Department of World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Visiting Part-Time Faculty Position in Arabic
(1 Course - Fall 2024)

GENERAL INFORMATION

The Department of World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at College of the Holy Cross invites applications for a full-time visiting faculty appointment in Arabic Studies (https://www.holycross.edu/academics/programs/arabic) to begin August 2024. This is a one-semester appointment with a teaching load of 1 course in either the elementary or intermediate Arabic language. Candidates must have native or near-native proficiency in Arabic and English, a Master’s degree or above (including ABD) with expertise in Arabic language and culture.

QUALIFICATIONS

Candidates must demonstrate commitment to, and excellence in, undergraduate teaching as informed by current practice and scholarship in the field.

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS

Please submit a cover letter addressing the position requirements listed above, curriculum vitae, statement on teaching, graduate transcripts, two confidential letters of recommendation, and preferably a link to a recent video of yourself teaching Arabic. Provide information about the location of the class and the level of the students in your video, the topic(s) that your lesson covered, and the learning goals you had for the students in that class.

In your cover letter, in addition to describing your research and teaching interests, please address how your scholarship, teaching, mentoring and/or service would support the College’s mission as a Jesuit, undergraduate liberal arts college (see http://holycross.edu/mission). The College values cultural and intellectual pluralism as integral to this mission and essential to the excellence of our academic program. Thus, your application should highlight how your teaching, scholarship, mentorship and/or service might support the commitment to diversity and inclusion. For more information, please visit http://holycross.edu/diversity.

The College of the Holy Cross uses Interfolio to collect all faculty job applications electronically.  Please submit all application materials to http://apply.interfolio.com/102221.

Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position has been filled. Questions about this search may be directed to Professor Ibrahim Abdessalam, iabdessa@holycross.edu.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYMENT STATEMENT

Holy Cross aspires to meet the needs of dual-career couples, in part through its membership in the Higher Education Consortium of Central Massachusetts and the New England Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (http://www.newenglandherc.org). The College is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and complies with all Federal and Massachusetts laws concerning equal opportunity and affirmative action in the workplace.