Visiting Faculty - Traveling Position International Honors Program/SIT Study Abroad IHP Death & Dying: Perspectives, Practices, & Policies Reports to: Program Director, IHP Death & Dying Salary Range: $28,000 - $32,000 (total pay for the semester, 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 New York City (USA), Ghana, Mexico, and Indonesia required. Conditional on Enrollment TO APPLY: Please click on Apply above or visit https://worldlearning.applicantpro.com/jobs/3589172 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 Death & Dying: Perspectives, Practices, and Policies program in Fall 2025. Each semester term enrolls approximately 15-32 students from leading U.S. colleges and universities to engage in interdisciplinary, comparative studies on the meanings of death in four different countries. The Visiting Faculty travels with students to each location for the full duration of the semester. Please note that the following itinerary reflects tentative future semesters, but itineraries are contingent on conditions in each country and program needs: Fall 2025 (late August to mid-December): New York City (USA), Ghana, Mexico, and Indonesia IHP DEATH & DYING: PERSPECTIVES, PRACTICES, & POLICIES Death and Dying is a comparative study abroad program that examines perspectives on death and dying in different cultural contexts across four different countries. It is an interdisciplinary semester that draws on anthropology, sociology, cultural and area studies, arts, and humanities. Its mission is to provide undergraduate students from leading U.S. colleges and universities with an intensive experiential learning-based exposure to how cultural practices, social policies, and creative communities confront and celebrate death. Students learn how to "read a cemetery" and interact with death care workers, dark tourism operators, community organizers, and spiritual leaders to understand death and dying on a neighborhood and national scale. Through formal courses led by visiting and local faculty, homestays with local families, guest lectures by in- country academics, local politicians and policy makers, site visits and meetings with NGOs, and neighborhood organizations and community activists, students will develop a nuanced understanding of what death means within a community that exists within a specific socio-political context. IHP's learning model is grounded in critical inquiry and analysis but attempts to bring those skills to bear on particular places and themes. It also helps students learn how to interact with a variety of local actors representing different perspectives, practices, and policies around death and dying. More information on IHP and our Death & Dying program (including more detailed itineraries and course descriptions) can be found at: https://studyabroad.sit.edu/program/fall-2025-ihp-death-dying-perspectives-practices-policies/ RESPONSIBILITIES We are seeking a visiting faculty member who will:
Teach two of four courses, depending on area of Expertise:
Project Death: Community Engagement and Ethical Inquiry
Dying to Know: Interdisciplinary Seminar on Death
Cross-cultural Perspectives on Death, Dying, and Bereavement
Sociology of Death: Deaths that Count and Lives that Matter
Facilitate student learning through processing of non-lecture program components and providing timely feedback on 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, Associate Deans, Program Director, and Country Coordinators, to ensure that any academic, administrative, and student affairs associated with the program are resolved.
Take appropriate measures to protect the health and safety of students in partnership with SIT Student Affairs and local staff.
Visiting Faculty are responsible for ensuring that all students traveling 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 anthropology, sociology, social work, philosophy, theology, cultural or area studies, literature, or other field relevant to critical death studies.
Experience teaching at the college level and a strong commitment to experiential and inclusive 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).
Qualitative research experience in a social science or liberal arts discipline.
Advanced study, scholarship, professional experience, and/or advocacy work adjacent to the program themes.
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
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 For more than 90 years, World Learning Inc has been a thriving global organization made up of The Experiment in International Living, the nation's most experienced provider of international education through exchanges for high school students; School for International Training, offering accredited undergraduate study abroad programs through SIT Study Abroad and internationally focused master's degrees through SIT Graduate Institute; and World Learning, a global development and exchange nonprofit organization. SIT | sit.edu 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. World Learning | worldlearning.org World Learning has worked to create a more sustainable, peaceful, and just world. World Learning's education, development, and exchange programs help people find their voices, connect with their communities, strengthen the institutions that form the backbone of a democratic society, and build relationships across cultures. With World Learning's support, these emerging leaders tackle critical global issues like poverty, conflict, and inequality. The Experiment in International Living | experiment.org 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. An organizational commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and access. We are a globally diverse community of staff, faculty, board members, alumni, students, and participants who believe that inclusive and equitable practices are at the heart of a peaceful and just world. Each of us strives to honor diverse voices and lived experiences, examine our own biases and privileges, actively work to address inequities in our structures, and foster a community of open dialogue. We are committed to acting with accountability, transparency, reciprocity, authenticity, and empathy. World Learning is an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action/veterans/ADA employer, committed to increasing the diversity of its workforce.
