Faculty Positions

The Pomona History Department invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Early Modern European history (c.1400-1800) beginning July 1, 2026. The History Department particularly welcomes applicants who engage in trans-regional and global histories. The successful candidate will offer a range of courses of their own design in their fields of expertise, including an introduction to early modern European history. The teaching commitment is two courses per semester. Candidates should complete their Ph.D. in History or a related discipline by July 2026.

To apply, please submit a dossier by October 1, 2025 that includes the following:

1. a letter of application, including an explanation of the status of your Ph.D. dissertation, if applicable;
2. three brief (one-page, single-spaced) statements: (a) a teaching statement, including discussion of courses that you have taught and/or hope to teach and how you would approach teaching an introduction to early modern European history; (b) a research statement, including discussion of your interests in the early modern world; and (c) a statement that discusses your demonstrated or potential ability to teach and mentor a diverse student body;
3. a curriculum vitae;
4. a chapter- or article-length writing sample;
5. graduate school transcripts; and
6. three letters of recommendation.

Please upload electronic copies of all materials to Academic Jobs Online Req 30290. Review of applications will begin on October 1, 2025 and will continue until the position is filled. Please refer any questions you have to Pey-Yi Chu.

Pomona College is the founding member of the Claremont Colleges, which also include Scripps College, Claremont McKenna College, Harvey Mudd College, Pitzer College, and Claremont Graduate University. A highly selective liberal arts college, Pomona College seeks to attract, develop, and retain the highest quality faculty and is committed to building a culturally diverse workplace. Collectively, the Claremont Colleges constitute an academic community of 9,000 students and close to 4,000 faculty and staff. In collaboration with the other Claremont Colleges, Pomona College offers a variety of opportunities for professional development, mentorship, and networking for junior faculty, including the opportunity for entering assistant professors to apply for a fully funded leave in their fourth year at the College.

The Pomona College History Department is committed to advancing knowledge and understanding of the early modern world and its connections. Our ten full-time, tenured or tenure-track faculty members engage in trans-regional histories as part of their teaching and research. The undergraduate History curriculum, which emphasizes primary historical research and critical reading and writing, includes a concentration in comparative, trans-regional, and thematic history. We welcome candidates who have experience working with students from diverse backgrounds and can demonstrate a commitment to improving higher education for every student through teaching, scholarship, and service. The History Department contributes to the intellectual life of the Claremont Colleges through public lectures, including the Ena H. Thompson Lectures, colloquia, exhibits, and other events. Our faculty members actively participate in College-wide initiatives such as the Summer Undergraduate Research Program, the Draper Center for Community Partnerships, the Critical Inquiry Seminars, the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship, the Humanities Studio, and interdisciplinary programs. The History Department supports equal access to higher education and values working in a richly diverse environment where the most recent entering class consists of 51% domestic students of color, 14% international students, and 23% first-generation students.

Pomona College offers a competitive salary package that includes benefits (health, retirement and tuition remission) and compensation that is commensurate with experience and qualifications.

The salary range for this position is $95,000-100,000.

The Department of Neuroscience seeks candidates with a demonstrated commitment to teaching and ability to establish an active research program that involves undergraduates. The position will begin July 2026.

Teaching responsibilities include two advanced systems neuroscience courses, each incorporating a laboratory, per year. Alternatively, the teaching responsibility may involve teaching an introductory neuroscience course with laboratory and one advanced systems neuroscience course with laboratory. Also expected is supervision of senior theses and other undergraduate research projects. Areas of systems neuroscience could include developmental neuroscience, sensory neuroscience, motor systems neuroscience, neuroendocrinology, neuroimmunology, behavioral neuroscience, or others.

Pomona College and the Department of Neuroscience support equal access to higher education, and value working in a richly diverse environment. Pomona College’s student body consists of approximately 1,700 students, over 55% of whom identify as a person of color.

Candidates should have a Ph.D. in neuroscience or a related field. Post-doctoral experience and a record of scholarly publication are preferred. Please submit a dossier including (a) a cover letter, (b) curriculum vitae, (c) transcripts, (d) three brief statements – one addressing teaching philosophy, experience, and courses you would teach, one addressing scholarship and potential research projects for undergraduates, and one addressing ability to teach and mentor a diverse student body (Writing Equity and Inclusion Statement), and (e) three letters of recommendation.

Review of applications will begin on September 15^th, 2025, and will continue until the position is filled. All dossiers will be submitted to Academic Jobs Online. Questions should be referred to Professor Karen Parfitt, karen.parfitt@pomona.edu.

Total compensation includes a robust benefits package and a salary commensurate with rank and experience, ranging from $95,000-$110,000.

The Department of Theatre at Pomona College, a private liberal arts college located in Southern California on the land of the Tongva, invites applications for an open rank Assistant or Associate Professor of Scenic Design to begin July 1, 2026. The individual holding this position is expected to design one production and teach three courses per academic year including but not limited to Introduction to Design, Scenic Design, Computer Aided Design, Introduction to Technical Theatre, Stagecraft and/or any course in the candidate’s specialty.

We seek educators who value collaboration and communication and who will elevate our courses in scenic design and theatre technology in ways that are relevant to the changing landscape of our field. We are looking for candidates who are excited to work in a liberal arts context, which includes supporting and collaborating with our technical staff, design students, administrative staff, and faculty. We are also eager for this position to offer insights and feedback about the feasibility of potential plays for upcoming seasons as part of the play selection process. We welcome candidates whose expertise in design might include any of the following approaches or modalities: sustainability; cognitive equity; accessibility; diasporic and/or international theatre; decolonizing, anti-ableist, and anti-racist praxis; site specific, immersive, event-based, non-traditional theatre; and multimedia. We are interested in candidates who are eager to be involved in the evolution of ethical, equitable, and inclusive educational practices.

Tenure expectations include: teaching excellence, a pattern of productive scholarship or creative arts research outside of the Department, and effective participation in service to the Department and College. All tenure track faculty in the Department participate in undergraduate advising and mentoring. Service activities appropriate to rank are also required and potential for future leadership service is an additional consideration.

The minimum requirement for this position at the Assistant level is: an M.F.A or a Ph.D. degree in hand at the start of the contract, July 1, 2026. For applicants at the assistant level, experience with college teaching (beyond graduate assistantships) and significant professional experience (over five years of cumulative work in the field) are preferred. As a department that produces four shows per year, we seek candidates who are interested in their professional leadership development. At the Associate level, candidates should have a Ph.D. and/or extensive practical design experience (over ten years of cumulative lead design experience in the field) and demonstrated excellence in teaching at the college level. Applicants at the associate level should expect to lead the department within a few years of their hire; thus, demonstrated departmental leadership and/or administrative skills are also preferred.

A complete application includes: a cover letter; a curriculum vitae; three letters of recommendation; and three brief (one-page) statements, one addressing the candidate’s teaching philosophy and experience, one addressing the candidate’s scholarship including future directions, and one addressing demonstrated ability to mentor a diverse student body and advance diversity, inclusion, equity and social justice. Please upload electronic copies of all materials no later than October 17, 2025, to: Academic Jobs Online REQ#30350. 

Compensation includes a robust benefits package and a salary commensurate with rank and experience, $95,000-$100,000.

Please contact Associate Professor Joyce Lu with any questions.

To ensure complete consideration, please submit your application by October 17, 2025.

Pomona College invites applications for a Director of College Writing. The position is structured as a joint tenure-track assistant professor/advanced assistant professor (0.5) and administrative staff position (0.5) to start July 2026. Director of College Writing is a pivotal, leadership position at the college, with primary responsibilities including writing program administration, teaching, and research in writing studies. The successful candidate will manage and assess the required first-year critical inquiry seminar (ID1) taught by faculty from across the college; advise on and assess writing intensive and speaking intensive courses that contribute to general education requirements; mentor faculty colleagues in theories and practices related to pedagogical development in writing, speaking, and visual literacy; and provide strategic oversight of the Center for Speaking, Writing, and the Image (CSWIM) with a student staff of typically over 30 peer-tutors. The Director will report directly to the Dean of the College and will supervise a staff consisting of a full-time Assistant Director of College Writing and a full-time Program Coordinator at the CSWIM.

The Director of College Writing has an appointment in a home department, with a teaching load of one course per semester: the Fall course is either a section of the first-year critical inquiry seminar (ID1) or ENG 87: Writing Theory/Process/Practice (our tutor training course); the Spring course will develop from the candidate’s area of expertise in writing studies. Pomona College faculty are expected to teach across all levels of the undergraduate curriculum and are eligible for generous teaching and research grants, including sabbatical. In accordance with the recommendations of the Council of Writing Program Administrators (CWPA), evaluation of the Director’s scholarship for tenure will include both publications and the intellectual work of writing administration, such as: program creation, curricular design, faculty development, program assessment and evaluation, and program-related textual production.

Candidates should have a PhD in rhetoric and writing studies, English, or a discipline represented at Pomona College (e.g. Media Studies, German Studies, Religious Studies, etc.), where candidates have demonstrated a substantial professional investment in writing studies, as evidenced by work in writing centers and/or writing programs as well as scholarship, and where candidates’ future scholarly and pedagogical trajectories center writing studies. Expertise may include writing in the disciplines, writing across the curriculum, writing program administration, sociocultural rhetoric, language diversity, transnational theories of writing, international and multilingual literacies, first generation college writers, multimodal composition, accessible pedagogies, Artificial Intelligence and writing, and creative writing including but not limited to creative nonfiction and the essay.

Initial application includes: (a) cover letter, addressing experience in writing pedagogy, writing centers, and writing program administration (b) curriculum vitae, (c) writing sample, (d) three brief, 1-page statements– one addressing scholarship and future research directions, one addressing teaching philosophy and experience, and one addressing demonstrated ability to mentor a diverse student body, and (e) three letters of recommendation. Please apply through Academic JobsOnline REQ#30371. Review of applications begins October 15, 2025. Invitations for semi-finalist interviews will be issued in December.

Pomona College and the Writing Program support equal access to higher education, and value working in a richly diverse environment. Pomona College’s student body consists of approximately 1,700 students. Of the students admitted most recently, over one-half self-identify as domestic students of color, 14% international and 23% are first generation college students. The successful candidate will have the ability to teach and mentor exceptional students of diverse backgrounds–utilizing pedagogical practices that are rigorous, inclusive, and which promote academic equity. Compensation for this position includes a comprehensive benefits package and a salary commensurate with rank and experience, with a range from $110,000-$140,000.