at Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vermont, United States
Job Description
Assistant Professor in Italian, Middlebury College, MIDDLEBURY, VT. The Department of Italian invites applicants for a tenure-track position in Italian beginning Fall 2027. The successful candidate will have a demonstrated commitment to excellence in Italian language teaching and a Ph.D.They must be able to teach courses in both Italian and English; teaching responsibilities include language courses and literature/culture courses at all undergraduate levels in Italian. Research specialization is open, but preference will be given to candidates who can teach courses on topics such as contemporary Italian culture and politics, immigration, representation, identity, and colonialism that might contribute to interdisciplinary programs such as Black Studies and/or Comparative Literature. The successful candidate will be expected to teach two courses per semester, and one Winter Term every other year.
As part of a full teaching load, the candidate will also regularly contribute to Middlebury's First Year Seminar Program and Winter Term course offerings. All faculty at Middlebury are also expected to contribute to service to the College including, but not limited to, committee membership and serving as Director or Chair of a Program or Department when asked.
Middlebury College is a top-tier liberal arts college with a demonstrated commitment to excellence in faculty teaching, research, and service. It is also an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to fostering a truly open and supportive learning, teaching, and working environment. The College hires faculty from a myriad of life experiences, cultures, frames of reference, social identities, and learning perspectivesto help cultivate and advance innovation in our curriculum and to provide a rich and varied educational experience for our talented and distinguished student body. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age or protected veteran status. This is a full time, benefits eligible, salaried position with a hiring range of $91,462-103,138 per year.
Middlebury College uses Interfolio to collect all faculty job applications electronically. Email and paper applications will not be accepted. Through Interfolio submit: a letter of application addressed to Stefano Mula, Search Committee Chair. The letter should focus on the candidate's pedagogical approach to teaching, their prior experience teaching Italian at the college level, content courses in English that the candidate would be interested to teach, and the candidate's research portfolio and interests. In addition: 1) a curriculum vitae; 2) undergraduate and graduate transcripts; 3) a statement of teaching; 4) and three current letters of recommendation, at least two of which must speak to teaching ability/promise; 5) a 20-25 page sample of scholarly writing.
Inquiries regarding this position should be directed to Stefano Mula, Professor of Italian and Chair of the Italian Department, at smula@middlebury.edu.
More information is available at https://apply.interfolio.com/188680 and our department website: https://www.middlebury.edu/academics/italian. The application deadline is October 15th, 2026.
Offers of employment are contingent on completion of a background check. Information on our background check policy can be found here: http://go.middlebury.edu/backgroundchecks.
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