Assistant or Associate Professor - Black/Africana/African American Studies - SUN

Job Description:

Founded in 1970, the Africana and Latinx Studies Department (ALS) integrates and maintains the intersections of Black and Latinx Studies. We have remained steadfast in our concern for justice and community, upon which the fields were founded. The ALS department at the State University of New York at Oneonta invites applications for an Assistant or Associate Professor of Black/Africana/African American Studies beginning Fall 2025.

Faculty standardly teach up to 21 credit hours a year. Departmental research reflects issues facing people of color nationally and on a global scale. Concerns include liberty, poverty, environmental racism, policing, surveillance, gender, violence, access such as to education, and more.

The ALS program incorporates new scholarship including from critical race studies, social theory, cultural studies, gender-sexuality studies, borderlands, and political economy into its courses. We offer a Major - Africana and Latinx Studies; and three Minors - Africana and Latinx Studies, Urban Studies, and Social Justice. Our resources include the Ralph Watkins Hub for Social Justice which hosts the Choonoo and O'Mara Library Collections, and a newly launched Watkins Research and Leadership Program. Our teacher-scholars practice what they teach and research. We examine and advocate alongside communities and individuals whose organizing, resistance, and resolve have contributed to social justice. Our engagements include projects on-and-off campus, local and global initiatives such as refugee & asylum assistance, consultancy with democracy & governance organizations, the union movement, LGBTQ advocacy, immigrant rights, peace work, class, and sex-gender advancement.

The department has a strong history of excellence in teaching, service - including faculty-student mentoring, and continued contact with alumni. Students take courses at the upper-division level in the department out of keen interest that is nurtured by departmental pedagogy and practice. More than half in each class are non-majors. To learn more about the University and the Department, please visit www.oneonta.edu or www.oneonta.edu/academics/africlat/.

Duties associated with this position include

* Teaching foundational and intermediate courses in Africana and Latinx Studies (Black and Latinx Experience; Race, Class, Gender, and Culture - both classes fulfill General Education requirements).

* Contribution to First Year Dragon Academy Liberal Arts Seminar.

* Instruction in upper-level courses in Candidate's specialization.

* Joining in ALS departmental collaborations.

* Participating in ALS activities for example in the Ralph Watkins Hub for Social Justice.

* Candidates who apply and qualify for consideration as Associate Professors are eligible to serve as Department Chair as of their second year

Salary: Assistant Professor: $60,000-$63,000.

Associate Professor: $70,000-$75,000.

Information on SUNY's comprehensive benefits offerings can be found at https://www.suny.edu/benefits.

Requirements:

Required Qualifications:

* Earned doctorate in Black Studies/Africana Studies/African American Studies/Latinx Studies or other Interdisciplinary Program such as Race and/or Ethnic Studies (ABD considered; completion required by date of appointment)

* Teaching experience

Primary Specialization: Interest in one or more of the following: Freedom Trail Histories, Emancipation Studies, Race and Ethnicity in Medicine and Health Care, Race and Ethnicity in Ecologies and Environment, and/or Queer Studies

Secondary Specialization: Interests in one or more of the following: Labor Studies, Religion and Liberation Theologies, Food Studies, Urban Studies, and/or Rural-Urban Migrations

Preferred:

* Research and publication interests centered on the histories and experiences of Africana Communities in the United States that uses critical scholarship on race, gender, culture, and class.

* Commitment to undergraduate teaching and mentoring.

* Experience working with diverse populations and/or teaching pedagogies and/or inclusive multicultural teaching experience.

* A willingness to collaborate and contribute to new and ongoing work in our Ralph Watkins Social Justice Hub.

Additional Information:

SUNY Oneonta enrolls about 5,500 students who pursue bachelor's or master's degrees or certificates in one of 70-plus academic programs. Known as an exemplary residential campus that values inclusion, service and sustainability, SUNY Oneonta is a nurturing community where students grow intellectually, thrive socially, and live purposefully.

The university is located in the City of Oneonta, nestled in the northern foothills of the Catskill Mountains about a four-hour drive from New York City, Boston, and Philadelphia. With a population just shy of 14,000, Oneonta is one of the 20 Most Picturesque Small Towns in America, according to Microsoft News. The natural beauty of the region is breathtaking year-round. Each season offers outdoor activities such as hiking, biking, boating, swimming, and skiing. Employees give SUNY Oneonta high marks for work/life balance, management, and culture. The university's indeed.com rating is 4.4, with one recent review noting that people are what make SUNY Oneonta so special.

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Application Instructions:

To apply online go to: http://oneonta.interviewexchange.com/candapply.jsp?JOBID=182015 Please upload a letter of interest, curriculum vitae, transcripts, statement of teaching philosophy, research interests, a sample syllabus and writing sample. Contact information for three references must be provided; instructions for submitting letters of reference will be sent directly to the referees.

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