Part-time faculty position with the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding – Eastern Mennonite University

The Center for Justice and Peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University is looking for a part-time faculty member to teach two courses (see below) for the Spring 2014 semester. PhD’s and PhD candidates at the ‘all but dissertation’ phase are encouraged to apply. Interested candidates are asked to submit their CV and cover letter to the program director, Jane Docherty, PhD at jayne.docherty@emu.edu.

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Undergraduate Course:

PXD375 Globalization and Justice 3
This course explores the shifting and intensifying forms of human
interconnectedness called globalization by introducing students to the
range of vigorous debates about it. Students learn a variety of arguments
about questions such as: Is it a homogenizing or fragmenting force? What,
or who, drives it? Is it increasing or decreasing poverty and inequality?
How is it shifting the loci of power around the world? Is ‘globalization’
just another word for ‘Westernization’? How is it being, or should it be,
resisted? What does it mean to think in terms of a church whose center of
gravity is no longer Europe and North America (if it ever was)? Finally,
what does it mean to think theologically about capitalism, the great
engine of globalization?

Graduate Level Course with Upper Level Undergraduate Development and
Peacebuilding Majors:

PAX 585 – International Development
Credit hours: 3
The goal of this course is to expose participants to some of the issues,
dilemmas, and strategies in International development. The course is
roughly structured into two sections: 1) Intellectual History; and 2)
Contemporary Issues. In the first section, participants will briefly be
exposed to an overview of the history, players and competing philosophies
in the development field. A set of theoretical frameworks for analyzing
and designing international development projects will be presented
including an exploration of embedded assumptions and best practices for
each framework. In the second section, participants will study
contemporary issues within the development field and the implications for
future directions of International and Community Development. During the
last section, participants will analyze a specific case from their own
work or life context and develop an analysis based on the principles and
topics covered in this course. Readings will be drawn from a selection of
articles representing a range of development theorists including Rostow,
Shumaker, Korten, Freire, Gunder-Frank,Yunus, Sen, Max-Neef, Galtung and
Jantzi.