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African American Studies
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| Requisition Number: | 0813800 |
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| Number of Open Positions: | 1 |
| Position Title: | Assistant Professor/Associate Professor |
| Other Title Information: | African American Studies |
| Organization: | 204281 - GENDER & RACE STUDIES |
| Position Summary: | The Department of Gender and Race Studies at the University of Alabama invites applications for an advanced tenure-track assistant professor or associate professor with tenure appointment. The search is open as to PhD specialization, but we are particularly interested in someone whose research addresses one or more of the following areas of 1) Black Women’s Intellectual History, 2) Contemporary Black Social Movements, 3) Black Feminist Theory, 4) The Study of Race, Environmental Humanities, and Cultural Studies, and 4) Black Queer Studies With twelve full-time faculty and a postdoctoral researcher, more than twenty part-time faculty teaching junior and senior undergraduate seminars, online courses, and graduate seminars, the Department of Gender and Race Studies is an important site for research and teaching in African American Studies and Women’s Studies not only at the University of Alabama but in the state of Alabama, the region, and beyond. Researchers in the Department hold PhDs in the fields of African American Studies, Gender Studies, Political Science, Sociology, History, Philosophy, Culture and Theory, English, Rhetoric, as well as an MFA in Creative Writing. The Department of Gender and Race Studies was formed in 2009 out of the two disciplinary programs of study, Women’s Studies and African American Studies, both of which had been established at the University of Alabama for more than forty years. Currently offering an undergraduate major and a minor in African American Studies, as well as an undergraduate minor and a Master’s degree in Women’s Studies, the Department fulfills an important academic mission for the University and has more than 5,000 students enrolled in its courses each year. The MA in Women’s Studies is a research program with more than 20 enrolled students, who upon graduation go on to attend top-tier Ph.D. programs, as well as programs in law and medicine, others work in the not-for-profit sector in fields related to Gender and Race Studies. The Department hosts a speaker series each semester that invites researchers, writers, artists, and public intellectuals from around the country and abroad, who are doing innovative and important work in the areas of Gender and Race Studies. The Department hosts College-wide events, writing workshops, and in-house research seminars where graduate students and faculty present their work. The Department has a graduate student journal, a University-wide student research paper competition, co-directs the Gamma chapter of lota lota lota, the Women’s Studies Honors Society, and directs the Hallowed Grounds tour, which documents the history of slavery at the University of Alabama. In the Fall of 2023, the existing Arts and Sciences undergraduate minor program in Sociology, with more than 125 minors and more than 1000 students enrolled in courses, will be moved into the Department of Gender and Race Studies under the disciplines of Women’s Studies and African American Studies. The Department has proposed an undergraduate major in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, which should begin as a course program in 2024. Salary and benefits are competitive. For those qualifying for the position as an advanced assistant professor, this is a tenure-earning position: the expectation is that the person hired will fulfill the research, teaching, and service requirements for tenure and promotion. A publication record commensurate with an assistant professor with 3 or more years of research as an assistant professor is expected for candidates applying at the level of advanced assistant professor. Those seeking to be hired for this position with tenure as an associate professor, should demonstrate a record of research, teaching, and service that meets the expectations for tenure and promotion in the Department of Gender and Race Studies at the University of Alabama. Ph. D is required. The appointment will begin August 16, 2023. University of Alabama is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and actively seeks diversity among its employees. We especially seek applications from candidates who have followed a non-traditional educational path, who would bring a diversity of background, experience and viewpoint to the department, and who have demonstrated an ability to teach, mentor, and recruit diverse groups. To apply, go to http://facultyjobs.ua.edu and complete the online application. Attach a letter of application, a research writing sample, a curriculum vitae, and a list of three references. For more information, contact the search committee chair Dr. Utz McKnight, at utz.mcknight@ua.edu. Review of applications will begin November 15, 2022, and will continue until the position is filled. |
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| Search Initiation Date: | 09/22/2022 |
| Expected Starting Date: | 08/16/2023 |
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| College/School/Division: | Arts and Sciences |
| Post To Ihe | Yes |
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