[spsp-members] San José State University job ad (Assistant Professor)

Wed Sep 18 18:41:42 UTC 2024

Sharing our just-posted tenure-track assistant professor job ad at San José
State University.  The full ad (including the link to submit application
materials) is here
<https://jobs.sjsu.edu/en-us/job/542738/assistant-professor-in-aesthetics>.

The AOS for the job is Aesthetics, which might reasonably lead you to ask,
"Why is she posting this to the SPSP list?" First, because we'd be
delighted for candidates whose research and teaching engage with questions
about how new technologies like "generative AI" impact the creation,
consumption, and appreciation of works of art.  Second, because our
department has a strong contingent of faculty engaging with science and
technologies (and all kinds of issues of practice) philosophically, and
this is a strength that we are committed to building upon.

Please share with anyone you think might be (or know) a good candidate for
this, and don't hesitate to contact me with questions.

Best,

Janet Stemwedel

* * * * *

Assistant Professor in Aesthetics

APPLY NOW
<https://secure.dc4.pageuppeople.com/apply/873/gateway/default.aspx?c=apply&lJobID=542738&lJobSourceTypeID=837&sLanguage=en-us>*Job
no:* 542738
*Work type:* Instructional Faculty – Tenured/Tenure-Track
*Location:* San José
*Categories:* Unit 3 - CFA - California Faculty Association, Faculty -
Letters/Humanities, Tenured/Tenure-Track, Full Time

*Position Rank and Title:* Assistant Professor in Aesthetics

*School/Department Name:* Philosophy

*Compensation: *Commensurate with qualifications, experience, and rank as
established by the CSU Salary Schedule
<https://www2.calstate.edu/csu-system/careers/compensation/Pages/salary-schedule.aspx>.
Anticipated hiring academic year annual salary range: $88,000 - $90,000.

Faculty employee benefits are very competitive for the higher education
sector.  See the CSU Employee Benefits Summary
<https://www2.calstate.edu/csu-system/careers/benefits/Documents/employee-benefits-summary.pdf>
 for details about the CSU’s excellent benefits package.

*Target Start Date:* August 18, 2025

*Application Deadline: *December 1, 2024 (Applications accepted until
filled or closed)

*Position Description*

The Department of Philosophy at San José State University is pleased to
announce a search for a full-time assistant professor (tenure-track)
position in Aesthetics beginning in August 2025. The department especially
welcomes candidates whose research and teaching engage with questions about
how new technologies like “generative AI” impact the creation, consumption,
and appreciation of works of art.

The College of Humanities & the Arts, and the University more broadly,
actively pursues the theme of the intersection of arts with technology;
given our location in Silicon Valley and our commitment to developing
ethical technologies through our new Institute of Ethical Technology      there
are significant collaborative opportunities for a faculty member exploring
these issues through aesthetics. The Institute, in the process of being
formed, pursues the need for human-centered technology that values privacy
and ethical decision-making. The department also welcomes candidates with
expertise in non-western aesthetics and/or whose research puts western and
non-western approaches to aesthetics in conversation with each other.

The Department of Philosophy <https://www.sjsu.edu/philosophy/> is one of
ten departments and schools in the College of Humanities and the Arts
<https://www.sjsu.edu/humanitiesandarts/departments.php> and offers
Philosophy BA and MA programs.  We value and engage with a plurality of
philosophical traditions and styles, as well as the perspectives of our
diverse community of faculty and students.  We are committed to creating
learning environments, a departmental culture, and a larger philosophical
community that welcomes all who want to explore philosophy.

The Department of Philosophy and San José State University value diversity,
equity, inclusion, and belonging. Our excellence in research, teaching, and
service can only be fully realized by faculty, students, and staff who
share our commitment to these values. SJSU enrolls more than 36,000
students, many of whom are historically underserved, and around 45% are
first-generation and 38% are Pell-recipients. SJSU is a Hispanic Serving
Institution (HSI) and Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander
(AANAPISI) Serving Institution. The university’s commitment to social
justice extends from its vibrant, inclusive campus to an international
network of over 275,000 alumni. As such, San José State is committed to
increasing the diversity of its faculty so our disciplines, students, and
the community can benefit from multiple ethnic and gender perspectives.

Successful candidates will demonstrate evidence of a commitment to equity
and inclusion through their research, teaching, and/or service. We ask that
all applicants include a Diversity Statement with their application
package. A guide to writing this statement can be found at SJSU Diversity
Statement Guidelines
<https://www.sjsu.edu/provost/faculty-success/sjsu-diversity-statement-guidelines-for-faculty-applicants.php>,
along with information about how these statements will be evaluated.

*Required Qualifications*

   - Ph.D. in Philosophy prior to appointment, with a focus on aesthetics.
   - A demonstrated record of effective teaching.
   - Evidence of the ability to publish and engage in professional
   activities in the area of specialization.
   - Applicants should demonstrate an awareness of and sensitivity to the
   educational goals of a socially and economically diverse student population
   as might have been gained in cross-cultural study, training, teaching, and
   other comparable experience.

*Preferred Qualifications*

Priority will be given to candidates who possess one or more of the
following:

   - Candidates whose research engages with impacts of AI on the creation,
   consumption, and appreciation of works of art.
   - Candidates with expertise in non-western aesthetics.
   - Candidates who pursue cross-tradition engagement in doing
   philosophical work on aesthetics.
   - Candidates who could contribute to interdisciplinary research and
   teaching through the Deep Humanities and the Arts initiative
   <https://www.sjsu.edu/ha-in-action/engage/public-programming-opportunities/Deep_HnA.php>
   .
   - Candidates who could contribute to the department’s teaching needs in
   history of philosophy, ethical theory, phenomenology, Africana philosophy,
   and applied ethics (e.g., science, technology, and human values,
   professional and business ethics).

*Key Responsibilities*

   - In addition to teaching courses in area of specialization, including
   Intro to Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art, the candidate will be expected
   to teach general education courses that could include Science, Technology,
   and Human Values; Computers, Ethics, and Society; Introduction to
   Philosophy; Logic and Critical Reasoning; Moral Issues; Asian Philosophy;
   and Professional and Business Ethics.
   - The candidate will develop and sustain an ongoing record of research,
   scholarship, and/or creative activities, as well as other professional
   engagement.
   - The candidate will participate in shared governance, usually in
   department, college, and university committees and other service
   assignments.
   -  Faculty shall organize all their classes within the Canvas Learning
   Management System (LMS).
   - The candidate must demonstrate awareness and experience understanding
   the needs of a student population of great diversity – in age, abilities,
   cultural background, ethnicity, religion, economic background, primary
   language, sexual orientation, gender identity, and academic preparation –
   through inclusive course materials, teaching strategies and advisement.
   -

*Application Procedure*Click Apply Now to complete the SJSU Online
Employment Application and attach the following documents:

   - letter of interest
   - curriculum vitae
   - diversity statement
   <https://www.sjsu.edu/provost/faculty-success/sjsu-diversity-statement-guidelines-for-faculty-applicants.php>
    (2 pages)
   - statement of teaching interests/philosophy (2 pages)
   - evidence of teaching proficiency (e.g., student evaluations)
   - research plans (2 pages)
   - writing sample (preferably 5000 words or less)
   - three references with contact information

Inquiries may be directed to the Department Chair, Prof. Janet D. Stemwedel
(janet.stemwedel at sjsu.edu)

-- 
Janet D. Stemwedel
Professor and Chair
Department of Philosophy
San Jose State University
One Washington Square
San Jose, CA 95192-0096

Direct: 408-924-4470
Main: 408-924-4468

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sjsuphilosophydepartment/
Twitter: @SJSU_Philosophy <https://twitter.com/SJSU_Philosophy>
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