Carruthers Chair Application or Nomination
The deadline for this position was November 21, 2008. Please check back in the future for updated deadlines.
The University Honors Program at the University of New Mexico invites nominations and applications for appointments to the Garrey Carruthers Endowed Chair. The Carruthers Chair has been endowed by the Burlington Resources Foundation. Appointments to the Visiting Distinguished professorship will be made for periods of one or two semesters.
Appointees to the Carruthers Chair will be selected on the basis of their experience and interest in academic interdisciplinary activities, outstanding credentials in undergraduate teaching, and nationally/internationally acclaimed scholarship and/or creative endeavors. Junior faculty need not apply. It is expected that the holders of the Chair will teach an undergraduate seminar in the University Honors Program designed to their specifications, teach a class in his/her field, interact with faculty and undergraduates in a number of informal and formal settings, and present one or more public lectures.
UNM's University Honors Program offers stimulating courses with an emphasis on liberal education in small interdisciplinary seminars. The seminars enhance analytical thinking and encourage interchange of ideas among students from a broad diversity of disciplines. Located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the University is a Carnegie Research I Institution and DoEd Minority Public university with an enrollment of 30,000 undergraduate, graduate and professional students on five campuses. In addition to its own resources, the university offers ideal access to the scientific, artistic, cultural and natural riches of Santa Fe, Taos, Los Alamos, and other New Mexico areas.
Nominations and Applications should be addressed to:
Rosalie C. Otero, Ph.D., Chair
Carruthers Selection Committee
The University Honors Program
MSC06 3890
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131-1456
Telephone: 505.277.4211
Fax: 505.277.4271
E-mail: otero@unm.edu
Applications must consist of a signed letter of interest, including an indication of times of availability during the period of Fall 2009-Spring 2011, a vita and the names, addresses, telephone numbers and email addresses of three to five references. In order to be considered for the above time period, applications must be received by November 21, 2008. Please reference Job Requisition No. 6542. The University of New Mexico is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and Educator. UNM's confidentiality policy ("Disclosure of Information about Candidates for Employment," UNM Board of Regents' Policy Manual 6.7), which includes information about public disclosure of documents submitted by applicants, is located at http://www.unm.edu/~brpm/r67.htm
