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Company Name: Towson University

Job Title: Assistant Professor - Spanish

Location: Towson, MD

Profession: Higher Education - Faculty

Job Description:

Assistant Professor - Spanish
Department of Foreign Languages
College of Liberal Arts
CLA-N-2316

The Department of Foreign Languages at Towson University invites applications for a tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor level beginning August 2010. Position entails teaching Spanish language courses at all levels, culture/civilization, peninsular Spanish literature, and/or other specializations including immigration/ emigration, ethnic and national identity, gender, media, colonial, and cultural studies. Preference will be given to candidates who are able to integrate new technologies into the teaching of foreign languages. PhD in hand by the time of appointment and native or near-native fluency in Spanish are required. Commitment to teaching excellence, scholarship, and service are essential. The ability to teach a second language is highly desirable. This position requires a teaching load of 9 contact hours per semester during the first three years. Preliminary interviews will be conducted at the MLA Convention by prearranged appointment for those available. This position is contingent on funds being available at the time of hire.

Towson University
Founded in 1866, today Towson University is recognized by U.S. News & World Report as one of the top public universities in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions. Towson is nationally recognized for its programs in the liberal arts and sciences, business, education, communications, health sciences, and the fine and performing arts. The University places a strong emphasis on service learning and civic engagement through such activities as internships, practica, clinical placements, course assignments and student events. As the Baltimore area’s largest university and Maryland’s Metropolitan University, Towson articulates its research and scholarship mission through partnerships that link the University to the economic, educational and cultural life of the state of Maryland and the mid-Atlantic region. Towson enrolls approximately 21,000 undergraduate and graduate students in 63 undergraduate majors, 39 master’s programs and four doctoral programs. Located on a rolling 328 acres, the striking campus is eight miles north of downtown Baltimore and 45 miles from Washington, D.C. The campus and its surrounding cities provide an excellent environment for teaching and supporting the academic pursuits of the 780 full-time faculty who work here.

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