• Job Description

  Req#: 320550

  Job Details

  Job Location: Main Campus - Edmond, OK

  Position Type: Faculty

  Salary Range: Undisclosed

  Job Category: OTRS Classified

  Description

  Special Instructions to Applicants:

  Online Faculty application must include a curriculum vitae and cover letter that addresses teaching excellence, research activities, and strengths the candidate could bring to our department. Additional documentation will be requested at a later date, including letters of recommendation for finalists. Inquiries can be directed to the search committee chair, Dr. Annie Holt, aholt17@uco.edu

  Position Overview:

  Teaches, advises and mentors students, evaluates student performance, and maintains department and student records in accordance with university policies. Adheres to the educational philosophy of the university. Works in a collaborative manner with colleagues and professional peers. Participates in university meetings that relate specifically to faculty. Serves on department, college, and university committees as requested. Prepares departmental reports as requested. Engages in teaching, service, and scholarly and/or creative activities as defined by the tenure and promotion policy in the UCO Employee and Faculty Handbooks. Teaching, research, departmental/school and university service is expected. This position is full-time, tenure-track position.

  Department Specific Essential Job Functions:

  For this position, we are seeking an interdisciplinary teacher-scholar with a focus outside Europe. We are particularly interested in a scholar of material culture or archeology, with a specialty in Indigenous America, Latin America, or the Near East. Humanities professors teach core curriculum classes covering ancient through modern material, which focus on the cultural history of artistic media and ideas, as well as upper-year undergraduate and graduate (M.A.) classes in areas of their specialty. The annual teaching load is 4/4 with optional opportunities to teach in the summer.

  Qualifications/Experience Required:

  Teaching, research, departmental/school and university service is expected. An earned Ph.D in a Humanities discipline (non-European focus) is required in hand by July 15, 2025, awarded by a regionally accredited or internationally recognized institution in the field specified in the position announcement (exceptions require Academic Affairs approval). **NOTE** If the doctorate is not obtained and submitted by the time of employment, the position rank will change to TT-Instructor.

  Qualifications/Experience Preferred:

  Preference given to candidates with a documented ability through graduate coursework or teaching experience to use interdisciplinary methods in teaching courses that incorporate visual arts, music, literature, and ideas. Experience and willingness to teach a portion of Humanities core courses online is also desirable.

  Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

  Ability to perform institutional committee and service work. Position also has a research and creative activity requirement.

  Physical Demands:

  Reasonable accommodations (in accordance with ADA requirements) may be made, upon request, to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

  Special Instructions for Applicants:

  Online Faculty application must include a curriculum vitae and cover letter that addresses teaching excellence, research activities, and strengths the candidate could bring to our department. Additional documentation will be requested at a later date.

  Preference Date for Applications: May 23rd, 2025.

  Qualifications

  
  

• About the company

  The University of Central Oklahoma (UCO or Central State) is a public university in Edmond, Oklahoma. The University of Central Oklahoma was one of the first institutions of higher learning to be established in what would become the state of Oklahoma, making it one of the oldest universities in the southwest region of the United States. It is home to the American branch of the British Academy of Contemporary Music in downtown Oklahoma City.

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