I am writing to spread the word about two openings for full-time computer science faculty that may be of interest to those engaged in free and open source software work. One position is a traditional tenure-track position for candidates holding a PhD. The other position can be offered at the Instructor level and allows us greater flexibility in considering candidates with different academic and professional backgrounds. These openings are at Dickinson College and the successful candidates will begin in fall 2023.
Our CS program at Dickinson has made a significant commitment to teaching free open source software (FOSS) and humanitarian FOSS in our curriculum. We currently teach two courses at the sophomore level that introduce students to FOSS and HFOSS and facilitate their engagement with an HFOSS project. We also run our own HFOSS project in collaboration with the College Farm - FarmData2 (https://github.com/DickinsonCollege/FarmData2). At the senior level we have a two-semester capstone experience where student teams select and engage in FOSS or HFOSS projects “in-the-wild.” All of the permanent members of the department are POSSE alumni and are engaged in this work. The College and the review process has been supportive and positive about HFOSS work from the perspectives of teaching, scholarship and service. If you might be interested in one of our positions please find the full position advertisement below. If you know others that might be interested, please feel free to share this e-mail with them. Finally, if you have any questions or would like to discuss the positions further please get in touch with me (brau...@dickinson.edu<mailto:brau...@dickinson.edu>) and I will be happy to talk with you. Best, Grant ============================ Grant Braught Professor of Computer Science Dickinson College Carlisle, PA, 17013 www.dickinson.edu/~braught<http://www.dickinson.edu/~braught> ============================ === Dickinson College invites applications for two full-time faculty appointments in computer science beginning Fall 2023. The first position is a tenure-track appointment at the rank of Assistant Professor; the second position is for a tenure-track Assistant Professor or a Lecturer in Computer Science, depending on the successful candidate’s qualifications. One position is a replacement, the other is a new position in a strong growing department. Dickinson College is located in south central Pennsylvania, 20 minutes west of Harrisburg and a short drive from Baltimore, Washington DC and Philadelphia. Dickinson is a highly selective four-year, independent liberal arts college with 2300 total students. The Department graduates approximately 20 computer science majors per year, and typical class sizes range from 15-25 students. The computer science faculty pride themselves on innovative pedagogy, student-faculty research, inter-disciplinary connections, and meaningful interactions between faculty and students. The CS curriculum at Dickinson includes an emphasis on civic engagement and the social value and impact of computing. The College and the Department are committed to building a representative and diverse faculty, administrative staff, and student body. We encourage applications from all qualified persons. More information about the department and the program can be found at https://www.dickinson.edu/computerscience/. For the tenure-track appointment(s), we seek candidates holding a PhD in computer science or a related field at the time of appointment. For the Lecturer appointment, we seek candidates holding a master’s degree in computer science or a related field. Candidates with degrees in aligned fields who have relevant computational experience are encouraged to apply and will be given strong consideration. The ability to create inclusive learning environments for an increasingly diverse student body will be an important characteristic of the successful candidate. Dickinson tenure-track faculty are committed to teaching and research in an undergraduate liberal arts environment. They teach five courses per year and mentor undergraduate research as part of their own research agendas. Lecturers at Dickinson are full-time, long-term faculty members who teach six courses per year and mentor undergraduates without necessarily pursuing their own research agenda. The successful candidates will teach a broad range of courses throughout the computer science major. Institutional support for projects, travel to conferences, and professional development is available for both tenure-track and lecturer positions. The College is committed to building a representative and diverse faculty, administrative staff, and student body. We encourage applications from all qualified persons. Applications must include a cover letter, CV, a statement on teaching philosophy, copies of graduate transcripts and two letters of recommendation that address the candidate’s potential as a teacher. Application materials must be submitted electronically via QUEST (Dickinson’s online application system) at https://jobs.dickinson.edu/postings/6672<https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fjobs.dickinson.edu%2Fpostings%2F6672&data=05%7C01%7Chouserd%40dickinson.edu%7C8b909fc254324d53dd3308dad2476758%7C6232b05576b94c139b88b562ae7db6fb%7C0%7C0%7C638053501368369998%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=yFDZiKLVddFZu3V37iollzAP7RCHq2ooS4AFdAVxTak%3D&reserved=0>. Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. All applications received by January 9, 2023 will receive full consideration.
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