CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: Dr. Adolph L. Dial Endowed Professorship of American Indian  Studies 

The Department of American Indian Studies at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke  (UNCP) invites applications for the Dr. Adolph L. Dial Endowed Professorship of American  Indian Studies (AIS). This position provides leadership, program development, service,  research, and teaching. 

The Endowed Professor will directly enhance the University’s core mission to appreciate the  American Indian history of the University and the local community by teaching about  Indigenous peoples of the Southeast. The Endowed Professor will have the opportunity to  collaborate with several other important and interrelated Native-serving units and programs  at UNCP, including the Curt & Catherine Locklear American Indian Heritage Center, Southeast  American Indian Studies, and the Museum of the Southeast American Indian. 

The Dial Endowed Professor will be expected to teach courses that help students fulfill the  Indigenous Cultures and Communities (ICC) graduation requirement for all UNCP  undergraduate students. The successful candidate will also be expected to establish strategic  and collaborative relationships with the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina and other American  Indian tribes throughout North Carolina and the Southeastern United States. 

Applicants are expected to be prominent faculty in their field of study, bringing distinction to  the AIS program. Candidates must hold a Ph.D. with a distinguished record of both scholarship  and teaching focused on issues central to American Indian cultures, histories, and communities  of the Southeastern United States. The successful candidate’s portfolio will provide evidence of  a commitment to Indigenous pedagogies and methodologies, collaborating with students,  faculty, and staff, and demonstrated experience working with Indigenous communities.  Candidates must be tenure-track or tenure eligible. 

This is a nine-month position at open rank. The position includes a tenure appointment (where  appropriate), at the rank of full professor. Exceptional early career candidates will be  considered for a five-year renewable appointment and may seek the application of years  towards tenure coupled with the rank of associate professor at the time of offer. The successful  candidate will teach two courses per semester and receive annual discretionary funds of at  least $25,000 to support the research and practice initiatives of the position.

About UNC Pembroke 

Founded in 1887 as a school for the education of American Indians, UNCP is a federally  designated Native American-serving Nontribal Institution (NASNTI) and Minority Serving  Institution (MSI). UNCP is also designated as North Carolina’s historically American Indian  university by the NC General Assembly. A constituent institution of the 17-member University  of North Carolina – one of the nation’s finest public university systems – UNCP offers more than  150 pathways to graduate and undergraduate degrees in the liberal arts, education, business,  public administration and nursing. U.S. News & World Report identified UNCP as one of the  most diverse regional universities in the South. Minority enrollment at UNCP is 60%; 13% of  students identify as American Indian, representing more than 30 tribes. UNCP’s Department of  American Indian Studies was established in 1972 by Dr. Adolph L. Dial (Lumbee) as the  first AIS Department in the Southeastern United States, and it remains the only  freestanding AIS Department and undergraduate major in the Southeastern United States. 

To Apply 

To apply, visit https://jobs.uncp.edu/postings/11886. 

Questions 

Please contact Dr. Jane Haladay, search committee chair and professor of American Indian  Studies, with any questions at [email protected] or 910.521.6485.