Visiting Faculty, Food Systems at World Learning

Visiting Faculty – Traveling PositionInternational Honors Program/SIT Study AbroadIHP Food Systems: Agriculture, Sustainability, and JusticeSchool for International Training seeks a full-time, Visiting Faculty member to join an interdisciplinary team of faculty and host country coordinators for IHP’s Food Systems: Agriculture, Sustainability, and Justice program inin the Spring of 2023. Each four-month term will take approximately 20-30 students from leading U.S. colleges and universities to four program locations to do inter-disciplinary study from a global comparative perspective.

The Tentative Itinerary Is As Follows

• Spring 2023 (late January to early May): Georgia (USA), Ecuador, Malawi, and Spain

Responsibilities

We are seeking traveling faculty member who will:

• Facilitate learning and teach two courses:
  • Politics, Ethics and Food Security (a Political Science course)
  • Getting from Field to Fork (an Economics course)
  • See program page for details.
• Facilitate student learning through processing of non-lecture program components and providing timely feedback on assignments. Regular participation in all country program activities including guest speakers, site visits and other non-lecture components is expected.
• Work with the Dean of Faculty, Program Director, and Country Coordinators, to ensure that any academic, administrative and student problems associated with the program are resolved.
• Take appropriate measures to protect the health and safety of students in partnership with SIT Student Affairs and local staff.
• Faculty are responsible for ensuring that all students traveling on the official group flight are checked-in and through immigration.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

The ideal candidates should have:

• A PhD or terminal degree in a relevant field such as: Development Economics, Sustainable Development, International Affairs/Public Policy, Political Science, Human Geography, or Food Systems Planning, or a specific focus on Food Insecurity or Food Systems Studies.
• Experience working in public policy, non-profit or advocacy groups, research, law, trade, or commerce related to food systems.
• Experience living and working abroad.
• Expertise in at least one of the topic areas listed above and general knowledge of food insecurity, food systems, advocacy, and social change.
• Experience teaching at the college level and a strong commitment to experiential learning, including non-didactic methods that promote critical thinking and field-based research, discussion, and self-reflection.
• The physical stamina, emotional maturity, mental health, and personal qualities—patience, adaptability, collegiality, cross-cultural competence, and organization—needed to build an intensive, team-oriented study abroad program that covers three countries in four months.
• The ability and desire to support, communicate and actively engage with students throughout the study abroad experience both in and outside of the classroom.

Method of Application

Please visit https://www.worldlearninginc.org/get-involved/work-with-us/ and apply via the online application system by uploading your letter of interest, as well as a CV (including the contact information of three academic references).For the Spring 2023 semester, faculty will ideally begin by December 1, 2022.Traveling with college-aged students for four months and guiding their learning and field research in cities and rural environments, as well as conducting classroom discussions and small-group seminars, presents unique challenges, and demands particular qualities of faculty members. Please consider this point carefully in your letter of interest, paying special attention to how you would handle the conceptual, pedagogical, intercultural, and interpersonal demands of a program like IHP’ s Food Systems: Agriculture, Sustainability, and Justice . What in your academic background and work experience has prepared you to step into this role? What specifically interests you about this visiting faculty opportunity as opposed to a more traditional academic position?

Apply by: October 15, 2022, or until filled.

Salary range: $28,000-$32,000

The World Learning Inc. Family

World Learning Inc. is a thriving global organization made up of The Experiment in International Living, the nation’s most experienced provider of international education through exchanges for high school students; School for International Training, offering accredited undergraduate study abroad programs through SIT Study Abroad and internationally focused master’s degrees through SIT Graduate Institute; and World Learning, a global development and exchange nonprofit organization.World Learning | worldlearning.orgFor more than 90 years, World Learning has worked to create a more sustainable, peaceful, and just world. World Learning’s education, development, and exchange programs help people find their voices, connect with their communities, strengthen the institutions that form the backbone of a democratic society, and build relationships across cultures. With World Learning’s support, these emerging leaders tackle critical global issues like poverty, conflict, and inequality.The Experiment in International Living | experiment.orgThe Experiment in International Living is the nation’s most experienced provider of international education through exchanges for high school students. For more than 90 years, The Experiment has empowered young people to step off the beaten path, experience the world as a classroom, immerse themselves fully in another culture, and build the knowledge and skills needed to confront critical global issues.SIT | sit.eduSchool for International Training (SIT) was founded in the early 1960s as a training center for the first Peace Corps volunteers. For nearly 60 years, SIT has prepared students to be effective changemakers and global citizens through experiential education focused on the world’s most critical global issues. SIT Study Abroad offers accredited summer and semester undergraduate programs in Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East, as well as comparative programs on multiple continents. SIT Graduate Institute offers global and hybrid certificates, master’s, and doctoral degrees.