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Every fall, Five Colleges, Incorporated compiles a list of searches that will be carried out during the fall and spring to fill faculty positions at all the campuses.

Faculty and administrative positions at the campuses:

Amherst College
Hampshire College
Mount Holyoke College
Smith College
University of Massachusetts Amherst

Also see the Academic Career Network

Five Colleges, Incorporated and its member institutions are Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employers.

Current Openings:

Executive Director

Five Colleges, Incorporated, founded in 1965 to serve the cooperative interests of Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke, and Smith Colleges and the University of Massachusetts Amherst and now one of the leading not-for-profit educational consortia in the United States, invites nominations and applications for the position of Executive Director.

Click here to view a PDF file of the complete program description.


Faculty opening: Five College Lecturer in Korean Language

Smith College and Five Colleges, Inc., seek candidates for a 3-year, non-tenure track appointment as Five College Lecturer in Korean Language to begin 2009-10. Candidates must be able to teach all levels of the language and hold the Master’s degree in Korean, Linguistics, Education, or a related field. Native or near-native fluency in Korean, competency in spoken and written English, and experience teaching Korean to English-speaking students at the college level are required.

Please send letter of application, curriculum vitae, three letters of recommendation, and teaching evaluations (if available) to the address below.

Screening begins January 15, 2009 and will continue until the position is filled.

Search Committee: Korean Language
Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures
Wright Hall 131
Smith College
Northampton, MA 01063

This position is based in the Smith College Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures. The appointee will be expected to teach five Korean language courses per academic year, some of which will also be done at nearby Five College institutions. Smith College is a member of the Five College Consortium, which also includes Amherst, Hampshire, and Mount Holyoke Colleges and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, each located within 12 miles of the others. The member institutions are equal opportunity employers encouraging excellence through diversity.


Assistant Professor Latin American Archaeology
(Smith College/Five Colleges)

Smith College, Amherst College and Mount Holyoke College seek an Archaeologist specialized in Pre Columbian Latin America for an entry-level, tenure-track appointment as Assistant Professor, to begin 2009-10. Competitive candidates will have extensive experience in contemporary methods of excavation and/or survey, with an in-depth knowledge of at least one archaeological culture or culture area in Latin America. All applicants should have teaching experience and be prepared to teach general courses in archaeological theory and methods as well as in their respective geographical area of expertise.

Among the topics and areas of expertise of interest to the search committee are: museum studies and the public impacts of archaeology, social archaeology, landscape archaeology and GIS applications, and critical approaches to material culture.

This position is based in the Smith College Anthropology Department where two courses a year will be taught. Two additional courses will be shared, annually, by nearby Amherst and Mount Holyoke Colleges.

Submit a letter of application, curriculum vita with the names of three referees, and one course syllabus to:
Chair of the Search Committee
Anthropology Department
Wright Hall
Smith College, Northampton, MA 01063

Reading of applications will commence on October 15, 2008 and no additional applications will be accepted after December 1. Applicants who submit materials before November 1 will be considered for preliminary interviews at the American Anthropological Association Annual Meetings in San Francisco.

Smith, Amherst and Mount Holyoke colleges are members of the Five College Consortium, which also includes Hampshire College and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, each located within 12 miles of the others. The member institutions are equal opportunity employers encouraging excellence through diversity.


Five College Recruitment Outreach
In consultation with the Affirmative Action officers and the Human Services directors, Five Colleges strives to attract a diverse group of applicants for administrative and staff positions at the five campuses.

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