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The English Department at Â鶹´«Ã½ invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor to begin Fall 2025. At a moment when the department is in conversation about diversifying the major as well as building on its current strengths, we seek a colleague whose research focuses on Asian American literature writ large (East, West, South, and/or Southeast Asian circulations), and we are open to various areas of expertise. Transnational, hemispheric, and/or comparative approaches welcome. Areas of interest may include but are not limited to: decolonial solidarity frameworks, critical refugee studies, migration and political economy, gender and sexuality, memory, performance, aesthetics, global Asias, inter-archipelagic connections, and considerations of the more-than-human. We seek to attract, develop, and retain faculty that contribute to the cultural, linguistic, experiential, and diverse curricular offerings.

The teaching load at Â鶹´«Ã½ is two courses per semester. Faculty are expected to teach across all levels of the undergraduate curriculum and are eligible for generous teaching and research grants. Candidates should have Ph.D. in hand at time of appointment. Initial application includes: (a) cover letter, (b) curriculum vitae, (c) graduate transcripts, (d) three brief, 1-page statements – one addressing teaching philosophy and experience, one addressing scholarship and future research directions, and one addressing demonstrated ability to mentor a diverse student body (e) three letters of recommendations. Please apply through . Review of applications begins October 15, 2024.

Â鶹´«Ã½ is a highly selective private liberal arts college with an enrollment of approximately 1750 students, all undergraduates, and a student-faculty ratio of eight to one. The College and the Department support equal access to higher education and value working in a richly diverse environment. Of the students admitted into the Class of 2024, 58.8% self-identify as domestic students of color, 13.6% international and 20.7% are first generation college students. The successful candidate will have the ability to teach and mentor exceptional students of diverse backgrounds–utilizing pedagogical practices that are rigorous, inclusive, and which promote academic equity. Compensation for this position includes a comprehensive benefits package and a salary commensurate with rank and experience, with a range from $90,000-$105,000.

Pomona is the founding member of The Claremont Colleges, a unique constellation of five small undergraduate colleges and two graduate institutions located in beautiful Southern California. Students of the Claremont Colleges can cross-register for courses at any of the colleges and have access to a shared library system containing over 2 million volumes. Pomona students thus enjoy the advantages of personalized instruction and close faculty-student interaction in a small liberal arts college setting, combined with the intellectual and extracurricular resources typically found at much larger universities.

The Â鶹´«Ã½ Department of Music invites applications for an Assistant Professor in music composition, beginning July 1, 2025. Priority will be given to applications that exhibit a broad and inclusive vision of music composition in a liberal arts college setting. Musical stylistic and theoretical areas of expertise are open.

We seek a composer who shares and models the department’s philosophy that scholarship and music-making are equally valued parts of an undergraduate liberal-arts college music curriculum, and whose own activity as a performer informs and is integrated with their creative process. We further seek a colleague who can creatively engage majors and non-majors, work with a highly collaborative music faculty, and stimulate a robust interest in music among Â鶹´«Ã½â€™s diverse community.

The 4-course teaching load could include offerings of composition, music theory, and/or electronic music; other course offerings may be based on candidate’s expertise and departmental needs. Faculty across the college contribute to liberal arts advising, independent studies and projects, and the college’s 1^st-year writing seminar (ID 1).

Review of applications will begin on October 11. D.M.A. or Ph.D. is preferred, or equivalent experience. Please submit the following to ) : a cover letter; curriculum vitae; research statement indicating plans for professional work; statement regarding your approach to teaching in a liberal-arts setting; inclusivity statement; graduate transcripts; links to three examples of previous work such as recordings or performances with accompanying scores; and three letters of recommendation.

Â鶹´«Ã½ is committed to excellence through diversity and encourages applications from members of underrepresented groups. The successful candidate will have experience teaching, advising, and mentoring students from diverse backgrounds and a demonstrated commitment to improving access to higher education for underrepresented students.

A member of the Claremont Colleges, Â鶹´«Ã½ is a highly selective, coeducational liberal-arts college located in southern California. The music department has nine full-time faculty members and over thirty part-time applied music and ensemble instructors, and serves both majors and non-majors. Compensation for this position includes a comprehensive benefits package and a salary commensurate with rank and experience, with a salary range from $90,000-$105,000.

The Department of Religious Studies at Â鶹´«Ã½ invites applications for the position of tenure-track Assistant Professor or tenured Associate Professor in Islamic Studies. The successful candidate will teach a regular slate of courses on subjects such as Islamic text, philosophy, mysticism, practice, culture, or law; will be able to contextualize the study of Islam within the field of Religious Studies understood broadly; and will have expertise in Islam in Asia or Africa. In addition, the candidate might suggest courses that could be cross-listed in other departments; inter-disciplinary interests could include gender/women/sexuality, the environment, linguistics, material culture and artistic expression, scientific thought, political movements, economics, etc.

Pomona is a selective liberal arts college that offers need-blind admissions and values access to higher education through its no-loan financial aid policy. Our achievement is reflected in our diverse and outstanding student body of approximately 1,700 students, over 55% of whom identify as a person of color. We seek to attract, develop, and retain faculty who contribute to the cultural, linguistic, experiential, and ideological diversity of our campus community. Â鶹´«Ã½ is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Faculty at Pomona teach two courses a semester and are expected to develop and maintain a research program and a strong service profile. The College offers many forms of support for scholarship, including a full-year, pre-tenure research leave. Compensation for this position includes a benefits package and a salary commensurate with teaching experience, field, and years in rank, which ranges from $90,000-$125,000.

For full consideration, applications must be submitted by Oct. 15. Please submit to : a cover letter, a curriculum vitae, a research statement, a statement of teaching philosophy, a statement addressing your demonstrated knowledge of inclusive pedagogy and ability to teach and mentor a , a writing sample, sample syllabi, and three letters of recommendation.

The Department of Asian Languages and Literatures at Â鶹´«Ã½ (Claremont, CA) invites applications for a tenure-track position in Japanese at the rank of Advanced Assistant/Associate Professor.

Anticipated start date: July 1, 2025

Application deadline: Monday, October 7, 2024

Position description: The teaching commitment is four courses per academic year, including three language courses and a course taught in English on Japanese linguistics or modern/contemporary Japanese culture and society (in the candidate’s area of specialization).

Required Qualifications:

• Native or near-native proficiency in Japanese and English.
• Ph.D. in hand at the time of appointment in an area related to modern/contemporary Japan/Japanese, i.e. Japanese linguistics, culture, media, literature, etc.
• A minimum of two years of teaching Japanese language courses beyond the Ph.D.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated experience in (or willingness to engage in) coordinating Japanese language programs, creating new courses, defining and assessing learning outcomes, curriculum design, and textbook evaluation.
• Evidence of mentoring undergraduate students from diverse academic, cultural, and social backgrounds.
• Strong commitment to teaching and supervising undergraduate research activities at all levels.

Application requirements:

• CV
• Transcripts from graduate school if applying for Assistant level
• Cover letter
• Research statement
• Statement of teaching philosophy and experience
• Statement of past contributions to and future plans for advancing diversity and inclusive excellence.
• Teaching evaluations
• Reference letters from a minimum of three individuals

Please upload your application materials to .

Any questions?

Please address queries to the search committee chair, Kyoko Kurita kyoko.kurita@pomona.edu Priority will be given to applications received by October 7, 2024, at which time review of applicant files will begin; applications may be accepted until the position is filled.

Compensation for this position includes a comprehensive benefits package and a salary commensurate with rank and experience. For advanced assistants, the salary range is $95,000-$130,000; associate, $115,000-$130,000.

About the Department of ALL:

The Department comprises Chinese and Japanese Sections and offers language instruction up to the fourth-year level, as well as courses on linguistics, literature and culture. A diverse body of students from the five colleges in the Claremont Consortium enroll in our courses. Please visit the Asian Languages and Literatures Department site for more information.

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Â鶹´«Ã½ is a highly selective liberal arts college with an enrollment of approximately 1700 students, all undergraduates. We seek to attract, develop, and retain the highest quality faculty and are committed to building a culturally diverse workplace. We value candidates who have experience working with students from varying backgrounds and who are able to demonstrate a commitment to improving higher education for underrepresented students through their teaching, scholarship, and service.

Â鶹´«Ã½ is located in southern California, within commuting distance of Los Angeles and is the founding member of the Claremont Colleges, which also include Claremont McKenna, Scripps, Pitzer, Harvey Mudd, Claremont Graduate University, and Keck Graduate Institute. Collectively, the Claremont Colleges constitute an academic community of approximately 9,000 students. As a result, Pomona students enjoy both the personalized instruction and close faculty-student interactions afforded by a small liberal arts college as well as the intellectual and extracurricular resources typically found at much larger universities. In collaboration with the Claremont Colleges Consortium, Â鶹´«Ã½ offers a variety of professional development, mentorship, and networking opportunities for faculty including the opportunity for entering assistant professors to apply for a fully funded leave in their fourth year at the College.

Â鶹´«Ã½ seeks applications for an Assistant Professor of Computer Science and an Open-Rank (assistant, associate, or full) Professor of Computer Science, to begin on July 1, 2025. We seek a computer scientist with a strong commitment to inclusive undergraduate teaching across all levels of the curriculum, mentoring a diverse student body, and developing a strong independent research program that involves undergraduates. We welcome applicants with broad intellectual interests from a wide range of subdisciplines, with a preference for candidates whose research and teaching interests are in theory, systems, programming languages, or other areas that complement those of the current faculty. The teaching commitment is four courses per year over two semesters of instruction. Candidates should have a Ph.D. in hand by the start date.

Our department values candidates who have experience working with undergraduate students from diverse backgrounds and who can demonstrate a commitment to improving higher education for underrepresented students through their teaching, scholarship, or service. After graduation, recent CS majors have taken jobs in industry and gone on to graduate programs at top research institutions.

Â鶹´«Ã½, located in Southern California, is the founding member of the Claremont Colleges, which also includes Claremont McKenna, Scripps, Pitzer, Harvey Mudd, and Claremont Graduate University. Students of the Claremont Colleges can cross-register for courses at any of the colleges. Pomona students thus enjoy the advantages of personalized instruction and close faculty-student interaction in a small liberal arts college setting, combined with the intellectual and extracurricular resources typically found at much larger universities. Pomona's Computer Science department has 8 full-time tenured or tenure-track faculty, and we are hoping to grow to 12 over the next five years. There are over 25 CS faculty across the Claremont colleges. In collaboration with the Claremont College Consortium, Â鶹´«Ã½ offers a variety of professional development, mentorship, and networking opportunities for junior faculty including the opportunity for entering faculty members to apply for a fully-funded leave in their fourth year at the College.

A complete application includes a cover letter; a detailed curriculum vitae; graduate transcripts; three brief statements - one addressing teaching philosophy, one addressing scholarship, and one addressing the ability to mentor a diverse student body; and three or more letters of reference, at least one of which evaluates the candidate's teaching.

Please upload electronic copies of all materials to .

Review of applications will begin on October 6, 2024, and will continue until the position is filled. Compensation includes a comprehensive benefits package and a salary that is commensurate with rank and teaching experience, starting at $100,000. For further information, we can be reached via email at cssearch@pomona.edu.

We seek a tenure-track colleague whose research resides at the intersections of the environmental humanities and critical studies of ability, class, gender, indigeneity, race, sexuality, and/or species. We invite applications from scholars examining the uneven distribution of environmental burdens across various interlocking forms of social inequity; analyzing the environmental histories and impact of militarism; intervening in the ideological assumptions behind narratives of progress, development, futurity, and human exceptionalism; or offering innovative, cross-disciplinary analyses of legal, economic, material, or temporal scales of environmental harm. Environmental harm may include exposure to toxic chemicals, degradation of land/air/water, or vulnerability to climate change-related hazards.

The primary professional responsibilities of faculty members are teaching, research, scholarship and/or creative activity, and service to the college, profession and to the community. These responsibilities generally include advising students, participation in campus and system-wide committees, maintaining office hours, working collaboratively with colleagues in Environmental Analysis, and participation in traditional academic functions.

We welcome applicants with: 1) a commitment to excellence in interdisciplinary teaching and mentoring undergraduate students from diverse backgrounds, including international students, first-generation students, and those who identify as members of historically marginalized communities; 2) with demonstrable evidence of successful undergraduate teaching experience and 3) whose teaching and research are centrally focused on the Environmental Humanities.

The Assistant Professor will teach core courses (EA010 and EA020) that introduce students to the field of environmental studies and will regularly contribute to capstone courses (EA190 and EA191) that includes working with community partners (e.g., facilitated with the Draper Center). In addition, we invite the candidate to teach existing courses or propose new ones appropriate to their expertise. A full-time teaching load at Â鶹´«Ã½ is four courses per year. Compensation for this position includes a benefits package and a salary commensurate with teaching experience, field, and years in rank, which ranges from $90,000-$105,000.

Please submit a dossier, including (a) letter of application, (b) curriculum vitae, (c) transcripts, (d) three brief statements – one addressing teaching philosophy, one addressing scholarship, and one addressing ability to mentor a diverse student body, and (e) three letters of recommendation to . Questions about the position can be sent to Dr. Marc Los Huertos, Coordinator, Environmental Analysis Program.

Review of applications will begin on November 1, 2024, and will continue until the position is filled. The Environmental Analysis Program supports equal access to higher education, and values working in a richly diverse environment. The successful candidate will have experience working with students from diverse backgrounds and a demonstrated commitment to improving higher education for underrepresented students.

Environmental Analysis Program and Â鶹´«Ã½

The EA Program is an interdisciplinary program composed of three components: humanities, social sciences and natural sciences to frame a robust understanding of environmental issues. With environmental justice as a foundation in environmental issues, our faculty root their teaching within a historical context and to provide students with the research skills to ask and answer relevant scholarly questions regarding the issues of power and representation with nuance of the environmental writers, documentarians, etc.

Â鶹´«Ã½ is a highly selective liberal arts college. We seek to attract, develop, and retain the highest quality faculty and are committed to building a culturally diverse workplace. We value candidates with experience working with students from diverse backgrounds and who can demonstrate a commitment to improving higher education for underrepresented students through their teaching, scholarship, or service.

Â鶹´«Ã½, located in Southern California is the founding member of the Claremont Colleges, which also include Claremont McKenna, Scripps, Pitzer, Harvey Mudd, Keck Graduate Institute and Claremont Graduate University. Collectively, the Claremont Colleges constitute an academic community of 8,000 students and close to 5,000 faculty and staff. In collaboration with the Claremont University Consortium (CUC), Â鶹´«Ã½ offers a variety of professional development, mentorship, and networking opportunities for faculty at all stages of their careers.

Â鶹´«Ã½: The Department of Physical Education is currently accepting applications for an Assistant Professor of Physical Education and Head Coach of Men’s Soccer for the Pomona-Pitzer athletic program. At Pomona, physical education professors are full members of the faculty. In this capacity, they teach courses, advise students, and play an integral role in committee service and faculty governance.

Responsibilities include managing all aspects of Pomona-Pitzer's competitive NCAA Division III Men’s Soccer program, teaching activity classes in the physical education program and managing administrative duties essential for the proper functioning of the Physical Education and Athletic programs. Faculty coaches are also responsible for contributing to a collaborative environment within the physical education department.

Firmly rooted in the NCAA Division III philosophy, Pomona-Pitzer athletics values coaches and athletic programs which promote: sportsmanship, teamwork, inclusion, leadership, wellness, service, accountability, personal development and competitive excellence.

Â鶹´«Ã½ and Pitzer College are both recognized as highly selective comprehensive liberal arts colleges. Candidates should demonstrate a capacity to recruit, coach, mentor and teach in this context.

Â鶹´«Ã½, Pitzer College and The Department of Physical Education support equal access to higher education and values working in a richly diverse environment. The successful candidate will have the ability to teach and mentor exceptional students of diverse backgrounds-utilizing pedagogical practices that are rigorous, inclusive and which promotes academic equity.

Pomona and Pitzer Colleges combine to sponsor varsity athletics and are members of the Claremont Colleges consortium located in Southern California, approximately 40 miles east of Los Angeles. The Pomona-Pitzer Athletic Program consists of 21 intercollegiate teams and is a founding member of the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. Pomona and Pitzer have a combined enrollment of approximately 2,800 students.

Desired Qualifications:

• Master's degree preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to lead, develop and coach student-athletes at the scholastic or collegiate level.
• Understanding of NCAA Division III philosophy
• Appreciation for the role of athletics in small liberal arts colleges with rigorous academic settings
• Capacity to teach and mentor an ethnically diverse student body
• Strong desire to contribute to a team environment

Application Procedure/Deadline:

Interested parties are strongly encouraged to submit a curriculum vitae, diversity statement, statement of coaching/ teaching philosophy, and the contact for three references through . Total compensation includes a robust benefits package and a salary commensurate with rank and experience, ranging from $90,000-$100,000.

Review of applications will begin in January 2025 and will continue until the position is filled.

Â鶹´«Ã½ is an equal opportunity employer and especially invites applications from women and members of underrepresented groups.

The Chemistry Department at Â鶹´«Ã½ invites applications for a one-year, full-time Visiting Assistant Professor of chemistry, beginning Fall 2025. The position has a teaching load of five courses per year and the successful candidate will teach lecture and laboratory courses in general chemistry and organic chemistry. Research facilities are available. A Ph.D. in chemistry by the start date is required.

Â鶹´«Ã½ is the founding member of the Claremont Colleges (Claremont McKenna, Harvey Mudd, Pitzer, Pomona, and Scripps), liberal arts colleges located 35 miles east of downtown Los Angeles. Â鶹´«Ã½ and the Chemistry Department support equal access to higher education. Of the students admitted into the class of 2024, 58.8% self-identify as domestic students of color, 13.6% international and 20.7% are first generation college students. The successful candidate will have the ability to teach and mentor exceptional students of diverse backgrounds—utilizing pedagogical practices that are rigorous, inclusive, and which promote academic equity.

To apply for this position, submit to our online portal a single PDF (up to 5MB) that includes a CV, a statement of teaching philosophy and career goals, a statement describing a demonstrated ability to mentor a diverse student body (Writing the Equity and Inclusion Statement), and undergraduate and graduate transcripts. You will also be asked to arrange for two letters of recommendation to be submitted through Workday. Review of completed applications will begin on February 15, 2025. As part of the application process, you may be asked to submit your applications using the online portal, which you can access via .

This position is not eligible for travel and moving expenses, nor visa sponsorship. You must show proof of authorization to work in the U.S. The salary range is $73,000 to $80,000 and is commensurate with experience.

As an equal opportunity workplace, Â鶹´«Ã½ is committed to equal opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, ability, gender identity or Veteran status. Â鶹´«Ã½ is committed to increasing excellence through diversity and welcomes applications from women and members of underrepresented groups.

Â鶹´«Ã½ seeks applications for the Fred and Dorothy Chau Mellon Pre- or Postdoctoral Fellowship, an in-residence, two-year position, beginning July 1, 2025. This fellowship is open to scholars in the creative, performing, and visual arts, humanities or social sciences (including science and technology studies) whose work engages with or centers the critical study of race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexuality or community-based research and learning. Fellows teach two courses each year and are also responsible for public presentations. The Fellowship stipend is $65,000.

Â鶹´«Ã½ is a member of the Consortium for Faculty Diversity which, through its fellowship programs, seeks to diversify faculty at small liberal arts colleges. The Fred and Dorthy Chau Mellon Pre- or Postdoctoral Fellowship, reflects the college’s long commitment to increasing diversity and cultivating inclusion within the professoriate. We seek to attract pre- or postdoctoral fellows with demonstrated commitments to improving higher education for underrepresented students through their teaching, scholarship, and mentoring. You may find more information, including eligibility requirements, and the link to the application on our The Fred and Dorothy Chau Mellon Pre- and Postdoctoral Fellowship website.

Located in Southern California, Â鶹´«Ã½ is a selective liberal arts college with an enrollment of approximately 1700 undergraduate students and is a founding member of the Claremont Colleges, which include Claremont McKenna, Scripps, Pitzer, Harvey Mudd, Keck Graduate Institute and Claremont Graduate University. Collectively, the Claremont Colleges constitute an academic community of 8,000 students. As a result, Pomona students enjoy both the personalized instruction and close faculty-student interactions afforded by a small liberal arts college as well as the intellectual and extracurricular resources typically found at larger universities. In collaboration with the Claremont Colleges Consortium, Â鶹´«Ã½ offers a variety of professional development, mentorship, and networking opportunities for fellows.

Please submit a cover letter in which describes teaching and research interests, CV, three letters of recommendation, and a writing sample (12-20 pp) by December 1, 2024 to . Review of all applications will begin by December 1. Â鶹´«Ã½ departments will submit their nominations between January 17-24, 2025 and on-campus interviews for three finalists will begin in early February. Â鶹´«Ã½ does not petition work authorization visas for this fellowship program.