Hiram College’s Center for Literature, Medicine and Biomedical Humanities invites applications for a full time, tenure track faculty position in literature and medicine to begin in the Fall of ‘09. The Center is the oldest of Hiram’s six centers of excellence, and its innovative programming and Biomedical Humanities curriculum are supported by an NEH endowment. The successful candidate will teach interdisciplinary undergraduate courses in medical humanities, emphasizing use of literature or arts to examine topics such as, bioethics, aging, illness, and health care disparities. Opportunities also exist to teach within our Graduate Interdisciplinary Studies program. The successful candidate may also help with the editing of the Center’s literature and medicine series from Kent State University Press, annual summer seminars for health care professionals, bioethicists, literary scholars and students, and other center initiatives. This new position is part of a team of faculty teaching interdisciplinary courses that serve Hiram’s biomedical humanities majors, nursing students, masters’ students, and many other majors. Our unique 12-3 semester plan allows for traditional and intensive courses, as well as faculty lead study abroad opportunities. Hiram College is recognized as one of the best liberal arts colleges in the U.S., with a strong tradition in the natural sciences and humanities. Our graduates get into the top medical, veterinary, and graduate school programs, as well as into jobs in industry, not-for profit, and government.
The ideal candidate will have a PhD in humanities or the arts, with experience in health care and bioethics. Submit a letter of application, curriculum vitae, statement of teaching philosophy, and names and telephone numbers of three professional references as word documents to Dr. Michael Blackie, Search Chair by email at LitMed@hiram.edu. Review of applications will begin November 1 and will continue until the position is filled.
(h/t ASBH Lit&Med listserv)
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