Grove City College announces a faculty opening in the Department of Philosophy beginning in August 2012. A Ph.D. in Philosophy is preferred, although strong ABD candidates will be considered. Responsibilities include teaching a variety of courses in the Philosophy department, as well as teaching a few sections a year in the core curriculum. Areas of specialization are open. Interest in teaching in the areas of Continental Philosophy and 19th Century philosophy is helpful.

Candidates must evidence a strong record of classroom teaching, scholarship within their field, and a commitment to instructing highly motivated students (1244/1600 average SAT for entering freshmen). Rank and salary are commensurate with qualifications. Grove City College is a nationally recognized, truly independent, highly selective college of liberal arts, sciences, and engineering where intellectual inquiry remains open to the questions religion raises and affirms the answers Christianity offers.

Send letter of application, vita, transcripts, names of four references (three professional and one pastoral), a brief statement of how you would engage undergraduates in your research plans, and a four to five paragraph essay relating your philosophy of a liberal arts education and teaching philosophy to the College’s unique mission as a Christian college (see www.gcc.edu) to: William P. Anderson, Jr.; Ph.D., Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Grove City College, 100 Campus Drive, Grove City, PA 16127-2104 or electronically to laklaiber@gcc.edu. Review of applications commences immediately. In a continuing effort to enrich its academic and social environment, the college actively encourages applications from members of all ethnic groups.