Middlebury College

Assistant Professor of Luso-Hispanic Studies

Middlebury College$91K — $103K *
Education, Government & Non-Profit
Less than 5 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Ph.D. or equivalent in Spanish, Latin American cultural studies, or related field
  • Demonstrated scholarship in areas like democracy, environment, or feminisms
  • Teaching excellence across language courses at all levels
  • Commitment to curriculum development and interdisciplinary programs
  • Strong service orientation within an academic setting

Responsibilities

  • Teach a 2/2 course load plus an additional winter term course every other year
  • Contribute to First-Year Seminar programs taught in English
  • Engage in curriculum and course development for the department
  • Mentor and support students in their academic pursuits
  • Participate in departmental and college-wide service activities

Benefits

  • Full-time position with benefits eligibility
  • Support for professional development opportunities
  • Engagement with a diverse academic community
  • Access to faculty resources and institutional support
Full Job Description
Description

The Department of Luso-Hispanic Studies invites applicants for a full-time tenure-track position in Spanish beginning fall 2027. We seek candidates working in Latin American cultural studies who complement our current teaching and scholarship by specializing in one or more of these areas of study: democracy, the environment, and feminisms. Candidates must provide evidence of excellence in scholarship and teaching. Candidates must be strongly committed to teaching language courses at all levels and contributing to the college-wide curriculum, including in the First-Year Seminar program (in English) and Winter Term. Tenure-track faculty at Middlebury teach a 2/2 load with an additional class in winter term every other year. All faculty at Middlebury are also expected to contribute to service to the College including, but not limited to, committee membership and serving as Director or Chair of a Program or Department when asked.

This is a full time, benefits eligible, salaried position with a hiring range of $91,462 - $103,138 per year.

Middlebury College collects all faculty job applications electronically at this link https://apply.interfolio.com/188443. At Middlebury, we strive to make our campus a respectful, engaged community that embraces difference and a full range of views and opinions, with all the complexity and individuality each person brings. Through Interfolio submit: a letter of application addressed to the search committee chair, Professor Irina Feldman; a curriculum vitae; and three current letters of recommendation, at least two of which must speak to teaching ability/promise. Additional materials such as transcripts and writing samples may be solicited as the search progresses. More information is available at https://apply.interfolio.com/188443 and https://www.middlebury.edu/college/academics/luso-hispanic-studies. The application deadline is October 23, 2026.

About Middlebury College

Middlebury College is a private liberal arts college in Middlebury, Vermont. Founded in 1800 by Congregationalists, Middlebury was the first operating college or university in Vermont. The college currently enrolls 2,858 undergraduates from all 50 states and 74 countries and offers 44 majors in the arts, humanities, literature, foreign languages, social sciences, and natural sciences, as well as joint engineering programs with Columbia University, Dartmouth College, and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. In addition to its undergraduate liberal arts program, the school also has graduate schools, the Middlebury College Language Schools, the Bread Loaf School of English, and the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, as well as its C.V. Starr-Middlebury Schools Abroad international programs. It is the among the Little Ivies, an unofficial group of academically selective liberal arts colleges, mostly in the northeastern United States. Middlebury is known for progressive teaching and thought. The college was the first American institution of higher education to award a bachelor's degree to an African-American, graduating Alexander Twilight in the class of 1823. Middlebury was also one of the first formerly all-male liberal arts colleges in New England to become a coeducational institution, following the trustees' decision in 1883 to accept women. In 1965, the college established the first undergraduate Environmental Studies program in the United States, and, in 2019, publicly committed to full divestment of the college's endowment from the fossil fuel industry through its Energy2028 initiative.
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