Limited Term Instructor or Limited Term Assistant Professor in Honors (Open Discipline)

For more than 50 years, Kennesaw State University has been known for its entrepreneurial spirit and sense of community. A leader in innovative teaching and learning, Kennesaw State is located just north of Atlanta, and combines a suburban setting on two metro-Atlanta campuses in Kennesaw and Marietta. As one of Georgia's largest universities, Kennesaw State offers undergraduate and graduate degrees, including a growing number of doctoral programs to over 43,000 students. Our high-impact research, and Division I athletics also draw students from throughout the region and across the globe. A member of the University System of Georgia, Kennesaw State is a Carnegie-designated doctoral research institution (R2) committed to becoming a world-class academic institution positioned to broaden its academic and research missions and expand its scope on a local, regional, and national level.  

Our vibrant culture, career opportunities, mission and values and rich benefits make us an employer of choice. As part of the University System of Georgia, Kennesaw State exemplifies the power and promise of a student-centered, research-driven university.  Our institutional values are student-inspired, promise-fulfilling, elevational, open and impact-generating, and being true to ourselves. In addition, Kennesaw State supports the University of Georgia's core values of accountability, excellence, integrity, and respect.  For more information, visit kennesaw.edu . 

Our Kennesaw campus is located at 1000 Chastain Road NW, Kennesaw, GA 30144. Our Marietta campus is located at 1100 South Marietta Parkway, Marietta, GA 30060.

The Keeping Sights Upward Journey Honors College has experienced significant recent growth of both its student population now at nearly 1900 students and endowment currently at $25 million. The KSU Journey Honors College collaborates across the university and with community partners to support excellence in undergraduate education at Kennesaw State University. We recruit academically talented, highly motivated students into honors cohort programs and general honors pathways. Honors curricula focus on interdisciplinary opportunities, experiential learning, community engagement, leadership, and global education. They are also designed to help students build knowledge, peer and professional networks, and important skills and competencies which will lead to their long-term individual success and ability to impact others. The KSU Journey Honors College also supports excellence in undergraduate education through the Office of National and International Scholarships and Fellowships which serves the entire university.

Kennesaw State University is now accepting applications for a nine-month, full-time, non-tenure track, Limited Term Instructor or Limited Term Assistant Professor in the Honors College with a preferred start date of August 2024.  This position is for work to be performed in the state of Georgia.

• Teaching (90%) HON 1100: Introduction to Honors; Honors Experiential Learning Courses (HON 2800, HON 3002 and/or HON 3203), and HON 2400: Honors Discoveries, with the possibility of teaching honors sections of general education courses in the faculty member's discipline.
• Service (10%) in the honors college in support of one of our other functions (e.g. honors admissions, co-curricular activities, or the Office of National and International Scholarships and Fellowships)

Teaching assignments will be based on earned degrees and SACSCOC Faculty Credentials Guidelines.

• A minimum of a Master¿s degree, or its foreign equivalent, in discipline represented by one of KSU's academic departments or schools is required for an Instructor position.

OR

• Terminal/Doctorate degree, or its foreign equivalent, in discipline represented by one of KSU's academic departments or schools is required for an Assistant Professor position. 

• A terminal degree in a discipline represented in one of KSU's academic departments or schools.
• Experience teaching honors students or classes.

1. CV 
2. Cover Letter 
3. Unofficial Transcripts (Official Transcripts and Official International Course-by-Course Evaluations Due Upon Hire) 
4. Names, phone numbers, and email addresses of at least 3 references

Incomplete applications will not be considered.
 

Review of applications will begin immediately.  For full consideration, please apply by April 15, 2024.

For questions about this faculty opening, please contact Dean, Dr. Karen Kornweibel, [email protected] .

For technical support or assistance completing a job application, please contact the Shared Services Center at (877) 251-2644 or [email protected] .

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Kennesaw State University is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. The University is committed to maintaining a fair and respectful environment for living, work and study. To that end, and in accordance with federal and state law, Board of Regents policy, and University policy, the University prohibits harassment of or discrimination against any person because of race, color, sex (including sexual harassment, pregnancy, and medical conditions related to pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, ethnicity or national origin, religion, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran or military status by any member of the KSU Community on campus, in connection with a University program or activity, or in a manner that creates a hostile environment for members of the KSU community.
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Per the University System of Georgia background check policy, all final candidates will be required to consent to a criminal background investigation.  Final candidates may be asked to disclose criminal record history during the initial screening process and prior to a conditional offer of employment.  Applicants for positions of trust with screening results which confirm a disqualifying criminal history will be immediately disqualified from employment eligibility.

All applicants are required to include professional references as part of their application process. Some positions may require additional job-based screenings such as motor vehicle report, credit check, pre-employment drug screening and/or verification of academic credentials.  

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