[COMM-ORG] job: academic, Occidental College, no salary info

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From: "Peter Dreier" <dreier at oxy.edu>


Colleagues:

Sorry for this mass email, but I want to spread the word that Occidental 
College has a one-year full-time visiting position in Urban & 
Environmental Policy (UEP) for the next academic year – Fall 2010 and 
Spring 2011 semesters. I would appreciate your help in spreading the 
word. If you know of any people who might be good candidates for this 
position, please let them know – or let me know and I’ll contact them. 
Thank you. Peter Dreier


Job Announcement
Urban & Environmental Policy Program
Occidental College

Occidental College invites applications for a one-year full-time 
visiting position at the Assistant Professor level for our Fall 2010 and 
Spring 2011 semesters in the Urban and Environmental Policy (UEP) Program.

For this position, we are seeking someone with expertise and teaching 
interests in the following areas:
1. Environmental justice and the history of the environmental and 
environmental justice movements;
2. Community-based research methods in planning and policy analysis
3. Community development and community economic development with a focus 
on community organizing and leadership development.

We are particularly eager to find candidates who also have an interest 
in the link between these issues and equity issues.

Our new colleague would be expected to teach five courses over two 
semesters, including UEP 101 (Environment and Society), our 
introductory-level course and at least two of the three courses listed 
above (history of environmental and environmental justice movements, 
community-based research methods, and community economic development). 
We would also be interested in candidate who is able to make linkages 
with our other courses, including (1) local and global public health; 
(2) food politics and policy; (3) urban policy and politics; and (4) our 
community organizing and internship course.

UEP is an interdisciplinary major that involves faculty in politics, 
sociology, economics, history, biology, geology, and other disciplines. 
We will consider candidates with training in a variety of disciplines, 
including urban planning, political science, sociology, environmental 
studies, public policy, economics, history, and law. Candidates with 
practical political/community/planning and organizing experience are 
strongly encouraged to apply. We encourage candidates who are familiar 
with Los Angeles and the community, environmental, labor, nonprofit, and 
faith-based organizations in the region.

Candidates should be immersed in the pedagogy of community based 
learning and able to expand the College's efforts to promote 
internships, community based learning in classes, and partnerships with 
public, private, and non profit organizations in Los Angeles, 
California, and Washington, D.C. The UEP program is closely linked with 
the Urban & Environmental Policy Institute, through which students, 
faculty and staff engage in applied research and community engagement. 
(http://www.uepi.oxy.edu)

Applicants should submit a letter of interest demonstrating a commitment 
to academic excellence in a diverse liberal arts environment, and 
including a statement of teaching philosophy, areas of teaching 
interest, examples of relevant coursework; a curriculum vitae; samples 
of scholarly or creative work; and two letters of recommendation to 
Professor Peter Dreier, Chair, Urban & Environmental Policy Program, 
Occidental College, 1600 Campus Road, Los Angeles, CA. 90041. All 
materials are due by April 1, 2010. Please note in your resume that you 
are interested in the 1-year appointment. (We will also have 3-year 
position available beginning in Fall 2011, which we will begin 
recruiting for at the end of 2010).

Occidental College is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer. 
The College is committed to academic excellence in a diverse community 
and supporting interdisciplinary and multicultural academic programs 
that provide a gifted and diverse group of students with an educational 
experience that prepares them for leadership in a pluralistic world. 
Women and people of color are strongly encouraged to apply.