Job description

Florida Southern College’s Lawton M. Chiles Center for Florida History and the Department of History & Political Science invites applications for a tenure-track position as Assistant Professor of History beginning in August 2025.

About our ideal candidate:

All candidates must have their terminal degree. The department seeks candidates who specialize in any area of U.S. history. The ability to teach a broad range of U. S. history courses is necessary. Those candidates who are prepared to develop a course in Latin American History are welcome to apply. Those candidates who have demonstrated a proven research agenda in Florida history are sought. Additional responsibilities will include assisting director of the LCCFH, academic advising, service on college committees, and continuing scholarship. Candidates should demonstrate an understanding of the distinctive nature of teaching at a small private college. Salary is commensurate with experience and qualifications.

How to apply

Appropriately qualified candidates should apply electronically, including these materials:

· a C.V.,

· a cover letter,

· a teaching portfolio (including statement and best-ever set of student teaching evaluations),

· a research statement,

· a published writing sample,

· three references (finalists will be asked to provide three letters of recommendation)

· unofficial undergraduate and graduate transcripts (finalists will be asked to provide official transcripts).

lorida Southern College is committed to diversity and inclusion in hiring, campus life, and intellectual engagement and welcomes applications from all interested candidates. The college actively seeks a wide variety of candidates and enthusiastically looks to diversify our workforce.

Florida Southern College has a strong commitment to the principles of equal employment opportunity. The college recruits, hires, trains, transfers, promotes and compensates individuals and makes all personnel decisions without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, national origin or ancestry, marital status, veteran status, or physical or mental disability unrelated to an individual’s ability to perform the job, in accordance with applicable law.