Description:

The Department of Black Studies and the Program in American Studies invite applications for a full-time, tenure-track joint faculty appointment in Black Indigenous Studies to begin August 2025.  We are interested in an innovative scholar and teacher whose work in the field of Black Studies and/or Indigenous Studies adopts intersectional and/or comparative approaches to the relationship between Blackness and Indigeneity in the U.S and the Caribbean. We have a special interest in candidates who have expertise in migration and diaspora; settler colonialism and dispossession; abolition and carceral studies; environmental justice and decolonial ecologies; spatial imaginaries and futures; and/or critical legal studies (biopolitics, rights, land and treaties, and intellectual property).

Qualifications:

• Ph.D. in any field and research centrally addresses race and indigeneity, but preference will be given to candidates with Black Studies or American Studies degrees.
• Evidence of exemplary research and teaching in their fields.
• Ph.D. in hand by June 1, 2025.

Position Details:

The Department of Black Studies will be the candidate’s primary tenure home, and the candidate’s teaching and service load will be split 75/25 between the Department of Black Studies and the Program in American Studies. The successful candidate will have a standard 2-2 teaching load, while also pursuing an innovative research agenda and university service. Teaching responsibilities include both undergraduate core and elective courses and advising student research at all levels. 

The successful candidate will join a thriving/rapidly growing department in a top-25 university located in the heart of Washington, DC. Located in a historic neighborhood in the nation’s capital, Georgetown offers rigorous academic programs, a global perspective, exciting ways to take advantage of Washington, D.C., and a commitment to social justice.

Application Requirements

Submit the required application materials per the instructions on Interfolio Website posting: [http://apply.interfolio.com/153258 ].

• Cover Letter
• CV
• Research Statement
• Writing Sample (15-20pgs)
• Three letters of recommendations  
• Applications are due by October 4, 2024.

For questions related to this position, please email LaMonda Horton-Stallings (lh855@georgetown.edu).

Georgetown University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer fully dedicated to  achieving a diverse faculty and staff. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive  consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, and sexual orientation), disability status,  protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. 

If you are a qualified individual with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please click here for more information, or contact the Office  of Institutional Diversity, Equity & Affirmative Action (IDEAA) at (202) 687-4798.