The Environmental Studies Program at Swarthmore College invites applications for a three-year position at the level of Visiting Assistant Professor in the field of Indigenous Environmental Studies with a focus on Native American/American Indian and Indigenous communities in North America. The position will begin in fall of 2024. The successful candidate will teach two courses each semester, including, for example, Environmental Issues in Native American Communities, Indigenous Peoples and Climate Change, and courses in the candidate’s area of focus.

We seek applications from scholars who foreground Indigenous Peoples and their local communities in their research and teaching, who have knowledge and direct experience in Native American communities, who incorporate Indigenous knowledge systems and Indigenous methodologies in their work, and who approach Indigenous environmental issues through a transdisciplinary lens. Topical specialization is open but we especially welcome applications from candidates whose teaching and research addresses some subset of the following: environmental law and policy, environmental history, environmental anthropology, and Native American history.

Applications will continue to be reviewed until the position is filled.