Rollins is hiring: Director, African & African American Studies Program (Open Fi
Rollins, Winter Park, FL, United States, 32792
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Director, African & African American Studies Program (Open Field & Open Rank)
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Work type: Faculty (Tenure-Track)
Location: Orlando, FL, Winter Park, FL
Categories: African & African American Studies Program
Division: Academic Affairs
Position Summary:
Rollins College invites applications for the position of Director of our African & African American Studies (AAAS) program. This is an open-rank faculty position with the possibility of hiring at the Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor level. Area of specialization is open.
AAAS is an interdisciplinary program that offers an undergraduate minor. Our affiliated faculty have disciplinary homes in a variety of Rollins departments, including Anthropology, Art & Art History, Critical Media & Cultural Studies, English, History, Philosophy & Religion, Political Science, and Sociology. We welcome applicants from these fields and others, including interdisciplinary fields such as African American Studies, Black Studies, and Africana Studies.
AAAS faculty are committed to antiracist education and academic freedom. The AAAS curriculum emphasizes the diversity and complexity of Africa and the African diaspora; the enduring impacts of imperialism, colonialism, and slavery; the centrality of race to U.S. history; and the various ways that intellectuals, artists, and social movements have resisted oppression and inequality.
Rollins faculty teach a 3/3 load. The director will teach AAAS 101 (a required course for our minors), courses in their home department, and general education courses in their areas of expertise.
The Director’s administrative responsibilities include advising AAAS minors; approving interdisciplinary course offerings; chairing meetings of program faculty; hosting guest speakers, film screenings, and other campus events; and supervising a dedicated work-study student who can assist the director with various tasks.
This position is also public facing. The director is encouraged to cultivate long-term relationships with community organizations and to identify experiential learning opportunities for our minors. Regional news media will periodically solicit the director’s commentary on issues affecting African Americans in central Florida.
Rollins is currently engaged in an ambitious multi-year DEIB strategic plan. The director will support the college’s efforts to develop a high school recruitment pipeline and bridge programs for our undergraduates from underrepresented groups.
Rollins College is a comprehensive liberal arts college located just north of Orlando, FL, a diverse metropolitan community with a thriving economic and cultural scene. The college emphasizes innovative and quality teaching in small classes and ranks number one among 121 Southern master’s-level universities in the annual rankings of “America’s