Teaching Assistant Professor-Africana Studies

Job description

Description The College of Arts and Sciences at Oklahoma State University seeks to hire a Teaching Assistant Professor of Africana Studies, beginning Fall 2022. This position is non-tenure track but offers the potential of reappointment and promotion to Teaching Associate and Teaching Full Professor. We seek an interdisciplinary teacher-scholar working in any time-period, whose teaching and research engages with major themes of Black or Africana Studies from a national, regional, global or transnational perspective. We are especially interested in those whose work is situated within African studies. 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, service, and research responsibilities will be in the Africana Studies program. The normal teaching load is a 3:3. The successful candidate will also assist with advising, programming, community engagement, and other service duties for the Africana Studies program: this includes help with building the profile and visibility of the programs among the student body of OSU. The teaching loa...