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Research Associate (Postdoctoral Fellow) – Center for Place, Culture & Politics
The Graduate Center, CUNY
Department: Center for Place, Culture & Politics
The Graduate Center (GC) is the focal point for advanced teaching and research at the City University of New York (CUNY), the nation’s largest urban public university. With over 35 doctoral and master’s programs of the highest caliber, the Graduate Center fosters pioneering research and scholarship in the arts and sciences and prepares students for careers in universities and the private, nonprofit, and government sectors. The Graduate Center’s commitment to research and scholarship for the public good is exemplified by its more than 30 centers, institutes, and initiatives, including its Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC), a 200,000 square-foot facility in upper Manhattan, designed to promote collaboration among scientists in five areas of global research and innovation: nanoscience, photonics, structural biology, neuroscience, and environmental sciences.
Application Deadline: All applications must be submitted no later than March 5, 2026 for consideration.
Do not post after: March 5, 2026
Postdoctoral Fellowships in Black Studies
Indiana University Bloomington
Department: African American and African Diaspora Studies (AAADS)
The Department of African American and African Diaspora Studies (AAADS) at Indiana University Bloomington invites applications for two Mellon Foundation–funded Postdoctoral Fellowships linked to the newly established Black Humanities in the Midwest (BHIM) Africana Studies Research Center.
• Position Focus: Race and Sports, exploring the social, political, and cultural dimensions of athletics within Black communities and across the African diaspora.
Application Deadline: March 31, 2026
Do not post after: March 31, 2026
Postdoctoral Fellowships in Black Studies
Indiana University Bloomington
Department: African American and African Diaspora Studies (AAADS)
The Department of African American and African Diaspora Studies (AAADS) at Indiana University Bloomington invites applications for two Mellon Foundation–funded Postdoctoral Fellowships linked to the newly established Black Humanities in the Midwest (BHIM) Africana Studies Research Center.
• Position Focus : Public Policy and the Humanities, with emphasis on Criminology, Entrepreneurship, Environmental Justice, or Economics from a Black Studies perspective.
Application Deadline: March 31, 2026
Do not post after: March 31, 2026
Assistant Professor in Feminist/ Queer Science & Technology Studies (STS) (26/27)
Cal Poly (California Polytechnic State University)
Department: Women’s, Gender, and Queer Studies (WGQS)
The Women’s, Gender, and Queer Studies (WGQS) Department in the College of Liberal Arts at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, is seeking applications for a full-time, academic-year, tenure-track Assistant Professor with a specialization in feminist and/or queer science and technology studies (STS) to begin August 17, 2026.
We are especially seeking teaching and research expertise in content areas that might include (but are not limited to) critical computing and engineering studies; data and information studies; statistics and quantitative studies; and/or technology and disability. Applicants should explore feminist and/or queer STS via intersectional approaches that center the histories, knowledges, and lived experiences of multiple marginalized communities and should approach scholarship and teaching from anti-racist, decolonial, and interdisciplinary perspectives.
Application Deadline: December 11, 2025 (review begin by date)
Do not post after: Open Until Filled
Open-Rank, Tenure Track, Faculty Position In Critical Black Studies
Bucknell University
Department: Critical Black Studies
Bucknell University invites applications for a full-time, open rank, tenure-track faculty position in Critical Black Studies beginning in the fall semester of 2026. Bucknell University seeks to hire a dynamic teacher-scholar with a Ph.D. in African American, Africana, or Black Studies, or a related discipline with a specialization in these areas. Teaching responsibilities include Introduction to Critical Black Studies, courses in the candidate’s fields, and courses that contribute to the university’s general education curriculum with the possibility of serving as department chair in the future. We are especially interested in candidates whose teaching and research will contribute to the Department’s interdisciplinary synergy and analyses of antiblackness as a fundamental, structuring animus impacting Black people. We have a strong preference for candidates who show a commitment to student- centered pedagogical and mentoring practices, and supporting students from historically marginalized groups. The teaching load is five courses over two semesters. We seek candidates with a Ph.D. by the start of the appointment. Candidates in the final stages of completing their degree requirements will be considered, but must complete their degree requirements within the first year of employment at Bucknell in order to continue in this role at Bucknell.
Application Deadline: Materials received by November 1, 2025, will receive full consideration.
Do not post after: Until filled
Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in History
Oglethorpe University
Department: African American Studies
Oglethorpe University invites applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor of History to begin August 2026. The successful candidate will be expected to teach introductory history courses as well as upper-division courses in their specialty. We are open to all fields with strong consideration given to candidates whose expertise enables them to teach African-American History and contribute to our African American Studies program. Candidates with multi/interdisciplinary, interregional, and transnational expertise that spans different historical periods, regions, or academic disciplines and who can demonstrate a readiness to develop courses beyond their area of specialty will be especially valued. Responsibilities will include contributing to the Oglethorpe Core Program by teaching Historical Perspectives of the Social Order.
Application Deadline: Review of applications will begin on October 20, 2025
Do not post after: Until filled.
Associate Professor of Africana Studies (Public Health)
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Department: Africana Studies
The Department of Africana Studies at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) invites applications for the tenured position of Associate Professor with specialization in Public Health, to begin August 2025. The position is fully located in the Africana Studies Department, with the possibility of teaching courses cross-listed with the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Public Health (SAPH), the School of Social Work, and other campus units. Standard teaching load is 2:3. We seek an associate professor with a demonstrated record of excellence in applying interdisciplinary and intersectional approaches to scholarship and teaching related to the field of Africana Studies at the undergraduate and graduate levels, and a commitment to and record of advocacy on behalf of the field, and who has leadership potential to assume the headship of the department within a couple of years.
Application Deadline: TBD
Do not post after: TBD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Tulane University
Department: Tulane University History Project
The Tulane University History Project invites applications for one postdoctoral fellow to begin by August 2024 (earlier start dates negotiable). This is a residential fellowship based in New Orleans, LA. Candidates must have a Ph.D. in history or closely related fields by start date. We especially seek candidates with expertise in any of the following areas: 19th or 20th century African American history, history of race and higher education, New Orleans and the Gulf South, or public history. Tulane University History Project is a long-term effort to research and develop a detailed history of the University and its campuses, with respect to its racial history and founding, including the impacts from segregation and slavery. It will cover the university’s founding as the Medical College of Louisiana in 1834 through the present day. The project will ultimately produce a nuanced, complex, and honest chronological biography of the university that engages its relationship with slavery, segregation and issues of racial equity. Tulane University is a member of the Universities Studying Slavery Consortium.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
Do not post after: Open until filled
Ethnic Studies Instructor
Irvine Valley College
Department: Education
The ideal candidate for this position is an equity-minded individual who understands the importance of creating opportunities in Ethnic Studies for students who have been historically underserved. Irvine Valley College seeks candidates who view the elimination of inequities as an individual and collective responsibility and who strive to reframe inequities as a problem of practice. In addition, the ideal candidate demonstrates a commitment to student-centered teaching practices, effective cross-disciplinary and cross campus collaboration, transparent decision-making, and purposeful service to the community. The ideal candidate will embrace the role of an educator who is continually learning anti-racist pedagogy and adapting to the needs of a diverse student population.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
Do not post after: Open until filled
Director, Africana Studies
Lehigh University
Department: Africana Studies
The College of Arts and Sciences at Lehigh University invites applications and nominations for a senior scholar and Director of the Africana Studies Program at the rank of Full Professor, effective August 15, 2024. This hire is a joint appointment between the Africana Studies Program and an appropriate academic department represented in the College of Arts and Sciences at Lehigh University. The candidate should have a scholarly background in African American/Black Studies/critical race studies.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
Do not post after: Open until filled
Assistant Professor – Africana Studies and Global Health
University of Tennessee
Department: Africana Studies
The Department of Africana Studies at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville invites applications for a tenure-track, Assistant or Associate Professor of Africana Studies. African Studies has a 55-year history on UTK’s campus but recently transitioned to a fully-fledged department, with tenure-line faculty and a major, minor, and graduate certificate. The Department seeks a colleague, whose work focuses on Africana Studies and Global Health and whose research agenda encompasses a broad spectrum of scholarship and creative activity related to the Continent (and/or peoples) of Africa, the African Diaspora, and/or the African American experience.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
Do not post after: Open until filled