Assistant Professor, Critical Ethnic Studies

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF CRITICAL ETHNIC STUDIES

Kalamazoo College invites applications for a tenure track position at the assistant professor level in Critical Ethnic Studies beginning fall 2020. This position provides primary support for the major in Critical Ethnic Studies approved in fall 2014. Expertise in the field of Critical Ethnic Studies as well as the ability to teach the four approved core courses of the major are required. At Kalamazoo, the Critical Ethnic Studies program works from Indigenous, national, and transnational interdisciplinary frameworks. The candidate’s expertise should include: epistemology, historiography, and de-colonial methods and pedagogies. Preference will be given to candidates with background in land-based pedagogy.  Knowledge of and commitment to Indigenous language revitalization is also desirable.

The successful candidate will have demonstrated a high aptitude for and interest in undergraduate liberal arts teaching, including occasional contributions to the College’s Shared Passages Program (first-year and sophomore seminars, and senior capstones), and a desire to involve undergraduates in scholarship both in and out of the classroom. Kalamazoo College has made a commitment to inclusive excellence.  We especially encourage applications from candidates whose intellectual and pedagogical approaches to the discipline will be effective in attracting and retaining historically underrepresented students.  The successful applicant will demonstrate a strong commitment to working with students, faculty and staff from diverse social, cultural, and economic backgrounds.  Ph.D. in Critical Ethnic Studies or a related discipline (or evidence it will be completed by September 1, 2020) required. Salary is competitive and consistent with level of experience.

Kalamazoo College is a nationally known liberal arts college of approximately 1450 motivated students, offering an integrated undergraduate experience that weaves a traditional liberal arts curriculum into domestic and international educational experiences (www.kzoo.edu). It partners with the Posse Foundation and is the home of the Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership. The campus is located in a diverse and vibrant city in southwestern Michigan, midway between Chicago and Detroit, on the ancestral, historical, and contemporary land of the Council of the Three Fires--the Ojibwe, Odawa, and Potawatomi peoples. Kalamazoo College acknowledges the enduring relationship that exists between the People of the Three Fires and this land. The city is home to the Kalamazoo Promise.  The Kalamazoo area encompasses a community of 335,000, which supports several college and university campuses along with numerous civic arts and cultural associations. Thirty-five miles from Lake Michigan, the area offers many opportunities for outdoor activities.

Completed applications received by November 1, 2019 will receive full consideration, with later applications reviewed as needed until the position is filled. A cover letter, curriculum vitae, statement of teaching philosophy, description of scholarly interests and research plans, undergraduate and graduate transcripts (unofficial acceptable), and three letters of recommendation are required. All application materials should be addressed to Dr. Shanna Salinas, Chair of the Critical Ethnic Studies Search Committee, Kalamazoo College, 1200 Academy Street, Kalamazoo, MI 49006 and submitted in PDF form at https://www.kzoo.edu/ethnicstudies/search/. The letters of recommendation should be sent in PDF form to ethnicStudiesSearch@kzoo.edu. For more information, see our home page at www.kzoo.edu and program web site at https://reason.kzoo.edu/ethnicstudies/. Kalamazoo College encourages candidates who will contribute to the cultural diversity of the College to apply and to identify themselves if they wish. Equal Opportunity Employer.