[nativestudies-l] Postdoctoral fellowship opportunity

[Alyssa Mt. Pleasant]

VASSAR COLLEGE
ANDREW W. MELLON POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP
In
Native American Studies

Vassar College invites applications for a two-year Mellon Postdoctoral 
Fellowship in Native American Studies, to begin Fall, 2006.  Candidates 
should be relatively new PhDs with training in Native American Studies 
or any relevant discipline. We seek scholars who have an interest in 
teaching in an undergraduate liberal arts college and who would welcome 
the opportunity to participate in the development of a multidisciplinary 
concentration in Native American Studies within our American Culture 
Program.  The Fellow will teach or team-teach one course in the Fall 
semester entitled Introduction to Native American Studies,and will help 
facilitate a monthly faculty seminar throughout the academic year 
intended to extend and deepen the interests in Native American Studies 
of faculty from several disciplines. The Fellow also will have some 
responsibility in advising students on projects and theses.  In 
addition, the Fellow will be able to pursue her or his own scholarly 
project in a supportive and intellectually stimulating environment where 
exchange among faculty from different disciplines is encouraged.  The 
fellowship includes $44,000 in salary plus benefits, as well as support 
for research, professional travel and relocation expenses. 

 Please submit a letter of application, a curriculum vitae, a graduate 
school transcript, three letters of recommendation, a brief description 
of teaching interests, selected syllabi of courses previously taught, 
and examples of scholarly work to:  Eileen Leonard, Director of the 
American Culture Program, Vassar College, Box 746, 124 Raymond Avenue, 
Poughkeepsie, NY 12604-0004. To submit electronically: 
eileonard at vassar.edu <mailto:eileonard at vassar.edu>; Fax, 845-437-7204.  
Review of applications will begin on February 15, 2005.

 Vassar College is a highly selective, coeducational liberal arts 
institution.  Its 250 faculty members offer undergraduate education to 
2,300 students on a beautiful 1,000-acre campus situated ninety minutes 
north of New York City in the scenic mid-Hudson Valley.  The College 
provides strong support for teaching and scholarship through its 
extensive library holdings, the extraordinary collection of the Frances 
Lehman Loeb Art Center, its program in teaching development and its 
excellent media and information technology resources. Vassar College is 
an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and is strongly and 
actively committed to diversity within its community. Applications from 
members of historically underrepresented groups are especially encouraged.

 


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Alyssa Mt. Pleasant

Howard R. Lamar Postdoctoral Fellow

Yale University

Lamar Center for the Study of Frontiers and Borders

P.O. Box 208201

New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8201

 

Tel: 203-432-6090

Fax: 203-432-6846

alyssa.mt.pleasant at yale.edu <mailto:alyssa.mt.pleasant at yale.edu>

 

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