Collegiate Assistant Professor
Company: The University of Chicago
Location: Chicago
Posted on: April 1, 2026
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Job Description:
The College at the University of Chicago is now accepting
applications for four-year postdoctoral teaching appointments as
Harper and Schmidt Fellows who hold the rank of Collegiate
Assistant Professor. Collegiate Assistant Professors are members of
the College Faculty whose primary professional responsibility is to
teach in the general education (Core) program.
https://college.uchicago.edu/academics/core-curriculum Core courses
in the Humanities typically deal with fundamental issues and texts
in history, philosophy, and literature. Currently, the Core is
organized into eight year-long sequences: Readings in World
Literature; Human Being and Citizen; Greece and Rome: Texts,
Traditions, Transformations; Philosophical Perspectives on the
Humanities; Media Aesthetics; Reading Cultures; Poetry and the
Human; and Language and the Human . We encourage applicants to
spend time reviewing the descriptions and syllabi for Core
sequences to understand the distinct topics and approaches and
gauge best fit. Descriptions of these courses are available here:
https://college.uchicago.edu/academics/core/humanities-core Core
courses in the Social Sciences explore, on the basis of significant
works or primary source materials, the fundamental concepts and the
different modes of inquiry that have defined the social sciences in
the modern period. Currently, we are inviting applications for
Collegiate Assistant Professors to teach in several of the
year-long sequences into which the Core is organized: Self, Culture
and Society; Classics of Social and Political Thought; Power,
Identity, and Resistance; Democracy: Equality, Liberty and the
Dilemma of Self-Governance; and Global Society. We encourage
applicants to spend time reviewing the descriptions and syllabi for
Core sequences to understand the distinct topics and approaches and
gauge best fit. Descriptions of these courses are available here:
https://college.uchicago.edu/academics/core/social-sciences-core
Some Collegiate Assistant Professors also teach in the Introduction
to the Civilizations Core Sequences. We are currently accepting
applications in the Civilizations of East Asia and Introduction to
Latin American Civilizations core sequences. These courses are
taught on the basis of intensive readings of significant primary
source documents. For descriptions and syllabi of the Introduction
to the Civilizations of East Asia and Introduction to Latin
American Civilization see:
https://college.uchicago.edu/academics/core/civilization-studies-core
The positions are open to scholars in all disciplines and areas of
specialization who will have completed all requirements for their
Ph.D. degree no later than August 31, 2025. Candidates must
demonstrate excellence in teaching as well as in their original
scholarship. While many Core sequences feature set reading lists,
applicants need not have conventional expertise in the specific
texts and topics that are currently taught. Rather, we welcome
applicants from a wide variety of disciplinary backgrounds who can
apply conceptual and methodological creativity and skill to the
teaching of general education courses. Applicants should be
prepared 1) to identify and guide students through fundamental
questions in a Core sequence and 2) to contribute meaningfully to
the instructional community and the curricular evolution for that
Core sequence. In most years, Collegiate Assistant Professors teach
two courses (usually of identical preparation) for each of three
quarters. In the second through fourth year of residence, each
Collegiate Assistant Professor has the opportunity to design up to
two independent courses and each is eligible for one quarter of
research sabbatical. In the fourth year there is a possibility of
another quarter of sabbatical with salary reduction. The position
comes with a minimum salary of $82,571, carries full benefits, and
an annual professional development fund of $6,250. The effective
date for these teaching appointments is September 1, 2025. To apply
for these positions, please see our web site at
https://fellows.uchicago.edu. The terms and conditions of these
positions are described in the collective bargaining agreement
between the University and the Service Employees International
Union. On-line application deadline: 11:59:59 PM EDT, Tuesday,
October 15, 2024.
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