Visiting Instructor in Chinese as a Second Language (Suzhou, China)

Duke Kunshan University invites applications for one-year Visiting Instructor positions in Chinese language in its Language and Culture Center. DKU offers an innovative, integrated and interdisciplinary liberal arts undergraduate program leading to both Duke and DKU degrees, and the Language and Culture Center provides Chinese language courses at all levels to international students in this program. Successful candidates for this position will teach first-year and/or second-year beginning to intermediate level Chinese language courses. Positions start in summer 2025.

This is a limited-term one-year contract, with the option to apply for a single one-year renewal.

Qualifications
Required:
 Post-graduate degree in relevant field such as Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language, Chinese Language Pedagogy, East Asian Studies, etc.
 Prior Chinese language teaching experience.
 Ability to communicate in English.
Preferred
 Chinese language teaching experience at the university level.
 Ability to speak additional languages, including foreign languages such as Japanese, Spanish, French, Korean, and/or other varieties of Chinese such as Cantonese, Shanghainese, Suzhounese.
 Experience working with students and colleagues from diverse cultural backgrounds.

Applicants should provide a cover letter, a curriculum vitae, and a teaching philosophy statement; applicants should also arrange to have three letters of reference submitted. Submission of teaching demo(s) is strongly encouraged. All materials should be submitted through Academic Jobs Online https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/28164. Questions about the positions may be sent to lcc-search@dukekunshan.edu.cn using “Language and Culture Search” as the subject line. Priority will be given to applications received by November 1, 2024; applications will be accepted until the positions are filled.

DKU is a partnership of Duke University, Wuhan University and the Municipality of Kunshan, China (https://dukekunshan.edu.cn/). Our campus provides an elite, interdisciplinary liberal arts experience to a student body that will number 2000. The DKU model draws on the best of Duke’s educational experience and resources to reimagine undergraduate instruction in an intimate campus setting. A highly selective institution with an acceptance rate of <8%, the current student body represents over 50 countries. Students receive a DKU and a Duke degree. The current faculty to student ratio is 7:1.

The DKU campus is 37 miles west of Shanghai in Kunshan, and is connected to Shanghai via an 18-minute high-speed train. DKU provides competitive compensation, benefits and start-up packages. As an international intellectual community that encourages diversity, openness and creative learning, DKU welcomes outstanding faculty from around the world who contribute diverse perspectives and experiences to a global learning and research environment. DKU particularly welcomes applications from underrepresented groups and minorities.