indian and South Asian program coordinator,
rranjan@msu.edu.
Persons with disabilities have the right to request and receive reasonable accommodation.
12/02/2024
lilac.msu.edu
The College of Arts & Letters recognizes that only an academic and organizational culture, which actively seeks out and strengthens diverse voices and perspectives among its
members results in true excellence. The College of Arts & Letters is particularly interested in candidates of all backgrounds who are committed to the principle that intellectual leadership is achieved through open access and pro-active inclusion.
Michigan State University has been advancing the common good with uncommon will for more than 160 years. One of the top research universities in the world, MSU pushes the boundaries of discovery and forges enduring partnerships to solve the most pressing global challenges while providing life-changing opportunities to a diverse and inclusive academic community through more than 200 programs of study in 17 degree-granting colleges.
