<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi everyone~<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I’m writing to advertise a one-year position at UCR in Comp Lit/emphasis Japanese. It’s 5 courses, at $11K a course, and course topics focus on literature, film, visual culture and pop culture. There is some flexibility in topics. Below is the text of the ad; and please feel free to pass on to your networks. UCR is about an hour outside LA, toward Palm Springs, and has a lot of good people working on science fiction, critical race/ethnic studies, and more; the Japanese program is the largest of the language programs/departments outside of English and Spanish, and gets a swath of very curious and hard-working students from all over the university. Please feel free to PM me with questions or for details. Here is the direct URL: <a href="https://aprecruit.ucr.edu/JPF01406" class="">https://aprecruit.ucr.edu/JPF01406</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Anne</div><div class="">(Comp Lit/Japanese, UC Riverside…<a href="mailto:anne.mcknight@ucr.edu" class="">anne.mcknight@ucr.edu</a>)</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><header class="recruitment" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px 15px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial;"><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; margin: 20px -15px 10px; font-size: 30px; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); padding: 0.5em;" class=""><span class="name" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; min-height: 1px; padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 15px; line-height: 1.33; float: left; width: 705px;">Visiting Assistant Professor in Japanese and Comparative Literature</span><span class="apply" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.55); font-size: 11.2px;">Job #JPF01406<ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 1.5em;" class=""><li style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">Comparative Literature and Languages / Coll of Hum, Arts & Social Sci / UC Riverside</li></ul></div></header><div class="body" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 15px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial;"><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 16.8px; text-transform: uppercase; color: rgb(18, 149, 216);" class="">POSITION OVERVIEW</h3><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">Position title:</strong> Visiting Assistant Professor<div style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">Anticipated start:</strong> Sept. 20, 2021</div><dt style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.42857; font-weight: bold;" class=""><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 16.8px; text-transform: uppercase; color: rgb(18, 149, 216);" class="">APPLICATION WINDOW</h3></dt><dd style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.42857; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" class=""><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">Open date: </strong>May 7th, 2021</p></dd><dd style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.42857; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" class=""><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">Next review date:</strong> <span class="review_date" id="review_date_1356" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="date" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Monday, Jun 7, 2021 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)</span><span class="visibility" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee.</p></dd><dd style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.42857; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" class=""><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">Final date: </strong>Sunday, Oct 31, 2021 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but those received after the review date will only be considered if the position has not yet been filled.</p></dd><h3 id="description" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 16.8px; text-transform: uppercase; color: rgb(18, 149, 216);" class="">POSITION DESCRIPTION</h3><div class="section" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><section class="markdown" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" class=""><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">Visiting Assistant Professor in Japanese and Comparative Literature</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" class="">*** This position is contingent on funding ***</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" class=""><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">Starting Date:</strong> The first day of Fall quarter is September 20, 2021.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" class=""><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">Salary:</strong> $11,000 per course, for a total of 5 courses, contingent on funding</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" class=""><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">Qualifications:</strong><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">Minimum requirements are a Ph.D. in Japanese, Comparative Literature, or a related field. Applicants who are ABD are also encouraged to apply. Ph.D. must be awarded prior to the appointment start date. Priority will be given to candidates with experience and success in teaching Japanese and Comparative Literature or related fields at an American university.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" class=""><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">Duties:</strong><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">Duties consist in the instruction of 5 courses over Fall, Winter, and Spring quarters; mentorship of graduate students in Japanese and Comparative Literature; mentorship of undergraduate majors in Japanese and Comparative Literature and students of Japanese language; participation in departmental activities and colloquia; participation in Japanese program and departmental service as necessary.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" class="">The courses of instruction are (provisionally):</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" class="">Fall 2021:<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">JPN 154F, “History of Japanese Popular Culture”<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">CPLT 277, “Seminar in Comparative Literature”</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" class="">Winter 2022:<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">JPN/AST/MCS 22, “Introduction to Japanese Film”<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">JPN 110, “Advanced Reading in Japanese”</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" class="">Spring 2022:<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">JPN 35, “Modern Japanese Society”</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" class=""><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">Application Procedure:</strong><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">Please provide cover letter; CV; 1-2 page teaching statement; 1-2 page statement of contributions to diversity; sample syllabus or syllabi; teaching evaluations (narrative and numerical), and 3 letters of recommendation. Materials should be uploaded using UCR’s on-line application system: <a href="https://aprecruit.ucr.edu/apply/JPF01406" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(18, 149, 216); text-decoration: none;" class="">https://aprecruit.ucr.edu/apply/JPF01406</a>. Letters of recommendation must be confidential. Please use the APRecruit system to have your recommenders upload them directly.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" class="">Applicants who use Interfolio should use the feature that allows letters to be uploaded directly into AP Recruit. Applicants can input an Interfolio-generated email address in place of their letter writer's email address. Interfolio refers to this as “Online Application Deliveries.” The following link at Interfolio shows how to set up the feature: <a href="http://help.interfolio.com/entries/xxx-Uploading-Letters-to-an-Online-Application-System" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(18, 149, 216); text-decoration: none;" class="">http://help.interfolio.com/entries/xxx-Uploading-Letters-to-an-Online-Application-System</a>.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" class="">Review of applications will begin June 7, 2021, and will continue until position is filled. To ensure full consideration, applications and supporting material should be received by the current review date.</p></section></div><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 16.8px; text-transform: uppercase; color: rgb(18, 149, 216);" class="">QUALIFICATIONS</h3><div style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">Basic qualifications</strong> <small style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11.9px;" class="">(required at time of application)</small><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 1.5em;" class=""><section class="markdown" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" class="">Minimum requirements are a Ph.D. in Japanese, Comparative Literature, or a related field. Applicants who are ABD at time of application must have Ph.D. awarded prior to the appointment start date.</p></section></ul></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">Preferred qualifications</strong><small style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11.9px;" class=""></small><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 1.5em;" class=""><section class="markdown" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" class="">Priority will be given to candidates with experience and success in teaching Japanese and Comparative Literature or related fields at an American university.</p></section></ul></div><h3 id="requirements" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 16.8px; text-transform: uppercase; color: rgb(18, 149, 216);" class="">APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS</h3><div class="recruitment-level single-level" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="documents" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">Document requirements</strong><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 1.5em;" class=""><li style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""><section class="markdown" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" class="">Cover Letter</p></section></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""><section class="markdown" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" class="">Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V.</p></section></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""><section class="markdown" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" class="">Statement of Teaching - 1-2 pages</p></section></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""><section class="markdown" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" class="">Statement of Past and/or Planned Future Contributions to Advancing Diversity and Inclusive Excellence (1-2 pages) - In a “Statement of Past and/or Planned Future Contributions to Advancing Diversity and Inclusive Excellence”, we ask applicants to describe their past and/or potential future contributions to promoting a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment, which is a key requirement of the role of every faculty member and administrator at UCR. There are numerous ways to contribute, and a commitment to this part of our mission can be reflected through research, teaching, supervision, mentoring, community engagement, service, and any of the other varied activities that are a part of an academic career.</p></section></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""><section class="markdown" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" class="">Sample Syllabus or Syllabi</p></section></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""><section class="markdown" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" class="">Teaching Evaluations - (Narrative and numerical)</p></section></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""><section class="markdown" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" class="">Misc / Additional (Optional)</p></section></li></ul></div><section class="level-requirements-for-applicants level-requirements-for-applicants---references" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="references" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">Reference requirements</strong></div><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 1.5em;" class=""><li style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">3-5 letters of reference required</li></ul><section class="markdown" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" class="">Letters of recommendation must be confidential. Please use the APRecruit system to have your recommenders upload them directly.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" class="">Applicants who use Interfolio should use the feature that allows letters to be uploaded directly into AP Recruit. Applicants can input an Interfolio-generated email address in place of their letter writer's email address. Interfolio refers to this as “Online Application Deliveries.” The following link at Interfolio shows how to set up the feature: <a href="http://help.interfolio.com/entries/xxx-Uploading-Letters-to-an-Online-Application-System" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(18, 149, 216); text-decoration: none;" class="">http://help.interfolio.com/entries/xxx-Uploading-Letters-to-an-Online-Application-System</a>.</p></section></section><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">Apply link:</strong> <a href="https://aprecruit.ucr.edu/JPF01406" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(18, 149, 216); text-decoration: none;" class="">https://aprecruit.ucr.edu/JPF01406</a></div><section class="markdown" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" class=""><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">Help contact:</strong> <a href="mailto:abrock@ucr.edu" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(18, 149, 216); text-decoration: none;" class="">abrock@ucr.edu</a></p></section><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 16.8px; text-transform: uppercase; color: rgb(18, 149, 216);" class="">CAMPUS INFORMATION</h3><div class="section" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><section class="markdown" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" class="">UCR is a world-class research university with an exceptionally diverse undergraduate student body. Its mission is explicitly linked to providing routes to educational success for underrepresented and first-generation college students. A commitment to this mission is a preferred qualification.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" class="">The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.</p></section></div><h3 id="job-location" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 16.8px; text-transform: uppercase; color: rgb(18, 149, 216);" class="">JOB LOCATION</h3><div class="section" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Riverside, California</div></div></div></body></html>