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The Davidson Honors College (DHC) at the University of Montana invites applicants for our Teaching, Research, and Mentoring (TRM) In-Residence Fellowship Program. The TRM Fellowship Program embodies our effort to promote a community of learning that is based on high-impact teaching practices, cross-disciplinary inquiry, exceptional student mentoring, and a commitment to the teacher-scholar model.

Working collaboratively with each other, faculty and staff from the Davidson Honors College, and other stakeholders across the University of Montana campus, TRM Postdoc will be responsible for:

• Teaching two honors courses per year in their area(s) of expertise, perhaps in collaboration with relevant departments on the UM campus. TRM Postdocs are encouraged to teach courses that complement existing departmental specialties and/or courses that transcend traditional disciplinary boundaries.
• Teaching two existing interdisciplinary honors college courses per year (Ways of Knowing and Art of Inquiry).
• Teaching one class in the Knowles Hall Living and Learning Community (LLC) classroom, holding four office hours in Knowles Hall each week during the academic year, and leading two academic enrichment events for the honors LLC each semester.
• Actively pursuing research and/or creative scholarship in their area(s) of expertise.
• Engaging students in research or creative scholarship projects that stem from the Postdoc's research agenda.
• Mentoring Davidson Honors College students with the goal of promoting each student's academic, professional, and personal development.

The Postdoc will be required to live in-residence in Knowles Hall where the Honors Living Learning Community is located and to collaborate and communicate with UM Housing staff and be an active leader and mentor in the residential community. In turn, the postdoc will receive, employer paid housing, a furnished two-bedroom apartment in the residence hall, which is being newly refurbished in summer, 2023.

The Postdoc will have a dedicated workspace in the DHC Building, serve on scholarship and selection committees, participate in various DHC events, and generally contribute to our vibrant learning community. The TRM Postdoc will also have the opportunity to engage the broader UM campus through research presentations, workshops, membership in campus organizations, and collaboration with faculty.

The TRM Postdoc will show initiative and leadership in engaging students from diverse backgrounds with varied academic and professional interests. They will also need to work extremely well in a collaborative setting, and have a deep appreciation for the spirit of honors education, which embraces the diversity of thought that comes from exposure to a wide range of disciplines.

The University of Montana is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer and has a strong institutional commitment to the principle of diversity in all areas. In that spirit, we are particularly interested in receiving applications from a broad spectrum of qualified people who would assist the University in demonstrating its five priorities for action : Place student success at the center of all we do; drive excellence and innovation in teaching, learning, and research; embody the principle of “mission first, people always"; partner with place; and proudly tell the UM story.

• Position is full-time, 1.0 FTE, 12-month Letter of Appointment renewable for a second year, contingent on funding and performance. This appointment is non-renewable after the second year. The position comes with a competitive package including salary, benefits, on-campus housing, professional development opportunities, and funding to support several undergraduate research assistantships per year.

• Salary for this position is $40,000-$45,000 per year commensurate with qualifications.

• Applicants must have received a terminal degree (PhD preferred, but not required) within five years of the hiring date.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in collaborative setting.
• Teaching skills that support a high-impact learning environment and cross-disciplinary inquiry for undergraduate honors students.
• Demonstrated ability to connect with and mentor a diverse group of students from a variety of majors.
• High quality research and/or creative scholarship in an established or emerging field.
• Exemplary record of scholarship, along with demonstrated achievement in classroom instruction, and mentoring of undergraduate students.
• Experience in or appreciation for honors education.

• Background in humanities or social sciences or demonstrated experience teaching in these areas.
• Published, peer-reviewed research/creative scholarship.
• Experience teaching undergraduate students in an experiential, online, hybrid, cross-disciplinary, or team setting.
• Successful mentoring and advising students toward academic, professional, and personal development.
• Relevant, cross-disciplinary research agendas and teaching experience that emphasizes high-impact practices such as experiential learning, innovative use of technology in the classroom, collaborative problem-solving, and extensive faculty-student engagement.

The University of Montana is a flagship, research-intensive R1 institution, with approximately 10,000 undergraduate and graduate students. It is located in Missoula, a culturally vibrant community of about 75,000, surrounded by mountains. Abundant recreational opportunities in surrounding state and national forests and nearby Glacier National Park and Yellowstone National Park complement a thriving intellectual atmosphere.

Set in the awesome natural beauty of western Montana, Davidson Honors College is a vibrant, inclusive intellectual community providing transformative educational opportunities and dedicated to strengthening our positive impacts on the world.

Davidson Honors College Values:

• Education of the whole person
• Critical thinking, academic rigor and excellence
• Authentic collaboration and interdisciplinary approaches
• Experiential and place-based learning
• Curiosity, creativity, inquiry, innovation and discovery
• Dialogue, reflection and meaning-making
• Grit, resilience and risk-taking
• Intellectual confidence and humility
• Global and cross-cultural perspectives, diversity and equity
• Passion, compassion, integrity and justice
• Deep engagement and love of learning
• Sustainable practices and environmental stewardship

We prepare thoughtful, informed, agile and impactful citizens. Our students are thinkers, doers, explorers, creators, servants, leaders, and agents of positive change. Through curricular and co-curricular experiences, they are equipped with new ways of knowing, seeing, doing and being in the world.

Through their experience in the DHC, students build capacity for:

• Collection, analysis, and synthesis of information.
• Excellence in oral, written, interpersonal and digital communication.
• Independent and collaborative work, problem-solving and community engagement.
• Learning and reflection about their own and others’ experiences.
• Ethical, original, creative, and critical thought and action.
• A meaningful life and future personal and professional success.

To learn more about the University of Montana, Missoula, and the State of Montana, please visit the links below.

Criminal Background Investigation is required prior to Offer of Employment.
In accordance with University policy, finalists for this position will be subject to criminal background investigations. ADA/EOE/AA/Veteran's Preference. Reasonable accommodations are provided in the hiring process for persons with disabilities. For example, this material is available in alternative format upon request. As an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer, we encourage applications from minorities, veterans, and women. Qualified candidates may request veterans’ or disabilities preference in accordance with state law. References *References not listed on the application materials may be contacted; notice may be provided to the applicant. Testing Individual hiring departments at UM may elect to administer pre-employment tests, which are relevant to essential job functions. Employment Eligibility.  All New Employees must be eligible and show employment eligibility verification by the first date of employment at UM, as legally required (e.g., Form I-9).Must be eligible to work in the United State upon hire. Sponsorship is not available for this position.

How to Apply

Application Deadline: Sunday, January 8, 2023 by 11:59 PM (Mountain Time)

Complete applications received by this date will be guaranteed consideration. To receive full consideration, candidates are required to submit all of the following materials.

Please submit the following application materials** directly via the UM Jobs portal .  Please do not apply through Indeed.com*.

• Resume/CV
• Cover letter (up to two (2) pages)
• Teaching Statement - Teaching philosophy & describe two courses you would propose to teach at the DHC
• Three (3) professional references

*Applying through Indeed.com or easy apply through Indeed.com may result in submission of an incomplete application.  Applications may be removed from full consideration if they are not complete with materials listed above under the "How to Apply" section.  It is the responsibility of the applicant to ensure complete application materials are submitted and received by the date listed above. 

**Please note: only five (5) attachments are allowed per application. Please combine documents accordingly.