Assistant Professor of Asian American Literary and Cultural Studies
Assistant Professor of Asian American Literary and Cultural Studies
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Job Description
Department: English
Rank: Assistant Professor
Annual Basis: 9 Month
Application Deadline
Dec. 15 2024; open until filled
Required Application Materials
Application letter of approximately two singlespaced pages that demonstrates qualifications current and future research trajectories teaching experience and other relevant information;
Curriculum vitae including the names of three references;
Writing sample of 2030 pages;
Research Statement;
A onepage (singlespaced) statement that addresses how your research and teaching practices support and promote diversity equity and inclusion and how you would contribute to these goals as a member of the UO English community. We welcome candidates sharing how their experiences whether inside or outside academia illustrate their commitments to these principles.
At later stages of review applicants may be asked to submit supplemental materials including teaching portfolios letters of recommendation etc. Please provide the names and contact information for 3 referees.
Position Announcement
The University of Oregons Department of English invites applications for a tenure track Assistant Professor in Asian American and/or Pacific Islander Literary and Cultural Studies to begin in fall 2025. The successful candidate will have a PhD in English Asian American Studies American Studies Indigenous Race & Ethnic Studies or a related interdisciplinary field. The new faculty member will join an energetic intellectual community with an established reputation in multiethnic literary studies environmental humanities digital humanities disability studies and comic studies among others. We welcome applicants working on Asian American literary and cultural studies in any historical period and in any field of Asian American and/or Pacific Islander Studies. In addition to the subfields named above possible research agendas might include (but are not limited to) indigeneity decolonization postcolonial studies comparative studies within the Global South labor studies migrant and/or refugee studies transpacific ecologies gender and sexuality studies and media studies (including TV and film games and pop culture studies).
Candidates can expect to teach 5 courses per year across three quarters; these courses are typically a combination of introductory midlevel and advanced undergraduate as well as graduatelevel seminars with options to teach in summer courses. Expectations of teaching include mentorship of MA and PhD students and eventually directing undergraduate and graduate theses and dissertations. We especially encourage applicants committed to coursework that encourages undergraduate inquiry and research supports graduate research and professional development and speaks to diverse student populations. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to contribute to the transdisciplinary graduate New Media and Culture Certificate and the graduate Politics Culture and Identity Certificate The candidate may also have the opportunity to contribute to efforts in emerging programming around Asian/Asian American/Pacific Islander initiatives across the University. The department has an established mentorship program and mentorship resources are also available from the Office of the Provost for faculty at all stages of their career.
We actively welcome applicants from communities historically marginalized and currently underrepresented in the academy.
Department or Program Summary
The Department of English at the University of Oregon is a community of active researchers and teacherscholars who are passionate about literature language and narrative. We are committed to offering undergraduate and graduate coursework from the disciplines leading edge and helping students learn to make ethical rigorous arguments about literature and culture. Our small classes are taught by experts with a passion for understanding how language and representation shape history identity and experience. Students in English classes study and discuss texts of all kinds including poems plays TV shows movies video games song lyrics essays and novels. We teach argumentative writing critical thinking and ethical dialogue. Our major minors and graduate programs include distinctive offerings in environmental humanities comics studies medical humanities disability studies digital humanities rhetoric and writing and the study of race ethnicity and indigeneity.
Minimum Requirements
PhD in Literature or relevant discipline in hand by time of appointment;
Demonstrated record of or potential for publication and evidence of an active research agenda grounded in Asian American Literary and/or Cultural Studies;
Demonstrated record of or potential to advise and direct graduate level research;
Demonstrated record of or potential to teach advise and mentor a diverse population of undergraduate and graduate students.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience teaching at the college level.
About the University
The University of Oregon is one of only two Pacific Northwest members of the Association of American Universities and holds a distinguished ranking in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. The UO enrolls more than 20000 undergraduate and 3600 graduate students representing all 50 states and nearly 100 countries. In recent years the university has increased the diversity of its student body as well as campuswide efforts to build a welcoming inclusive community for our student body. The UOs 295acre campus features stateofthe art facilities in an arboretumlike setting within the traditional homelands of the Kalapuya people. The UO is located in Eugene a vibrant city of 157000 with a wide range of cultural and culinary offerings a pleasant climate and a community engaged in environmental and social concerns. The campus is within easy driving distance of the Pacific Coast the Cascade Mountains and Portland.
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The University of Oregon is proud to offer a robust benefits package to eligible employees including health insurance retirement plans and paid time off. For more information about benefits visit University of Oregon is an equal opportunity affirmative action institution committed to cultural diversity and compliance with the ADA. The University encourages all qualified individuals to apply and does not discriminate on the basis of any protected status including veteran and disability status. The University is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities. To request an accommodation in connection with the application process please contact us at or.
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