[HASTS-jobs] Fwd: Tenure Track Position in Science and Technology Studies, Duke Kunshan University

Tue Sep 14 12:54:17 EDT 2021

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From: "Bill Parsons, Ph.D." <william.b.parsons at duke.edu<mailto:william.b.parsons at duke.edu>>
Subject: Tenure Track Position in Science and Technology Studies, Duke Kunshan University
Date: September 13, 2021 at 9:28:06 PM EDT
To: "Bill Parsons, Ph.D." <william.b.parsons at duke.edu<mailto:william.b.parsons at duke.edu>>

Dear Colleague,

My name is Bill Parsons.  I serve as Associate Dean of Undergraduate Curricular Affairs at Duke Kunshan University (DKU), where I also oversee faculty recruitment.  I reach out to you because of your association with a leading center of Science and Technology Studies.

I am writing to bring to your attention an open tenure-track (or tenured) position in Science and Technology Studies at our University.
https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/19364

The full ad is pasted below.

We welcome candidates with diverse research interests, but we seek especially interdisciplinary scholars excited by the prospect of joining a robustly interdisciplinary institution. The successful candidate will demonstrate ability or promise as an interdisciplinary collaborator: in addition to teaching electives in their area, the successful applicant will join an interdisciplinary teaching team in DKU’s second common core class, entitled Global Challenges in Science, Technology, and Health.

I solicit your help in identifying candidates—recent Ph.D.s, advanced Ph.D. candidates, and talented mid-career graduates of your program who might be excited by the possibilities inherent in DKU. Please help us by directing scholars of Science and Technology Studies in your network to this advertisement.  For your information, I have also included a brief description of our unique institution below. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Yours,

Bill Parsons

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William B. Parsons
Associate Professor of Political Science
Associate Dean of Undergraduate Curricular Affairs
Duke Kunshan University

About: Duke Kunshan University (DKU) is a collaborative partnership of Duke University, Wuhan University and the Municipality of Kunshan, China (https://dukekunshan.edu.cn)<https://dukekunshan.edu.cn)/>. Our campus provides an innovative and robustly interdisciplinary undergraduate liberal arts experience to a student body that will number 2000 students and 150+ faculty, with an acceptance rate of <8% and a student body represented by over 60 countries. Faculty teach and conduct research in interdisciplinary clusters without traditional departmental silos.  In our interdisciplinary majors, every DKU student engages in robust undergraduate research. We seek faculty committed to undergraduate research and teaching who are excited by the possibilities inherent in our university.

Duke Kunshan University (DKU)<https://dukekunshan.edu.cn/> invites applications to a tenure-track faculty position in science and technology studies, beginning in the academic year 2022-2023. We seek interdisciplinary scholars, excited by the prospect of joining a robustly interdisciplinary institution. In addition to teaching electives in their area, the successful applicant will join an interdisciplinary teaching team in DKU’s second common core class, entitled Global Challenges in Science, Technology, and Health. Mid-career and senior faculty are especially encouraged to apply.
As an international intellectual community that encourages diversity, openness and creative learning, DKU welcomes outstanding faculty from around the world who contribute diverse perspectives and experiences to a global learning and research environment. DKU particularly welcomes applications from underrepresented groups and minorities.
In order to meet Chinese visa requirements, prior to the position start date international (non-Chinese) candidates must have worked full-time (work experience obtained while studying full-time is not considered as full-time work experience) for at least two years in a relevant area (including post-doctoral work) after receiving their Bachelor’s degree, or begin their appointment at DKU within 12 months of obtaining their master’s degree/Ph.D. and without having work experience between graduation date on master’s degree diploma/Ph.D. diploma and position start date.
DKU is a collaborative partnership of Duke University, Wuhan University and the Municipality of Kunshan, China (https://dukekunshan.edu.cn/).  Our campus provides an innovative and robustly interdisciplinary undergraduate liberal arts experience to a student body that will number 2000 students and 150+ faculty, with an acceptance rate of <8% and a student body represented by over 60 countries. We also offer a discrete number of Master’s level graduate programs. The DKU pedagogical model draws on the best of Duke’s educational experience and resources to reimagine undergraduate instruction on an intimate campus setting.
Similar to the best liberal arts colleges in the United States, DKU values dedication to teaching excellence in a liberal arts environment, as well as a strong commitment to successful scholarly engagement and research. This includes research with undergraduate students.  As a whole, the Duke Kunshan faculty will have strong commitments to teaching and research, and outstanding quality in both areas will be highly valued.
Candidates must hold a Ph.D. degree or equivalent in a relevant field. Research experience at a postdoctoral level (or greater) and teaching experience are desirable, as is experience working in an interdisciplinary setting. Applicants should provide a cover letter including a clear statement of the candidate’s specific interest in DKU, a curriculum vitae, a research statement, a teaching statement, and three reference letters. All materials should be submitted through Academic Jobs Online: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/19364. The search committee also invites and encourages letters of nomination for potential candidates. Nominations and questions about the positions may be sent to social-science-search at dukekunshan.edu.cn<mailto:social-science-search at dukekunshan.edu.cn> using “Science and Technology Studies” as the subject line. Priority will be given to applications received by October 15, 2021; we will accept applications until the positions are filled.
The DKU campus is 37 miles west of Shanghai in Kunshan, and is connected to Shanghai via an 18-minute high-speed train and a subway-light rail train system. DKU provides internationally competitive compensation, housing allowance, child education benefits (for applicable faculty positions), and a discretionary fund or start-up package.

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Karen Gardner (she|her)
Academic Administrator
MIT Program in Science, Technology, and Society
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