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Job Description

The Department of Humanities at Truckee Meadows Community College (TMCC) located in Reno, Nevada, invites applicants for a full-time, 9-month, tenure track position in Digital Humanities. The successful candidate will join the Liberal Arts Division and will possess the credentials and commitment to teach humanities, digital humanities, and analysis of data relevant to humanities and social sciences disciplines. To develop the digital literacy of our students, this instructor will also collaborate with faculty across departments and divisions to enhance data analysis skills via innovative courses and programming. In addition to instructional responsibilities, this individual will be expected to directly participate in course and program assessment and review, curriculum development, professional learning and training, college service, and student retention efforts.

Required Qualifications:

• A minimum of a Master’s degree in a field related to humanities, social sciences, or digital humanities

• Academic and/or professional experience that demonstrates an understanding of and expertise in digital humanities

Preferred Qualifications:

• A Ph.D. in a Humanities related field

• Previous teaching experience in a higher education setting

• Digital literacy expertise in computer technologies; artificial intelligence; digital culture and communication; digital safety and ethics; learning and research methods

• Credentials and experience to teach Philosophy courses in the Humanities Department

• Knowledge of and experience with a programming language or data analytics software

• Experience in developing stackable/short-term certificate programs

• An educational philosophy that places the primary emphasis on student learning in the design, delivery, and evaluation of courses

• Evidence of a high degree of self-motivation and self-direction

• Desire to collaborate and innovate with faculty across the college

• Strong oral and written communication skills

• Willingness and ability to teach in different modes, at day/evening times, and at various campus locations

Academic Faculty Responsibilities:
Candidates must exhibit an appreciation of, a sensitivity to, and a respect for a diverse academic environment, inclusive of students, faculty, and staff varying social, economic, cultural, ideological, and ethnic backgrounds.

1. Teach 30 (15/15) credit or contact hours during the academic year, August through May, in various modalities as assigned, including in-person, hybrid, online, live-virtual (hy-flex), and at high-school sites (Jump-Start dual credit), per the needs of the program.
2. Demonstrate awareness of diversity, equity, and inclusion issues. Maintain sensitivity to and an understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, and ethnic backgrounds, as well as disabilities, of students, faculty, and staff.
3. Support student learning outcomes assessment processes by teaching toward approved student learning outcomes and assessing student performance.
4. Assist with curriculum and program review, revision, and assessment. Aid in the development of new course materials and innovative instructional techniques that improve student learning.
5. Work closely with department peers and administrators to become an effective teacher and contributing member of the academic unit.
6. Attend and actively participate in College events, department and division meetings, college or Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE) committees, and community service activities.
7. Engage in ongoing professional development to stay current in field knowledge and pedagogies that expand breadth and depth of understanding in the discipline.
8. Complete training outlined in TMCC's Faculty Standards of Online Instruction, when and as needed.
9. Hold 5 office-hours per week.

10. Participate in student advising, recruitment, and retention efforts.
11. Travel occasionally to community and workforce sites, conferences, events, and so on, per the needs of the program.
12. Communicate and interact in a professional and collegial manner with faculty, students, staff, and administration, in the best interests of the college and the people it serves.
13. Comply with departmental administrative responsibilities and published college and NSHE policies and procedures.
14. Uphold the Mission, Vision, and Values of TMCC and perform assigned duties in a manner consistent with them.
15. Adhere to the published codes of NSHE as detailed in the Board of Regents Handbook.
16. Adhere to the Code of Ethical Standards of the State of Nevada (Nevada Revised Statutes 281A.400-281A.480).
17. Other duties as assigned.

Salary and Benefits Information:

Salary: Initial salary placement will be dependent on education level and years of experience:

Master’s: $60,634 - $72,761

Master’s + 30: $63,444 - $76,133

Ph.D: $68,739- $82,487

Perks of Working at TMCC

• Health insurance options including dental and vision - Health Insurance

• 17.5% retirement match, a beginning balance of 30 sick leave days, 12 paid holidays

• Life insurance, long-term disability, generous annual and sick leave - NSHE Benefits

• Sports and Fitness Center with annual or monthly membership options for employee and spouse/domestic partner.

• ComPsych supports employees through life's difficult moments.

• Professional Grant-in-Aid: TMCC is proud to provide a reduced-rate tuition benefit to faculty and qualified dependents. Faculty can take up to six credits per semester at a reduced rate. Dependents of faculty have unlimited credits, but in order to be eligible children must be unmarried and under the age of 24 and must receive at least 50% of their financial support from the employee and/or employee’s spouse or domestic partner.

• Free parking on all TMCC campus locations.

• No State income tax

• All full-time faculty and staff are provided with a variety of discounts and employee purchase programs.

Additional Information

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If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet qualification requirements, you must show that your education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university.  Any expense related to the evaluation will be the responsibility of the candidate.

Background Check

An online background check will be required of the selected applicant; a third-party administrator will perform this.

Sponsorship

TMCC is not able to support sponsorship for employment. Candidates must be eligible to work in the United States at the time they begin employment.

Open Until Filled

This posting will be posted for a minimum of 30 days from August 28, 2024 or until filled. Applications may be reviewed upon receipt.  Recruitment will close without notice when a sufficient number of applications are received, or a hiring decision has been made.

Exempt

Yes

Full-Time Equivalent

100.0%

Required Attachment(s)

Please note, once you submit your application the only attachment/s viewable to you will be the attachment/s to the resume/CV section of the application. Any additional required attachment/s to the cover letter, references, additional documents sections of the application, will not be viewable to you after you submit your application. All uploaded attachment/s will be on the application for the committee to review. To request updates to attachments, prior to the committee review of applications, please contact [email protected].

Posting Close Date

09/28/2024

Note to Applicant

Applicants should fully describe their qualifications and experience with specific reference to each of the minimum and preferred qualifications.  Search committees will use this information to determine that applicants meet minimum qualifications as listed in the job announcement.  

This posting will close at 12:00 am on the date listed above. The posting will no longer be available to apply to after 11:59 pm the day prior.

All documents, including unofficial transcripts for academic positions, must be received prior to the closing date listed on the job announcement.

Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a criminal background check upon hire.

As part of the hiring process, applicants for positions in the Nevada System of Higher Education may be required to demonstrate the ability to perform job-related tasks.

Schedules are subject to change based on organizational needs.