University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, Afroamerican and African Studies & Residential College
Associate Professor/Professor
Institution Type: | College / University |
Location: | Michigan, United States |
Position: | Associate Professor, Full Professor |
Urban Studies and Mass Incarceration. The Department of Afroamerican & African Studies and the Residential College (RC) at the University of Michigan invite applications for an associate or full professorship in urban studies beginning September 1, 2012. This is a university-year appointment. As part of a cluster hire of up to four faculty, designed to create a "Detroit School" of urban studies, we are interested in candidates with research and teaching interests that focus on how structures of inequality in declining urban environments, such as Detroit, bear upon patterns of crime and law enforcement and how policy responses – drug laws, no-tolerance enforcement, sentencing guidelines – and the practice of mass incarceration that has resulted affect individuals, families, and communities. Candidates need not focus exclusively on Detroit and its metropolitan area, but an interest in working in a Detroit-centered research and teaching cluster is essential. We ask that all candidates consult the full cluster proposal at http://www.lsa.umich.edu/rc/.
This joint position includes teaching responsibilities in Afroamerican & African Studies, which has an undergraduate BA and a graduate certificate program, and in the Residential College, which offers a four-year liberal arts curriculum. While the field of training is open, a scholar informed by an interdisciplinary perspective that incorporates fields such as sociology, history, political economy, criminology, or anthropology is especially attractive. An ideal candidate would also be willing to assist in the growth of the Urban Studies minor in the RC, and the Crime and Justice minor, joint between the RC and the Department of Sociology. Teaching duties may also include courses in the Semester in Detroit program, and in community-based learning experiences in collaboration with other UM units such as Urban Planning, Social Work, Sociology and the Prison Creative Arts Project (PCAP), now housed in the RC.
All candidates should send a letter of application, CV, writing sample (30 pages max), statement of teaching philosophy and experience, evidence of teaching excellence, a statement of current and future research plans, and a list of at least three references.
Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. The University of Michigan is supportive of the needs of dual career couples and is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.
Contact: |
Applications should be addressed to Urban Studies Search Committee, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, University of Michigan, 4700 Haven Hall, Ann Arbor, MI. 48109-1045 or by email to Faye Portis at fayemp@umich.edu. The deadline for completed applications is November 15, 2011. |
Website: | http://www.lsa.umich.edu/rc/ |
Primary Category: | Urban History / Studies |
Secondary Categories: | African American History / Studies |
Posting Date: | 08/01/2011 |
Closing Date | 11/18/2011 |