Program Description:

The annual FFCEP is an all-expense-paid opportunity for minority Ph.D. and MFA students or individuals involved in a Post Doctoral assignment to visit Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) and Rochester, NY for a weekend. We also welcome applications from junior faculty and those who have completed their degree. This program enables diverse prospects interested in teaching to explore potential faculty career choices through exploratory interviews; formal presentations; meetings with deans, department heads, and RIT president; along with campus and community tours. The Future Faculty Program allows RIT deans to engage prospects in discussions about their academic work and career interests. It allows faculty to share RIT’s teaching and research agenda and to dialog on current open faculty positions or those that may be available in the near future.

Criteria:

§ Able to contribute in a meaningful way to the university’s continuing commitment to cultural diversity, pluralism, and individual differences. We are especially interested in applications from people of color that are underrepresented in teaching professions, i.e., African-American, Latin American, American Indian or Alaskan Native.

§ Within one year of receiving or already completed Ph.D., MFA, or Post Doctoral assignment

§ Desire academic teaching career at an exceptional teaching institution that also has a research focus

§ Receiving degrees in disciplines offered at RIT; i.e., math, sciences, engineering, technologies, business liberal arts, fine art, computing sciences complete list of programs

§ Demonstrate potential to fill open and/or anticipated vacancies

§ Able to travel to Rochester, NY September 28-October 2, 2011

Application deadline is June 1, 2011

For more information and applications visit our website at: http://www.rit.edu/academicaffairs/facultyrecruitment/faculty_program.php.