Visiting Faculty, IHP Climate Change - Fall 2025 - World Learning

Visiting Faculty - Traveling Position International Honors Program/SIT Study Abroad
IHP Climate Change: The Politics of Land, Water and Energy Justice

Reports to: Program Director, IHP Climate Change
Salary Range: $28,000 - $32,000 (salary commensurate with experience)
Anticipated Start Date: July 7, 2025
Term of Employment: approximately 5-6 months
Apply by: March 1, 2025
Base of Designation/Remote Eligible: Travel to San Francisco (USA), Morocco, Nepal, and Ecuador required.
Conditional on Enrollment
This is a non-benefited position. Travel insurance provided.
To Apply: Please click on Apply above or visit https://worldlearning.applicantpro.com/jobs/3545612 to submit your application via the online system by uploading the following required items: letter of interest and CV (including the contact information of three academic references). Your letter of interest should address the questions listed further below.

Travel insurance provided outside of home base and subject to plan terms.

OVERVIEW

School for International Training (SIT) seeks a Visiting Faculty member to join an interdisciplinary team of faculty and country coordinators leading IHP's Climate Change: The Politics of Land, Water and Energy Justice program in Fall 2025. Each semester term enrolls approximately 16-32 students from leading U.S. colleges and universities for interdisciplinary study and a global comparative perspective in four different program locations. The Visiting Faculty travels with students to each location for the full duration of the semester. Please note that the following itinerary reflects past semesters and tentative future semesters, but all itineraries are contingent on conditions in each country and program needs: Fall 2025 (late August to mid-December): San Francisco (USA), Morocco, Nepal, and Ecuador

IHP CLIMATE CHANGE: THE POLITICS OF LAND, WATER, & ENERGY JUSTICE

In this program, students explore some of the world's most productive and vulnerable landscapes to witness how climate change impacts regions differently and how communities are responding to the climate crisis. In four cultural and socio-ecological contexts, students analyze the challenges of working toward more equitable food, water, and energy systems. Through a combination of classroom and experiential learning, students examine the problems and possible solutions with researchers, farmers, activists, social entrepreneurs, non-governmental organizations, and policymakers. More information can be found at: https://studyabroad.sit.edu/program/spring-2025-ihp-climate-change-the-politics-of-land-water-energy-justice/ .

RESPONSIBILITIES

We are seeking a traveling faculty member who will:

• Facilitate learning and teach two courses:

- Political Economy and Environmental Change since 1492
- Fieldwork Ethics and Comparative Research Methods
- See program page academics 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 Provost & 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, the Program Director, and local staff.
• Visiting Faculty are responsible for ensuring that all students travelling on the official group flights are checked-in and through immigration.
• Collect all receipts for all expenses incurred and complete expense reports in a timely manner according to World Learning financial policies and guidelines.
• Other duties as assigned.

REQUIREMENTS

Required Experience/Education:

• Terminal degree (PhD or equivalent; All But Dissertation considered) in political economy, sociology, anthropology, history, geography, political ecology or other social science or interdisciplinary field engaged with environmental studies.
• 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.
• Experience living and working abroad, ideally in at least one of the program countries listed above (preferred).
• Research and/or practical experience at the interface of environment/development.

Required Behaviors:

• Must be able to meet the physical, emotional maturity, and mental health demands as well as possess the personal qualities - patience, adaptability, collegiality, cross-cultural competence, and organization - needed to be part of an intensive, team-oriented study abroad program that covers four countries in one semester.
• The ability and desire to support and communicate with students throughout the study abroad experience both in and outside of the classroom.
Vaccination is strongly recommended for all employees in our U.S. offices except for those receiving medical or religious exemptions. If boosters are subsequently recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), then employees and faculty will be recommended to receive the booster within thirty (30) days of their eligibility.

LETTER OF INTEREST

Traveling with college-aged students for an entire semester, 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 unique 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 this program.
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?

BENEFITS

Travel insurance provided outside of home base and subject to plan terms.

THE WORLD LEARNING INC. FAMILY

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School 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.

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The 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.

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