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Job:	Tenure-track Assistant Professor -- Philosophy Southwestern University Philosophy Department -- Feminist Theory Division AOS/AOC: Feminist Theory. Candidates who can also teach courses in Race and/or Queer Theory will be given special consideration. All applicants should be able to contribute to a broad, historically grounded program which includes a variety of critical lenses on the philosophical tradition. In particular, we are seeking candidates who may actively take part in our sequence of upper-level courses in the history of philosophy. Six courses/year, undergraduate, including introductory philosophy and ethics and upper-level history and topics courses. Usual non-teaching duties after first year. Qualifications include Ph.D. prior to appointment. The successful candidate will demonstrate potential for interdisciplinary collaboration which may include contributions to one or more of the University’s interdisciplinary degree programs (Feminist Studies, Environmental Studies, Latin American Studies and International Studies) and a research agenda which is commensurate with a liberal arts educational program. Evidence of excellence in undergraduate teaching and commitment to providing a broad-based liberal arts education are essential. Southwestern University is a selective, undergraduate institution, committed to a broad-based Liberal Arts, Sciences and Fine Arts education. Southwestern currently enrolls approximately 1,250 students and maintains a student to faculty ratio of 10 to 1. In addition to a number of other national organizations, Southwestern University is a member of two consortia of liberal arts colleges, the Associated Colleges of the South and the Annapolis Group. Located in Georgetown, Texas, 28 miles north of downtown Austin, Southwestern is affiliated with The United Methodist Church. For information concerning the University, visit our website, at: www.southwestern.edu Send CV, three letters of reference, teaching statement and a letter of interest which explains the candidate's understanding of the liberal arts and the role of a philosophy department/course in a liberal arts education, to: Corlee Bosch, Faculty Secretary -- Philosophy Search P.O. Box 770 Georgetown TX 78627-0770 We also welcome syllabi for proposed courses in our areas of interest. Deadline for applications is November 30, 2009. Interviews at Eastern Division meetings will be prearranged.