Visiting Assistant Professor of Japanese

Description

The Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at Swarthmore
College invites applications for a two-year Visiting Assistant
Professor of Japanese for the 2027-2028 and 2028-2029 academic
years. The position will start in August 2027 and carries a 2/2
teaching load. Responsibilities include a combination of Japanese
language teaching, courses in Japanese literature and culture
taught in English, and assistance with administration of the
Japanese Section.

Experience teaching Japanese language in a North American college
or university is expected. We welcome candidates with research and
teaching interests in a variety of subfields within Japanese
studies, including modern and classical Japanese literature and
Japanese linguistics.

The Japanese program is a vibrant component of the Department of
Modern Languages and Literatures, offering students four years of
rigorous Japanese language instruction, courses in Japanese
literature, film, and linguistics, and numerous co-curricular study
opportunities.

Located in the suburbs of Philadelphia and near Wilmington DE,
Swarthmore College is a highly selective liberal arts college whose
mission combines academic rigor with social responsibility.
Swarthmore has a strong institutional commitment to
non-discrimination and equal opportunity. We welcome applications
from all candidates with exceptional qualifications, particularly
those with demonstrable experience effectively supporting,
teaching, and engaging a highly diverse student body. For more
information available to all faculty at Swarthmore, see
https://www.swarthmore.edu/provosts-office/welcome-to-provosts-office

Qualifications

College-level Japanese-language teaching experience and fluency in
both English and Japanese is expected. The ideal candidate will
have a Ph.D. in hand at the time of the appointment; candidates at
advanced ABD status may also be considered.

Application Instructions

Please send a letter of application, curriculum vitae, graduate
transcript, three letters of reference, and a statement of teaching
philosophy detailing language teaching experience. Candidates are
also welcome to include a link to a video demonstrating language
teaching with their teaching statement, if available. Apply via
Interfolio: apply.interfolio.com/195700
.

Questions may be directed to Professor Will Gardner, Search Chair,
wgardne1@swarthmore.edu .

Review of applications will begin on February 8, 2027 and continue
until the position is filled.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Swarthmore has a strong institutional commitment to
non-discrimination and equal opportunity. We welcome applications
from all candidates with exceptional qualifications, particularly
those with demonstrable commitments to working effectively
supporting, teaching, and engaging a highly diverse student
body.