Assistant Professor of English (African American Literature)

The English Department at the State University of New York (SUNY) at New Paltz invites applications for a tenure-track position in African American Literature at the rank of Assistant Professor, beginning August 2025. Candidates will be expected to develop and teach courses in African American literature and culture focusing on matters of aesthetics, cultural production, and identity. Period specialization is open.

The successful candidate will be expected to teach general education and introductory courses as well as advanced undergraduate and graduate offerings in African American, U.S., multi-ethnic, and diasporic literature. The standard teaching load for this position is 18 credits per year. In addition, the successful candidate will be expected to maintain an active program of scholarly research leading to publication, effective teaching and mentoring, and service within the college and disciplinary community. For more information about the English Department please visit our website: https://www.newpaltz.edu/english/.

We welcome applicants from groups that have been traditionally underrepresented on college campuses, especially scholars focused on gender, race, and LGBTQ+ issues, who are committed to diversity and inclusion in their scholarship and teaching and who are invested in doing this work collaboratively with our faculty. This appointment may also contribute to a number of curricular and research initiatives in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences including Asian Studies; Black Studies; the Equal Opportunity Program; Latin American, Caribbean and Latinx Studies; and Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies.

To this end, we ask that candidates include, among their application materials, a separate statement identifying past experience that promotes equity and diversity and/or describing plans to make future contributions to more inclusive representation of marginalized identities and gender expression in the applicant’s area of expertise, in affiliate programs, and in the University more broadly. For more information about our commitment to diversity, please visit https://www.newpaltz.edu/english/our-commitment-to-diversity/.