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Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Global Black Studies
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Department: W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies
The W. E. B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Global Black Studies with a focus on the African Diaspora. This hire would align with existing faculty strengths in history/politics in the department and would support growing interest in African Diaspora Studies and Black Internationalism among both graduate and undergraduate students in our department as well as in our larger field. We are seeking a colleague who can aid the development of new courses (and strengthen existing courses) while directly supporting our graduate certificate in African Diaspora Studies. We are particularly interested in applicants with research and teaching focusing on regions outside of the United States (Latin America, Caribbean, Europe, Africa, etc). We have particular interest in applicants with expertise in the African diaspora and its intersections with Environmental and Climate Justice, Political Economy and Inequality, Gender and Sexuality, and Health (mental, reproductive, physical).
Application Deadline: October 15, 2023.
Do not post after: June 1, 2024
Assistant Professor-African American Literature
Auburn University
Department: English
The Department of English at Auburn University invites applications for two tenure-track, assistant professor positions in African American literature to begin Fall 2024. One position is dedicated to a specialization in early African American literature; the other is open to any historical period within African American literary studies. The teaching load for research faculty is 2-2, with balanced assignments in upper-division and graduate courses, as well as Auburn’s core curriculum. Successful candidates will contribute to the growth of the Department’s African American literature offerings and will have opportunities to affiliate with interdisciplinary programs like Africana Studies or Women’s & Gender Studies.
Application Deadline: November 1, 2023.
Do not post after: November 3, 2023
Postdoctoral Fellowship
Northwestern University
Department: Black Studies
The Department of Black Studies at Northwestern University invites applications for a two-year Postdoctoral Fellowship with a start date of September 1, 2024. Candidates with PhDs granted between 2022 and the start date are encouraged to apply. Candidates can be from any (inter-) discipline, but should have a commitment to the field of Black Studies, and have a research and teaching profile in Black histories in the Americas, addressing environmental studies and/or health. This is a residential fellowship.
Application Deadline: October 13, 2023.
Do not post after: October 13, 2023
Academic Department Assistant
Connecticut College Education Department
Department: Education
Connecticut College invites applications for an Assistant Professor (tenure-track) with joint appointments in Education and Africana Studies with a start date of July 1, 2024. We seek a scholar engaged in critical approaches to the study of race and education in the U.S. as well as a scholar whose work contributes to Africana/Black Studies. We are open to disciplinary and methodological approach (e.g., sociology, anthropology, critical ethnography, critical quantitative), and to educational focus (e.g., P-12 schooling, higher education, community-based education).
Application Deadline: October 15, 2023.
Do not post after: October 15, 2023
Executive Assistant
University of Toronto
Department: Faculty of Arts & Science, University College
University College at the Faculty of Arts & Science and the Transitional Year Programme (TYP) at the University of Toronto invite applications for a full-time, teaching stream appointment in the field of Black Canadian Studies. The appointment will be at the rank of Assistant Professor, 9/11/23, 3:51 PM Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream – Black Canadian Studies https://jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-Assistant-Professor%2C-Teaching-Stream-Black-Canadian-Studies-ON/573878517/ 2/5 Teaching Stream, with an expected start date of July 1, 2024. It will be a joint appointment between University College in the Faculty of Arts & Science (51%) and the Transitional Year Programme (49%)
Application Deadline: October 30, 2023.
Do not post after: October 1, 2023
Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Success
San Jose State University
Department: The College of Social Sciences
The College of Social Sciences at San Jose State University is seeking candidates for Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Success (ADR&FS). The ADR&FS is responsible for facilitating and enhancing research, scholarly, and creative activity (RSCA) in the College of Social Sciences (CoSS) and for supporting the success of faculty in all areas of their academic assignment. Reporting to the Dean, the Associate Dean serves as a key member of the College leadership team, providing support and facilitating faculty and student RSCA; tenure-track and tenured faculty recruitment, retention, evaluation, and development; and development and implementation of strategic initiatives, grants, and interdisciplinary partnerships. The ADR&FS coordinates and carries out the College’s commitment to supporting faculty and student RSCA representing a diversity of disciplines and reflecting and responding to the diverse challenges and problems facing our local and global community.
Application Deadline: October 19, 2023.
Do not post after: October 19, 2023
Tenure-Track Assistant Professor
University of Missouri-Columbia
Department: Peace Studies Program and Department of Black Studies
The University of Missouri-Columbia’s Peace Studies Program and Department of Black Studies are seeking applications for a tenure-track assistant professor to begin on August 15, 2024. The position will be called the Mehr Family Faculty Scholar in Peace Studies & Black Studies, with the faculty member teaching approximately 75% Peace Studies and 25% Black Studies. A Ph.D. by the start of the appointment is required and can come from any disciplinary area in the Arts and Humanities or Social and Behavioral Sciences. The faculty member will have a 2/2 teaching load and report to the chair of Black Studies, with responsibilities in teaching and service in both Black Studies and Peace Studies. The successful candidate will be expected to teach introductory courses in Peace Studies, covering topics such as peace movements, peace education, peace building, and conflict resolution on a national and global level. Additionally, candidates with expertise in social inequalities, environmental issues, sports, politics, media, or religion impacting the lives of people of Black Africa and/or its global diaspora are encouraged to apply.
Application Deadline: October 1, 2023.
Do not post after: December 31, 2023
Assistant or Associate Professor Tenure-Track Position
California State University Northridge
Department: Psychology
The Department of Psychology at California State University, Northridge (CSUN) is seeking a tenure-track faculty member in the area of Clinical Psychology, Counseling Psychology, or a closely related field, at the preferred rank of Assistant Professor. We are particularly interested in recruiting faculty who focus on diversity science, health disparities, and/or cultural factors that impact mental health and treatment with traditionally under-represented communities.
The successful candidate will teach undergraduate and graduate courses in our Clinical Psychology MA program, be involved with mentoring students, and have research interests in cultural approaches to clinical psychology, counseling psychology, and/or mental health. We seek candidates who understand the disparities and barriers faced by minoritized communities in areas related to mental health. Applicants are expected to understand and serve the needs of a diverse student body.
Applicants must clearly articulate their contributions to equity, diversity, and justice with respect to teaching, mentoring, research, clinical approaches, life experiences, and/or service toward building an equitable, inclusive, and diverse scholarly environment.
Application Deadline: November 1, 2023.
Do not post after: December 31, 2023
Faculty Position in American Politics Associate Professor / Professor
Georgetown University in Qatar
Department: Walsh School of Foreign Service
Georgetown University in Qatar invites applications for one (1) senior core associate or professor position in American Politics. Core faculty positions are full-time positions designed to replicate the institutional commitment to academic freedom and professional opportunities associated with tenure-track and tenured appointments, in compliance with Georgetown University’s academic governance guidelines.
The successful candidate will have demonstrated excellence in teaching and research. They will be able to teach undergraduate courses on the US political system and US foreign policy. This position may also include teaching at the graduate level. We welcome a range of substantive research specialties, including but not limited to, American political institutions, American political processes, American foreign policy, American political thought, race and politics, and gender politics. The ability to teach an undergraduate course on Scope and Methods in Political Science will be an advantage, as will the ability to teach, and mentor, quantitative research in politics and international relations.
Application Deadline: October 1, 2023.
Do not post after: September 12, 2024
Assistant Professor of Sociology
Binghamton University
Department: Sociology
The Department of Sociology invites applications for a tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor level with expertise in critical studies of race, ethnicity and inequality. The Department envisions building in such thematic areas as policing and carceral states, environmental racism, and health policy and inequalities. However, the search is not limited to these areas. Candidates who would complement, as well those who would build on, our department’s reputation in historical sociology are welcome. We encourage applicants to explore the department’s website to learn about our department’s global breadth, historical and transdisciplinary bent, and social justice centered curriculum. This hire is part of a multi-year thematic cluster hire initiative across Harpur College of Arts and Sciences which seeks to build a network of scholars who are committed to conducting research on race, racism, ethnicity, social justice, power and structures of inequality in their diverse fields of specialization. The Department of Sociology will serve as the tenure home for this position. Successful candidates will have the opportunity to teach in their areas of expertise at the graduate and undergraduate level.
Application Deadline: October 1, 2023.
Do not post after: October 1, 2023
Assistant, Associate or full Professor of Africana Studies
University of Richmond
Department: Africana Studies
The Africana Studies interdisciplinary program at the University of Richmond invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor or tenured associate or full professor in the field of Black Diasporas, open to all areas of specialization. We seek a teacher-scholar whose work encompasses a broad spectrum of teaching, scholarship and/or creative activity related to Africa, and/or the African Diaspora. We are especially interested in identifying colleagues who bring new methods and perspectives to understanding the African diaspora, and who extend the methodological, thematic, geographic, and/or chronological reach of our faculty.
Application Deadline: October 16, 2023.
Do not post after: November 1, 2023
Assistant or Associate Professor of African-American or Latinx history
Binghamton University
Department: History
The Department of History at Binghamton University invites applications for the position of Assistant or Associate Professor of African-American or Latinx history, with research focus on race, racism, ethnicity, social justice, power and/or structures of inequality in the history of the United States, in any period, beginning Fall 2024. Candidates should be able to: design and teach history courses in their area of specialization, at both the undergraduate and graduate levels; participate in the rotation of the U.S. history surveys, either the early or modern half; and, train, mentor, and advise graduate students through their programs of study. The teaching load is 2-2.
Application Deadline: September 30, 2023.
Do not post after: September 30, 2023
Assistant Professor of Media Studies (2 positions)
Emerson College
Department: Visual and Media Arts
The Department of Visual and Media Arts at Emerson College invites applications for two full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor positions in Media Studies. We are particularly interested in candidates who could complement our existing faculty’s strengths by contributing expertise in either of the following two areas: 1) Ecomedia/Media and the Environment focusing on intersections between sustainability/climate justice and media industries/cultures; 2) Media of the Global South and/or Black, Indigenous, and/or Latinx Media, including, but not limited to, cinema, television, and emerging and streaming media. The appointment begins August 22, 2024 with a mandatory two-day orientation August 22 & 23, 2024.
Application Deadline: Preference will be given to applications received by September 25, 2023.
Do not post after: December 31, 2023
Tenure-stream Assistant Professor in the history of health, medicine, and the body
Colgate University
Department: History
The Department of History at Colgate University invites applications for a tenure-stream position at the rank of Assistant Professor in the history of health, medicine, and the body, beginning fall semester 2024. We will consider applicants whose research is focused on Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, or South America. We are especially interested in scholar-teachers whose work emphasizes any of the following: reproduction; sexuality; disability; mental health; pandemics; race and the body; structural inequalities in health outcomes; or health activism. While health, medicine, and the body must be central to the applicant’s work, we welcome applications from those who also engage with colonialism and environmental justice. The successful candidate should have experience in archives or field work and relevant language proficiency. The department recently revised its curriculum to reflect a commitment to developing thematic approaches to the history major that will complement existing geographical emphases. We therefore encourage applications from those who demonstrate the ability to cross spatial, cultural, and disciplinary borders in their teaching.
Application Deadline: October 2, 2023.
Do not post after: December 20, 2023
Curatorial Fellow for African American Photography
The Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM)
Department: Curatorial
The Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) seeks an outstanding emerging scholar of African American Photography for a three-year curatorial fellow position, with a possible one-year extension. The job offers invaluable professional experience for a scholar interested in an art museum career. The selected candidate will be fully integrated into SAAM’s curatorial team, working under the supervision of an experienced curator and in collaboration with staff from various departments. They will be active in acquisitions planning and development; collections assessment and research; project administration; gallery installation and interpretation; and public programming and publication. They will also participate in the intellectual life of the museum’s Research and Scholars Center, home of its research fellowship program and journal, American Art. The Curatorial Fellow for African American Photography will play a key role in an initiative to expand the representation of African American photography at SAAM. In 2020, SAAM acquired the L.J. West Collection of works by African American daguerreotypists. In 2022, it acquired the R. Drapkin Collection of photography used to represent, self-represent, and misrepresent African American history and culture. A third collection, in late 2023, will bring SAAM’s holdings to over 350 objects, with at least one further acquisition in the pipeline. This initiative seeks to fundamentally rewrite the American Art narrative at SAAM, with installations showing that African Americans immediately recognized the importance of photography, both as entrepreneurial makers and as consumers of images. With the supervisory curator, the fellow will survey SAAM’s holdings, conduct research to enhance collection records, and recommend appropriate terminology for metadata in order to make these works broadly accessible. They will also research artists and examine artworks being considered for acquisition. Lastly, the fellow will participate in the upcoming reinstallation of SAAM’s permanent collection galleries, working to support the robust representation of African American experience, perspectives, and artistic accomplishment through research and writing that will inform the selection of works, through the production of interpretive material and programming, and by overseeing the first convening of scholars and artists given access to these collections and the publication of their research.
Application Deadline: October 1, 2023
Do not post after: October 1, 2023
Tenure-track Assistant Professor
University of Missouri
Department: Black Studies
The Department of Black Studies at the University of Missouri, Columbia, invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor to begin on August 15, 2024. A Ph.D. by the start of the appointment is required. While all specializations are welcome, we are particularly interested in applicants whose work focuses on Black gender and sexuality studies, including Black women in work, sport, media, business, academia, religion, healthcare, or migration. The ideal candidate would be able to teach various interdisciplinary courses on aspects of Black history, politics, and culture. Disciplinary areas include Arts and Humanities and Social and Behavioral Sciences. The candidate we hire will have a 2/2 teaching load in addition to research and service requirements.
Application Deadline: Review of applications will begin October 1, 2023.
Do not post after: October 31, 2023
Full-time, Tenured, Associate or Full Professor of Human Geography
Dartmouth College
Department: Geography
The Department of Geography at Dartmouth College invites applications for a full-time tenured appointment in Human Geography at the rank of Associate or Full Professor. We seek individuals committed to creative scholarship and teaching in areas such as Black geographies, critical race studies, critical ethnic studies, Black radical thought, queer studies, Indigenous studies, Latinx geographies, Asian American Studies, and other areas of critical human geography. Our faculty regularly collaborate with numerous units across campus.Depending on specific interests, the person in this position can expect to find willing collaborators in, for example, the Departments of Latin American, Latino, and Caribbean Studies (LALACS), African and African American Studies (AAAS), Native American and Indigenous studies (NAIS), Anthropology, and History, as well as the Program in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies.
Application Deadline: September 15, 2023
Do not post after: September 18, 2023
Associate or Full Professor of Africana Studies
Williams College
Department: Africana Studies
The Department of Africana Studies at Williams College seeks to appoint a faculty member at the rank of associate or full professor, with tenure, to begin July 1, 2024. We seek candidates with an expressed commitment to department and community building in the spirit of Black Studies. While we welcome a range of areas of expertise, we are especially interested in scholars who can contribute in robust and innovative ways to teaching in the three routes of our new major: 1) theories, methods, and poetics; 2) cultural performance and popular technologies; and 3) Black landscapes.
Africana Studies at Williams is an interdisciplinary department that critically and systematically examines the cultures, histories, and experiences of people of African descent globally. Drawing from an array of courses in the humanities, arts, and social sciences, students who earn a concentration or major in Africana Studies practice intellectually rigorous research, writing, and analysis of Africana culture that is also grounded in activism and life experience.
Application Deadline: September 1, 2023
Do not post after: September 30, 2023
Residential Fellowships
National Humanities Center
Department: Scholarly Programs
The National Humanities Center invites applications for academic-year or one-semester residential fellowships. Mid-career, senior, and emerging scholars from all areas of the humanities with a strong record of peer-reviewed work are encouraged to apply. Thanks to the generous support of its funders, the Center especially welcomes applications from scholars at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Fellowship applicants must have a PhD or equivalent scholarly credentials. Fellowships are supported by the Center’s own endowment, private foundation grants, contributions from alumni and friends, and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Stipends and travel expenses are provided.
Application Deadline: October 5, 2023
Do not post after: October 5, 2023
Assistant Professor of Religious Studies
Kenyon College
Department: Religious Studies
Kenyon College, a highly selective, nationally ranked liberal arts college in central Ohio, invites applications for a tenure track Assistant Professor in Religious Studies with a specialization in Religion in the Americas. The term of appointment will begin July 1, 2024. The teaching load is five courses over two semesters (2/3 or 3/2). This includes one section of our department’s introduction to religion course (RLST 101 Encountering Religion in a Global Context), one section of an introductory course on religion in America (RLST 130 Religion and Society in America), and three other introductory survey or advanced seminar courses according to the candidate’s expertise.
Application Deadline: September 15, 2023
Do not post after: September 15, 2023
Interdisciplinary Fellowships in Black Studies at Yale University
Yale Institute of Sacred Music
Department: Yale Institute of Sacred Music
The Yale Institute of Sacred Music is an interdisciplinary center where scholars and artists engage in academic and creative work across a variety of fields at the intersection of religion and the arts. Each year the Institute brings a diverse cohort of Long-term Fellows to Yale to pursue scholarly and creative projects that connect with the mission of the Institute and are informed by various interdisciplinary perspectives. ISM Fellows are exceptional scholars and practitioners at all career stages whose projects range from studies of Buddhist chant to African American sacred music, and analyses of Medieval ritual to Jewish art. With access to Yale’s unparalleled resources, ISM Long-term Fellows join a vibrant interdisciplinary community for the academic year where they convene regularly with their cohort to share their work in progress. Fellows also have the option to teach interdisciplinary courses based on their area of research at Yale.
Application Deadline: October 15, 2023
Do not post after: October 1, 2023
Chair and Professor
University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC)
Department: Africana Studies
The Department of Africana Studies at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) invites applications for the position of Associate Professor of African American and African Diasporic Literature with tenure, to begin August 2024. Applicants with research and teaching interests in any aspects of the production and consumption of African American and African Diasporic literary and popular culture with interdisciplinary and intersectional approaches are welcome. We seek an associate professor with a demonstrated record of excellence in 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. Preference will also be given to candidates who understand the historic and contemporary Black experience in America and the African Diaspora and are well-versed in critical race studies to provide intellectual and administrative leadership to our interdisciplinary program.
Application Deadline: October 15, 2023
Do not post after: October 31, 2023
Assistant Professor of English
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
Department: English
The Department of English at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh seeks applications for a tenure track position in African American Literature. We are an award-winning Department that prizes and supports excellent teaching, research, and creative activity, and our talented faculty and staff collaborate often in many of our University’s thriving interdisciplinary programs, including African American Studies, Honors, Gender Studies, Sustainability Studies, and Social Justice Studies. As one of the largest departments in the College of Letters and Science, we offer both an undergraduate degree and the MA in English, and we provide major staffing for the University’s innovative University Studies (general education) program as well. The successful applicant for this position will be a collegial, collaborative colleague, an active scholar, and a dynamic teacher. They will offer general education, upper- and graduate-level courses in African American literature and culture, including a core literature course in our vibrant African American Studies program primarily for the Oshkosh campus but with the expectation of contribution to all campuses and course delivery modes (in-person, online [synchronous/asynchronous/hybrid]). We are also particularly interested in applicants who can contribute in meaningful ways to one or more of our other interdisciplinary programs, and who will enjoy advising and mentoring students and serving the Department, the University, and the larger community.
Application Deadline: Applications received by December 1st, 2022 are ensured full consideration.
Do not post after: Open until filled.
Assistant Professor of Black Diasporas of the Américas
University of Virginia
Department: Carter G. Woodson Institute for African-American and African Studies
The Carter G. Woodson Institute for African-American and African Studies at the University of Virginia invites applications for a position at the Assistant Professor rank in the field of Black Diasporas of the Américas (Afro Latinx and/or Afro Latin American studies), with a start date of Fall 2023. Scholars who can be appointed as new or advanced Assistant Professors, and who completed their graduate studies in the United States or in other countries, are encouraged to apply. We welcome candidates who specialize in any of the areas within and across the Américas and approach themes like racialization, colonialism and post-colonialism, memory, identities, community, politics, and aesthetics through disciplinary or interdisciplinary modes from across fields in the humanities and social sciences.
Application Deadline: Screening of applications will begin on December 5, 2022
Do not post after: Open until filled
Assistant Professor of Afro-Brazilian Studies
University of Virginia
Department: Carter G. Woodson Institute for African-American and African Studies
The Carter G. Woodson Institute for African American and African Studies at the University of Virginia invites applications for a tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor rank in the field of Afro-Brazilian studies, to start in Fall 2023. Scholars who can be appointed as new or advanced Assistant Professors, and who completed their graduate studies in the United States or in other countries, are encouraged to apply. We are seeking candidates who engage the broad interdisciplinary field of Afro-Brazilian studies with a variety of methodological and thematic approaches, like those that consider gender and sexuality, dynamic transatlantic and diasporic circuits of movement and influence, relationships to Africa in the past or present and/or comparativism.
Application Deadline: Screening of applications will begin on December 5, 2022
Do not post after: Open until filled
Armstead Robinson Endowed Professorship in 19th century African American History
University of Virginia
Department: Carter G. Woodson Institute for African-American and African Studies
The Carter G. Woodson Institute for African American and African Studies at the University of Virginia invites applications for the Armstead Robinson Professor of 19th century African American History, to start in Fall 2023. This Endowed Professorship is named after Armstead Robinson, the esteemed late historian of 19th century African American and Civil War history, and the founding director of the Carter G. Woodson Institute for African American and African Studies at the University of Virginia. We invite applications from tenured scholars of 19th century African American history with a distinguished research record that utilize a variety of methodological and thematic approaches and demonstrates broad interdisciplinary grounding in Black Studies. We are especially interested in those scholars who can situate their work in dynamic transatlantic and diasporic circuits of movement and influence, related to Africa and the broader African Diaspora and specialize in histories of Afro-Indigeneity, racial capitalism, gender & sexuality, and black queer studies.
Application Deadline: Screening of applications will begin on December 1, 2022
Do not post after: Open until filled
Assistant Professor – Africana Studies and Global Health
University of Tennessee
Department: Africana Studies
The new Department of Africana Studies at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville invites applications for a tenure-track, Assistant Professor position to begin Fall Semester 2023. Although the process to convert the Africana Studies IDP into a fully-fledged, stand-alone degree will be an objective to complete, Africana Studies is a tenure-granting Department in the College of Art & Sciences. We seek an individual 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. We are interested in scholars whose work explores health, wellness, and/or medicine within an international or global perspective.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
Do not post after: Open until filled
Assistant Professor – Africana Studies, Afro-Caribbean Studies
University of Tennessee
Department: Africana Studies
The new Department of Africana Studies at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville invites applications for a tenure-track, Assistant Professor position in Afro-Caribbean Studies to begin Fall Semester 2023. Although the process to convert the Africana Studies IDP into a fullyfledged, stand-alone degree will be an objective to complete, Africana Studies is a tenure granting Department in the College of Art & Sciences. We seek an individual whose work focuses on Africana Studies and whose research agendas encompass 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(s).
Application Deadline: Open until filled
Do not post after: Open until filled