Posting Details Position will be posted for a minimum of one week, after which it is subject to removal without notice.Advertising Copy The University of Vermont’s Department of History in the College of Arts and Sciences invites applications for a full-time, non-tenure track position in Historic Preservation at the rank of Lecturer. The initial appointment term is for the 2024-2025 academic year, subject to annual review, and is renewable based on the factors outlined in the Collective Bargaining Agreement. Confirming the university’s commitment to its Historic Preservation Program, the appointment may be converted to a tenure track line at a future date, depending on results of a current fundraising campaign, progress toward enrollment benchmarks being developed, the scholarship record of candidates, or other factors. The University’s storied Historic Preservation Program, one of the country’s oldest preservation programs and now approaching its fiftieth year, is evolving and seeks a committed scholar to continue that evolution. The program has just created dual tracks for the MS degree, one to offer traditional, on-campus instruction and the other to accommodate remote residency synchronously. Courses will be divided into two-credit lecture components and one-credit practica, the latter to convene as week-long symposia, two each fall semester and one each spring semester, during which resident and remote students will work collaboratively to gain insight about preservation policies and practices in the Vermont context. The successful candidate will play a critical role in guiding the program’s transitional academic year, during which several new and exciting courses will be offered to supplement the core Cultural Resource Management ( CRM ) curriculum essential to training students for professional careers in historic preservation.The successful candidate should:
Hold a graduate degree in Historic Preservation, or a Ph.D. in Architectural History, American Studies, Urban History, or related field.
Have substantial experience as an innovative educator, or practitioner, or administrator in Cultural Resource Management policy, practice, theory, and technology.
Have the capacity to teach advanced graduate-level courses that touch a broad spectrum of disciplines that shape our built and cultural environments.
Demonstrate a commitment to current pedagogical trends in the field and of developments in the candidate’s areas of research expertise.
The successful candidate will assume a range of responsibilities that include:
Teaching and advising graduate students in the Historic Preservation Program.
Implementing the new courses and practica essential to complete the transition to synchronous in-person and remote instruction.
Devising a plan to promote and maintain the program’s long-standing national role in preservation education and related recruitment and fund-raising.
Participating in state, regional, and national conferences, workshops, or symposia.
Application Process:Review of applications will begin on February 1, 2024 and continue until the position is filled.For more detailed information about us, visit our web pages at the Department of History’s website, https://www.uvm.edu/cas/history; the College of Arts & Sciences’ website, www.uvm.edu/cas; and the University of Vermont’s website, www.uvm.edu.Anticipated start date is August 19, 2024. Please apply online at www.uvmjobs.com. Applicants are asked to include:
a curriculum vitae (CV);
a letter containing a statement on current research interests; a description of teaching approach, philosophy, and interests; and an inclusive excellence statement;
contact information for three professional references. The reference providers will be emailed with instructions to upload their letters;
After an initial review of applicants, successful candidates will be asked to submit sample course syllabi and teaching evaluations.
For more information about the position, please contact Professor Robert McCullough, chair of the search committee at Robert.McCullough@uvm.edu.Establishing a diverse and inclusive culture is a priority at the University of Vermont. In fact, UVM holds that diversity and academic excellence are inseparable. Read UVM’s Why Diversity Statement (https://www.uvm.edu/sites/default/files/Top%20Tier%20files/UVMBoardWhyDiversityStrategic.pdf) and Our Common Ground values (https://www.uvm.edu/president/our-common-ground) . The University of Vermont is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other category legally protected by federal or state law. The University encourages applications from all individuals who will contribute to the diversity and excellence of the institution.UVM is especially interested in scholars who can contribute to the College of Arts and Sciences diversity plan, which was designed in part to ensure faculty, students, and staff members from underrepresented and marginalized populations are an integral part of the life and governance of the institution. Applicants are requested to include in their cover letter information about how they will further this goal. The University Established in 1791, the University of Vermont is considered a public-ivy and consistently ranked as one of the top public universities in the United States. Our academic programs combine faculty-student relationships most commonly found in a small liberal arts college with the resources of a land-grant research institution. UVM’s tradition of equity and social justice extends not only to faculty, staff, and students, but also is reflected in a commitment to environmentally sound and sustainable practices. The College In the College of Arts and Sciences ( CAS ), students experience the connectedness and accessibility of a small liberal arts college within a high caliber public research institution. Whether students are pursuing the Fine Arts, the Humanities, Natural Science and Mathematics or Social Sciences, they have a place here, in the College of Arts and Sciences’ academic ecosystem. The College of Arts and Sciences highly values the excellence that results when people from different backgrounds and perspectives work, interact, and learn together. In this way, commitment to diversity fosters our educational mission. For our students, it prepares them for life and work ahead: it recognizes that we are a culturally, ethnically, and racially diverse nation, one that is also situated in an increasingly global environment. For our faculty, scholarship and research are increasingly cooperative activities-often crossing national borders-requiring the abilities and skills to work with others often from very different backgrounds. For both our students and faculty, diversity enhances our curriculum, enriches the classroom experience, and fosters the exchange of ideas. As our society, economy, politics, and global interactions become increasingly diverse, so too must our intellectual community of students, faculty, and staff. The DepartmentThe Department of History at the University of Vermont consists of twenty-two full-time faculty members working in a variety of fields. All are outstanding teacher-scholars with excellent national and international reputations as researchers. Geographic coverage in the department is expansive with faculty expertise in U.S., Canadian, European, Asian, African, Latin American, and Middle Eastern history. Methodologically, our faculty work in a variety of areas including legal history, the history of slavery, the history of the Holocaust, Colonialism and Decolonization, gender and sexuality, the history of ideas, religion, visual and material culture, architecture, the built environment, and the history of fashion. Our students receive excellent training in the discipline with a required course in historical methodology and a senior capstone experience. The department also expects students to learn about the diversity of the human experience and requires broad exposure to the history of different global regions. Research and opportunities for independent study are important to the student experience and an active internship program at the departmental and college level exists. The department is a supportive and inclusive environment that privileges academic excellence. The department offers B.A. and M.S. degrees.The Historic Preservation Program. The University of Vermont Historic Preservation Program offers a MS degree in Historic Preservation, as well as an Accelerated Masters Program (http://catalogue.uvm.edu/graduate/historicpreservation/historicpreservationamp/) , individually designed minors, and courses for upper-level undergraduate students and through UVM Continuing Education. The program has been peer-reviewed by the National Council for Preservation Education and has been certified as meeting their standards for historic preservation degree granting programs. The program prepares graduate degree students for broad-based careers in the conservation and sustainable management of the historic environment through studies and research in heritage preservation administration, planning, architectural conservation, adaptive use and economic development, architectural and cultural history, documentation, law, and cultural resource management. The CommunityUVM is located in Burlington, Vermont, which is rated as one of the best small cities in the country. The greater Burlington area has an increasingly diverse population of about 125,000 and enjoys a panoramic setting on the shore of Lake Champlain, between the Green Mountains of Vermont and the Adirondack Mountains of New York State. The surrounding area provides an environment rich in cultural, civic and recreational activities. Vermont has a deep history of social activism and political participation. It offers many opportunities for collaborative partnerships in community and state-wide human service and social change organizations in multiple fields of practice, including state agencies.Job Open Date 01/04/2024 Job Close Date Category Position Information Posting Number F2940PO Department History/52200 Advertising/Posting Title Full-time Lecturer & Director of Historic Preservation Program: Department of History (Non-Tenure Track) FLSA Exempt Position Number 013177 Employee FTE 1.0 Employee Term (months) 9 Supplemental Questions Required fields are indicated with an asterisk (). Documents Needed to Apply Required Documents
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