Wesleyan University, African American Studies
Assistant or Associate Professor, African American Studies
Institution Type: | College / University |
Location: | Connecticut, United States |
Position: | Assistant Professor |
The African American Studies Program at Wesleyan University is conducting a search for one or more full-time tenure-track or tenured appointments beginning July 1, 2019. Although we are primarily interested in assistant or advanced assistant professors, we will consider exceptional candidates at the rank of associate professor. The African American Studies Program offers an interdisciplinary major that focuses on people of African descent in the Black Atlantic world, especially in the United States and in the Caribbean.
We welcome applicants with a scholarly focus in history or literature. We especially seek candidates whose teaching and research engages with critical race and Black feminist and queer theories, emancipatory politics, environmental justice, or science and medicine.
The teaching load is two courses per semester with an expectation of undergraduate advising and supervision of independent studies and honors theses. Wesleyan values both scholarship and teaching very highly, has a strong, diverse undergraduate student body, and offers a generous sabbatical program and competitive salaries and benefits. Candidates must have a Ph.D. in African American Studies or related field in hand by the time of appointment to be hired as an Assistant or Associate Professor; a successful candidate may be hired as an Instructor if the candidate does not have a Ph.D. in hand at the time of appointment, but will complete the Ph.D. in African American Studies or related field within one year of hire.
Applications should include a cover letter, curriculum vitae, writing sample, statement of current research, and documentation of teaching experience, including course syllabi and student evaluations. As part of the teaching statement, we invite you to describe your cultural competencies and experiences engaging a diverse student body. We also require the email addresses for three referees so that we may obtain confidential letters of recommendation from them. Review of applications will begin on October 1, 2018 until the positions are filled.
Contact: |
Amy Bello abello@wesleyan.edu
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Website: | http://careers.wesleyan.edu/postings/6426 |
Primary Category: | African American History / Studies |
Secondary Categories: | African History / Studies |
Posting Date: | 08/08/2018 |
Closing Date | 11/06/2018 |