Visiting Faculty, IHP Food Systems - Fall 2025

World Learning is hiring a Visiting Faculty member for the IHP Food Systems program, focusing on Agriculture, Sustainability, and Justice, for Fall 2025. The position requires travel to Georgia, Ecuador, Malawi, and Spain over approximately 5-6 months, starting July 7, 2025. Responsibilities include teaching two courses: Politics, Ethics and Food Security, and Getting from Field to Fork. The salary ranges from $28,000 to $32,000, and applications are due by March 1, 2025.
Visiting Faculty - Traveling Position International Honors Program/SIT Study Abroad
IHP Food Systems: Agriculture, Sustainability, & Justice

Reports to: Program Director, IHP Food Systems
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 Georgia (USA), Ecuador, Malawi, and Spain required.
Conditional on Enrollment

Travel Insurance provided subject to plan terms

To Apply: Please click on Apply above or visit https://worldlearning.applicantpro.com/jobs/3544721 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.

OVERVIEW
School for International Training (SIT) seeks a Visiting Faculty member to join an interdisciplinary team of faculty and country coordinators leading IHP's Food Systems: Agriculture, Sustainability, & Justice program in Fall 2025. Each semester term enrolls approximately 15-30 students from leading U.S. colleges and universities for interdisciplinary study and a global comparative perspective in four different program locations. Visiting Faculty travel to each location with students 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): Georgia (USA), Ecuador, Malawi, and Spain

IHP FOOD SYSTEMS: AGRICULTURE, SUSTAINABILITY, AND JUSTICE
The IHP Food Systems program examines how the dynamics of food production, distribution, consumption, and provisioning are affected by population growth, capitalism, rapid urbanization, climate change, and globalization, and which responses offer the most promise for sustainable food futures at local, national, and global levels.

Students will analyze local, national, and global food systems-and the very direct impact of food on our daily lives-to develop a deeper understanding of one of the most significant challenges of our time. By examining the implications of technological advances, changing geo-political landscapes, international trade regimes, and climate change on food security, students work to identify strategies to support healthy communities, prosperous livelihoods, and sustainable environments in a rapidly changing world. Field studies will include meetings with subsistence farmers, small-scale producers and multinational corporations, rural and urban communities, trade organizations and community-based NGOs, multi-lateral organizations, international agencies, leaders of social movements and human rights advocacy groups.

More information about IHP and the Food Systems program (including draft syllabi, itineraries, etc.) is available through our website: IHP Food Systems: Agriculture, Sustainability, and Justice

RESPONSIBILITIES
We are seeking a visiting 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 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 Health, Safety, and Wellbeing 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 a relevant field such as: Economics, Sustainable Development, International Affairs/Public Policy, Political Science, Human Geography, Sociology, or Food Systems Planning, or another discipline with a specific research or teaching focus on Food Insecurity or Food Systems Studies.
• Expertise in at least one of the topic areas listed above and general knowledge of qualitative research methods, global history, and social theory.
• 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/society/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.

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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 a program like IHP Food Systems. 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.

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