Assistant Professor of Africana Studies

Job description

Description The College of Arts and Sciences at Oklahoma State University seeks to hire a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Africana Studies, beginning Fall 2023. We seek an interdisciplinary scholar working in any time period, whose research engages with major themes of Black or Africana Studies from a national, regional, global or transnational perspective. The successful candidate will offer the introductory African American Studies course, along with upper-level courses, structured by interdisciplinary Africana Studies methodologies. The primary teaching, research, and service responsibilities will be in the Africana Studies program. The successful candidate will be appointed to an appropriate home department, as determined by their academic background. Primary teaching and advising responsibilities are on the OSU-Stillwater campus; teaching at the OSU-Tulsa campus is also a possibility. For further information on our programs, see https://africana.okstate.edu ; and https://cas.okstate.edu/ . We strive to create an intellectually diverse, equitable, and inclusive institution, and expect candidates to discuss their own approach to these goals. For information about diversity a...