<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space; position: relative;"><div>Hi everyone,</div><div><br></div><div>I’m writing to let you know of a post opening for the 2023-24 school year at UCR. It’s for 5 classes over 3 Quarters, full benefits, pay is about $12K per class. If you would send this to anyone in your networks who might be a good candidate, I/we would very much appreciate it! </div><div><br></div><div>The job ad is attached, with a deadline of August 5, and can also be found at <a href="https://aprecruit.ucr.edu/JPF01734?fbclid=IwAR3Mm2poYZU9ugzFw8ff_-O4IAJ7IQTKhgG8GLTgPrl4zbR23xwnU4I-T7U">https://aprecruit.ucr.edu/JPF01734?fbclid=IwAR3Mm2poYZU9ugzFw8ff_-O4IAJ7IQTKhgG8GLTgPrl4zbR23xwnU4I-T7U</a></div><div><br></div><div>Students are very good, the TA support is awesome, and it is a teaching-focused position (meaning, the ad also mentions a campus presence, but in reality, the priority is in being present and on point for the students, though there are various communities it would be very easy and possible to tap into). </div><div><br></div><div>Feel free to mail me directly with any questions, or send anyone my way. There is some flexibility in the classes for Winter and Spring.</div><div>*Classes start September 25th, and authorization to work in the US is needed by that date.</div><div><br></div><div>Wishing you the best of downtimes this summer…</div><div><br></div><div>Anne</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><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-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 30px; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); padding: 0.5em;"><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: 682.5px;">Part-Time Visiting Assistant Professor in Japanese and Comparative Literature</span><span class="apply" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; min-height: 1px; padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 15px; text-align: right; float: left; width: 227.5px;"><form action="https://aprecruit.ucr.edu/JPF01734/apply" accept-charset="UTF-8" method="get" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><button class="btn btn-lg btn-primary" style="font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.33; appearance: button; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; background-image: none; padding: 10px 16px; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: middle; border-radius: 6px; white-space: nowrap; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(18, 149, 216); border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(16, 133, 192); width: auto;">Apply now<span class="sr-only" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: absolute; width: 1px; height: 1px; margin: -1px; padding: 0px; overflow: hidden; clip: rect(0px, 0px, 0px, 0px); border: 0px;">to Part-Time Visiting Assistant Professor in Japanese and Comparative Literature</span></button></form></span></h2><div class="metadata" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11.2px;">Job #JPF01734<ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 1.5em;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Comparative Literature and Languages / College of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences / 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-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: 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);">POSITION OVERVIEW</h3><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Position title:</strong> Visiting Assistant Professor<div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Anticipated start:</strong> September 25, 2023</div><dt style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.42857; font-weight: 700;"><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);">APPLICATION WINDOW</h3></dt><dd style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.42857; margin-left: 0px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Open date: </strong>July 5, 2023</p></dd><dd style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.42857; margin-left: 0px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Next review date:</strong> <span class="review_window" id="review_window_2349" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Saturday, Aug 5, 2023 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;">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;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Final date: </strong>Monday, Sep 25, 2023 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)<br style="box-sizing: border-box;">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);">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;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Position:</em></strong> Part- Time Visiting Assistant Professor in Japanese and Comparative Literature</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Starting Date:</em></strong> The first day of Fall quarter is September 25, 2023.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Salary:</em></strong> Based on 100% annual salary of $70,900. Approximately $11,816 per course. (pending final budget approval)</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">*** All appointments are contingent upon the appointee being able to provide, in accord with Federal law, evidence of authorization to work in the United States ***</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">*** This position is contingent on funding and enrollment ***</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Qualifications:</em></strong><br style="box-sizing: border-box;">Minimum requirements are a Ph.D. in Japanese and 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 at an American university.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Duties:</em></strong><br style="box-sizing: border-box;">Duties consist in the instruction of 5 courses as well as advising of graduate and undergraduate students in Japanese and Comparative Literature, and service to the Japanese program and the Department of Comparative Literature and Languages. The candidate will also be expected to participate in the intellectual life of the department. This will be a nine month position with a hire date and initial pay period beginning October 1, 2023.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Courses of instruction:</em></strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">Fall: JPN 184 "Japanese Media and Cultural Studies"</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">Winter: JPN 22 “Introduction to Japanese Film” and JPN 150 “In Women’s Hands: Reading Japanese Women’s Writers”</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">Spring: JPN 37 “Otaku Worldwide: The Globalization of Japanese Media and its Subcultures”CPLT 215b “Issues in Contemporary Theory”</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Application Procedure:</em></strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">Please provide cover letter, CV, teaching statement, a one-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/JPF01734" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(18, 149, 216);">https://aprecruit.ucr.edu/apply/JPF01734</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;">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; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(18, 149, 216);">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;">Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until position is filled. To ensure full consideration, applications and supporting material should be received by <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">August 5, 2023.</em></strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Department Contact person</em></strong> – Prof. Anne McKnight: <a href="mailto:Anne.McKnight@ucr.edu" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(18, 149, 216);">Anne.McKnight@ucr.edu</a>)</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);">QUALIFICATIONS</h3><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Basic qualifications</strong> <small style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11.9px;">(required at time of application)</small><section class="markdown" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">Minimum requirements are a Ph.D. in Japanese and 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.</p></section></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Preferred qualifications</strong><small style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11.9px;"></small><section class="markdown" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">Priority will be given to candidates with experience and success in teaching Japanese and Comparative Literature at an American university.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">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></section></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);">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;">Document requirements</strong><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 1.5em;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><section class="markdown" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">Cover Letter</p></section></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><section class="markdown" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V.</p></section></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><section class="markdown" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">Statement of Teaching</p></section></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><section class="markdown" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">Statement of Past and/or Planned Future Contributions to Advancing Diversity and Inclusive Excellence - 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. One Page.</p></section></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><section class="markdown" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">Sample Syllabi</p></section></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><section class="markdown" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">Teaching Evaluations (narrative and numerical)</p></section></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><section class="markdown" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">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;">Reference requirements</strong></div><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 1.5em;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">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;">Letters of recommendation must be confidential. Please use the APRecruit system to have your recommenders upload them directly.</p></section></section><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Apply link:</strong> <a href="https://aprecruit.ucr.edu/JPF01734" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(18, 149, 216);">https://aprecruit.ucr.edu/JPF01734</a></div><section class="markdown" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Help contact:</strong> <a href="mailto:anne.mcknight@ucr.edu" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(18, 149, 216);">anne.mcknight@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);">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;">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;">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><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">As a University employee, you will be required to comply with all applicable University policies and/or collective bargaining agreements, as may be amended from time to time. Federal, state, or local government directives may impose additional requirements.</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);">JOB LOCATION</h3><div class="section" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Riverside, CA</div></div><footer class="how-to-apply" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><form action="https://aprecruit.ucr.edu/JPF01734/apply" accept-charset="UTF-8" method="get" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><button class="btn btn-lg btn-primary" style="font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.33; appearance: button; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; background-image: none; padding: 10px 16px; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: middle; border-radius: 6px; white-space: nowrap; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(18, 149, 216); border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(16, 133, 192); width: auto;">Apply now<span class="sr-only" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: absolute; width: 1px; height: 1px; margin: -1px; padding: 0px; overflow: hidden; clip: rect(0px, 0px, 0px, 0px); border: 0px;">to Part-Time Visiting Assistant Professor in Japanese and Comparative Literature</span></button></form></footer><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div><div>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br><blockquote type="cite"></blockquote>Associate Professor, Dept of Comparative Literature and Languages/Japanese<br><blockquote type="cite"></blockquote>Mail: 2401 HMNSS Building<br><blockquote type="cite"></blockquote>UC Riverside, Riverside CA, 92521 USA<br><blockquote type="cite"></blockquote>Office: 2508 HMNSS Building<br><blockquote type="cite"></blockquote>Zoom: <a href="https://ucr.zoom.us/my/profannemcknight">https://ucr.zoom.us/my/profannemcknight</a><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Rec letters: submit all materials AT LEAST 2 weeks in advance here.</div></div></body></html>