Binghamton University, Africana Studies

Assistant Professor

JOB ANNOUNCEMENT
Assistant Professor, Africana Studies

Tenure Track position beginning Fall semester 2013

The Department of Africana Studies seeks candidates with research based in African American literature—with Caribbean literature a plus—for a full-time, tenure track position at the rank of Assistant Professor.  Applicants must have:  a Ph.D. in African American literature, a strong commitment to teaching, and an active and innovative research program.  Salary is commensurate with experience.

Africana Studies at Binghamton University is a challenging and demanding academic program focusing on peoples and cultures of Africa and the African Diaspora. It adopts an intellectual approach that is sensitive to the history, interests and outlook of Africa and the African Diaspora in the context of the history, literature, social, political, religious, artistic, and economic systems of the wider world.

The Department of Africana Studies offers a rigorous academic program through Harpur College, the oldest and largest of Binghamton University’s five academic units. We offer an honors program, a cross-disciplinary major (BA program), a minor, and a concentration in Africana Studies.

In a globally interdependent world, Africana Studies provides an interdisciplinary approach to knowledge that expands students’ awareness of the contributions of Africans and African descended peoples in the diaspora, in the arts and the sciences, human development, and world civilizations.

Job candidates will need to submit the following items electronically to http://binghamton.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdetails.jsp?JOBID=35125

1) Letter of intent
2) Curriculum vitae
3) One writing sample
4) One sample syllabus
5) Three letters of recommendation

Application deadline is November 21, 2012.

Binghamton University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Members of minority groups and women are especially encouraged to apply.