University of Laverne Assistant Professorship in Latina/o and Latin American Studies

Deadline: “Review of applicants for this position will begin November 2016 and will continue until the position is filled.” (posted on Laverne site 11/21)

Length: Tenure-track

Comments: Two positions. “The field of specialization is open within the humanities and social sciences [but] we seek teacher-scholars who are interested in the interdisciplinary connections of community engagement and scholarship with foci in any of the following: intercultural communication; liberation theology and/or comparative religious traditions; print, digital, or expressive cultures within local, transnational, cross-border, or hemispheric geographies; migration, immigration, and social justice; performance and performativity; human rights; and/or race, ethnicity, and indigeneity.

The tenure home will be in one of the following departments/program within the College of Arts and Sciences: Art, Photography, Religion and Philosophy, or Speech Communication”

URL: https://laverne.peopleadmin.com/postings/2966

Philadelphia University Assistant Professorship in African American Studies

Deadline: November 21 (posted on HigherEdJobs 11/10)

Length: Tenure-track

Comments: “Candidates must have a doctorate or foreign equivalent to a U.S. doctoral degree in African American Studies or other related area, including Black Studies or American Studies with an African-American focus, by the start date.” “The successful candidate will teach humanities, history and social science courses with an American focus in the general education core curriculum.”
URL: https://www.higheredjobs.com/myHigherEdJobs/Agent/details.cfm?JobCode=176382380&Title=Assistant%20Professor%20of%20African%2DAmerican%20Studies

Bentley University Assistant/Associate Professorship in English and Media Studies

Deadline: November 30 (posted on HigherEdJobs 11/11)

Length: Tenure-track

Comments: Seeking “applications for two tenure-track Assistant or Associate Professor positions in cultural studies, with potential foci on race/ethnicity, gender/sexuality, and/or transnational cultures. Preferred applicants will be able to teach across departmental offerings in expository writing, literature, rhetoric and composition, and cinema and media studies, and contribute to the ongoing evolution of the humanities at a business university.”

URL: https://jobs.bentley.edu/postings/2534

Union College Assistant Professorship in British Modernism

Deadline: November 15

Length: Tenure-track

Comments: Seeking candidates “specializing in British Modernism, with a focus on Transatlantic or Global Modernism. The ideal candidate might explore the connections of 20th century British literature to the Caribbean, Africa, North America, or Latin America. Applicants must have the demonstrated ability to teach both 20th century British poetry and fiction.”

URL: https://www.union.edu/offices/human-resources/jobs/faculty/assistant-professor.php

University of Florida Assistant Professorship in Critical Theory

Deadline: November 20

Length: Tenure-track

Comments: “Successful candidates must demonstrate scholarship and commitment to teaching in both historical theoretical movements (post-structuralism, critical theory, hermeneutics, psychoanalysis, feminism) and contemporary practices (Marxist, Lacanian, queer, globalization, affect, post-colonial, critical race theories), as well as in one or more English-language twentieth-century and/or contemporary literary traditions. We especially welcome candidates with additional expertise in one or more of the following: multiple media and genres, digital humanities, cultural studies, comparative approaches, and non-Anglo-American English-language literatures (South Asian, Irish, Caribbean, African).”

URL: http://explore.jobs.ufl.edu/cw/en-us/job/499334/assistant-professor-critical-theory

Avila University Assistant Professorship in Philosophy

Deadline: November 18 (posted on HNet 11/9)

Length: Tenure-track

Comments: “Candidates should possess a Ph.D. with an emphasis in an area of value theory and/or contemporary philosophy. A background in the areas of social justice, philosophy of race, and/or non-western philosophical tradition(s) is desirable.”

URL: https://www.avila.edu/avila-life/about-avila/employment

Tennessee State University Assistant Professorship in Africana Studies

Deadline: November 15 (posted on HigherEdJobs 11/8)

Length: Tenure-track

Comments: “The applicant should demonstrate a command of African-centered theoretical, epistemological, and methodological perspectives and approaches, and a proven ability to teach introductory as well as upper-level Africana Studies courses. ”

URL: https://jobs.tnstate.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/frameset/Frameset.jsp?time=1478623028345

St. John’s University (NY) Assistant Professorship in English

Deadline: November 14 posted on HigherEdJobs 11/4)

Length: Tenure-track

Comments: “Research interests may include the following: comparative rhetorics; rhetorics of gender and/or sexuality; rhetorics of race, culture, and ethnicity; rhetorics of class and labor; and digital studies and/or new media.”

URL: https://stjohnsedu.silkroad.com/epostings/index.cfm?fuseaction=app.jobInfo&version=1&jobid=218215&jobboardid=101

Bryn Mawr College Assistant Professorship in English

Deadline: November 8

Length: Tenure-track

Comments: Position in “poetry and poetics with a specialization in African American and/or Afro Caribbean poetry.” Search has been extended. “Performance Studies, Sound Studies, extremely contemporary and digital/visual work is very welcome, in addition to work focusing on earlier periods and more traditional forms.”

URL: https://apply.interfolio.com/35955

University of Arizona Assistant Professorship in American Indian Studies

Deadline: November 18

Length: Tenure-track

Comments: “We seek an outstanding scholar who conducts innovative research into questions of Indigenous land, ecological restoration, environmental sustainability, conservation, traditional ecological knowledge, fish and wildlife, energy issues, and/or natural resource management. Specializations can include, but are not limited to, climate change, water and energy resources, environmental justice, and extractive industries.”
URL: https://uacareers.com/postings/14626