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Visiting Assistant Professor of Russian and Humanities

The REED COLLEGE Russian department invites applications for a two-year Visiting Assistant Professor position in Russian and Humanities to commence in August 2025. Reed is a highly selective liberal arts institution with a commitment to excellence in teaching and scholarship.  

Candidates should specialize in Russian or Russophone literature and/or film. A Ph.D. in Slavic or a related field (in hand by August 2025) is required. Other requirements include native or near-native proficiency in both Russian and English, and experience of college-level teaching. While the candidates’ areas of research expertise are open, we particularly welcome applications from those who, in addition to literature and language, can teach courses on film and media in Russia, Eastern Europe, and/or Eurasia.

Reed is on the semester system with a teaching load of five courses per year. The incumbent’s teaching responsibilities will include courses in the Russian department and a year-long team-taught interdisciplinary course with a pre-set syllabus (Humanities 110). In addition, faculty supervise year-long senior theses, required of all Reed graduates. 

Through Interfolio (http://apply.interfolio.com/160958), please submit a letter of application, a CV, and one sample of your scholarly work (e.g., a dissertation chapter or journal article). Please also have three confidential letters of recommendation submitted on your behalf via Interfolio. 

In your letter of application please address the following:

  • Scholarly interests.
  • Teaching experience: solo teaching, TAing, mentoring students, and/or advising student research projects.
  • Teaching interests: describe one or two new courses that you would like to offer.
  • Contribution to diversity and inclusion: Reed College is a community that values cultural diversity and inclusive educational practices as essential to the excellence of our academic program. Please describe the ways in which your past and current teaching, scholarship, mentorship, and/or community service have supported these values. Please also convey the ways in which your work at Reed will support the commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion articulated in the College’s diversity and anti-racism statements (https://www.reed.edu/institutional_diversity/diversity-statement.html).

The search committee will begin reviewing applications on February 10, 2025 and will continue until the position is filled. Preliminary interviews will be conducted on Zoom. For further information about this position, please contact Evgenii Bershtein, Chair, Russian Search Committee (bershtee@reed.edu). 

An Equal Opportunity Employer, Reed values cultural and intellectual diversity as essential to the excellence of our academic programs, and encourages applications from members of underrepresented groups.

Deadline: February 10, 2025