The Classics Department at the University of Florida (Gainesville) invites applications for a full-time tenure track Assistant Professor of Classics, with a research and teaching emphasis on Latin literature of the late Republic and/or Roman Empire.  A prime duty will be course development, and teaching in the Department's innovative distance graduate program.

Qualifications:  Ph.D. in Classics (or closely related field) in hand or awarded at the latest by the end of June 2005. Applications from candidates with some experience already at the assistant professor or equivalent levels will be especially welcome.
Assignment: (a) teach Latin on all levels from beginning to graduate, while developing and teaching courses for the distance graduate program (b) maintain a program of original research and active publication; (c) teach undergraduate lecture courses in classical civilization and literature; (d) normal departmental service.

Salary: $48,000 - $58,000 for a nine-month appointment, to begin in August 2005. The upper salary level of appointment would be reserved for a particularly outstanding candidate.

 Process: Please fill out the basic application information on line at  http://www.hr.ufl.edu. (This step is required; since this is new software, please fill out as much as possible.)  Send separately a letter of application, a curriculum vitae, transcripts, and three letters of reference, to: Professor Lewis Sussman, Position #1 Search, Classics Department, P.O. Box 117435, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611 (tel.: 352-392-2075 ext. 268; fax: 352-846-0297; e-mail: sussman@ufl.edu ). APPLICATION DEADLINE: Wednesday, December 1, 2004. Selected candidates will be interviewed at the APA/AIA meeting in Boston in January 2005. The University of Florida is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, religion, national origin, age, disability, marital status, or sexual orientation, and actual or perceived medical conditions.

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