Faculty Position in American Indian and Indigenous studies (Assistant or Associate Level)

Faculty Position in American Indian and Indigenous studies (Assistant or Associate Level)

 

Department of American Studies, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 

 

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The Department of American Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill—a dynamic and growing academic unit—is pleased to announce that we are seeking applications for a faculty position in American Indian and Indigenous studies at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor, open area.

 

 

We seek an outstanding scholar holding a Ph.D. in American Indian and Indigenous Studies, American Studies, or a relevant field. The successful candidate will have a demonstrated commitment to excellence in research and teaching and will teach undergraduate and graduate courses in their area(s) of expertise as well as one of the core courses in our undergraduate curriculum, with a teaching load of two courses per semester (2/2).  A demonstrated commitment to meaningfully engaging Tribal nations and Native communities through is preferred.

 

About American Studies at Chapel Hill:

 

The department serves as the home for the undergraduate and graduate program in American Indian and Indigenous Studies (AIIS), which has a long-standing tradition of academic excellence with particular strengths in the histories, cultures, and sovereignties of the Native South. The department embraces a capacious definition of scholarship and values research that contributes to key conversations in the academy, produces public-facing work, and pursues community collaboration.

 

 

For more than fifty years UNC’s Department of American Studies has explored US American culture from local, regional, national, and global perspectives. We are committed to interdisciplinary approaches that place American institutions as well as the histories, cultures, and contemporary experiences of American people at the center of academic study. Graduates of our department build careers in public history, arts, museums, and non-profits in addition to law, health, and business. The department serves as the home for undergraduate and graduate program in American Indian and Indigenous studies and a master’s program in folklore.

 

If you have questions, please contact Amanda Cobb, the Department Chair and Search Committee at Amanda.cobb@unc.edu.