Native AmericanAmerican Indian and Indigenous Studies Ethnic and Womens Studies Assistant Professor
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Tenure Track Faculty Position
Department of Ethnic and Womens Studies
College of Letters Arts and Social Sciences
California State Polytechnic University Pomona invites applications for a tenure track faculty position in the Department of Ethnic and Womens Studies. Cal Poly Pomona is one of three polytechnic universities in the 23campus California State University system and among 12 such institutions nationwide. Since its founding in 1938 Cal Poly Pomona students participate in an integrative experiential learning education that is inclusive relevant and values diverse perspectives and experiences. With a variety of degree programs in the arts humanities sciences engineering and professional disciplines the university is well known for its learn bydoing approach and Teacher Scholar Model.
The university is noted for its scenic and historic 1400acre campus which was once the winter ranch of cereal magnate W.K. Kellogg. We acknowledge that Cal Poly Pomona resides on the territorial and homelands of the Tongva and Tataavium people who are the traditional land caretakers of Tovaangar. The universitys nearly 30000 students are taught and mentored by the campuss more than 1400 faculty as part of 54 baccalaureate and 29 masters degree programs 11 credential and certificate programs and a doctorate in educational leadership.
Highly regarded among its peer institutions Cal Poly Pomona is No. 2 in the U.S. News and World Report rankings of top public regional universities in the west and was named the No. 28 best value college in the nation by Money Magazine. Cal Poly Pomona a HispanicServing Institution and an Asian American and Native American Pacific IslanderServing Institution stands as a national leader in promoting social mobility and was placed among the 25 top institutions in the country in awarding bachelors degrees to minoritized students by Diverse Issues in Higher Education. In 2022 the campus launched the Black Thriving Initiative recognizing that Cal Poly Pomonas future as a university is linked to the success of its Black information about our campus initiatives and our Principles of Community can be found on the Office of Inclusive Excellences website.
The Cal Poly Pomona campus is located less than 30 miles east of downtown Los Angeles at the intersection of Los Angeles Orange Riverside and San Bernardino counties. It is within an hours drive of beaches mountains and deserts. For additional information about the university please visit and for more about faculty life please see .
Student Population. Cal Poly Pomona is the number one polytechnic university in the nation for student diversity and economic mobility. Our caring and inclusive campus community is committed to helping anyone who dreams of success achieve it. In Fall 2023 Cal Poly Pomona served more than 24000 students and close to 2000 graduate students mostly residents of California. Over half of Cal Poly Pomona students are firstgeneration college students 70 receive financial aid and 42 are lowincome students. The university enrolls 56 percent of historically underrepresented students. Our diverse student body identifies as 53 Hispanic/Latinx 22 Asian 13 White 4 two or more races 3 unknown 3 African American/Black 2 International less than 1 Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander and less than 1 Native American. Fortythree percent of students enroll in our STEM majors and our top five enrolled programs across the university include mechanical engineering computer science civil engineering psychology as well as finance real estate and law.
Inclusive Excellence and Student Success. We aspire to be the model inclusive polytechnic university in the nation. We have a strong commitment to inclusive excellence and to educational experiences that leverage the diverse perspectives and experiences needed to succeed and thrive in a diverse society.
*As a part of the application for faculty positions all candidates must submit a Student Success Statement that demonstrates their commitment and record of contributions to diversity and equity through their teaching scholarship or service by speaking to at least two of the inclusive excellence criteria below.
Candidates should explain how they have engaged in the criteria below in their pedagogy scholarship and/or service as well as the level to which these efforts have been consistently incorporated into their work.
Inclusive Excellence Criteria:
- Incorporates the contributions and struggles of historic ethnic minority groups or other disadvantaged communities into their teaching scholarly work and/or service contributions;
- Adopts teaching strategies that support the learning and success of students from diverse student populations;
- Mentors and engages diverse student populations in discovery scholarship and creative activities;
- Engages students in problembased projects and learning that address the needs of diverse communities;
- Possesses knowledge of challenges and barriers for underrepresented students and faculty within the discipline and uses it to inform their work in specific ways;
- Mentors and assists diverse student populations interested in pursuing graduate education;
- Engages in communityresponsive action research or service with diverse student populations and communities;
- Has experience in or demonstrates a commitment to adopting experiential learning activities and pedagogy with diverse student populations and communities; and
- Has expertise in or demonstrated commitment to teaching scholarship and/or service that contributes to access diversity and equal opportunity in higher education.
College of Letters Arts and Social Sciences: Cal Poly Pomonas College of Letters Arts and Social Sciences (CLASS) brings to life a vibrant handson experience through disciplines in the humanities performing arts and social sciences. As the heart and soul of the campus the Colleges mission is to cultivate ones intellectual development ethical reasoning and aesthetic sensibility to support creative and critical thinking in a dynamic world of competing challenges. We are a community diverse in backgrounds expertise and thought committed to improving the human condition and to bettering the world. Our faculty students and staff are devoted to creating an inclusive environment where all can thrive through the Colleges programs research activities creative performances community outreach and signature experiences. Learn more about the College of Letters Arts and Social Sciences and our 12 distinct departments at of Ethnic and Womens Studies: The department of Ethnic and Womens Studies (EWS) dedicates itself to sustaining a home for our students faculty and community partners to advocate and advance knowledge about marginalized peoples and the processes by which they were constituted and transformed over time. To empower learners to critically assess their lived experiences our department provides learners with tools and language to decode and analyze forms of systemic oppression including but not limited to colonization racism sexism and cisheteropatriarchy. We also use experiential learning to create coalition communities rooted in activism resistance and liberation.
The department offers a major with two optionsGender Ethnicity and Multicultural (GEMS) BA or a BA Precredential. In addition to the BA students can select an emphasis in one of the following areas: African American Studies Asian American Studies Chicana/o Latina/o Studies Native American Studies Gender and Sexuality Studies and Multicultural Leadership Studies. Students can also minor in these areas of emphasis. For more information on who we are visit the EWS website at description: We seek candidates whose research and teaching focus on Native American/American Indian Studies and Indigenous Studies
- Minimum requirements include: An earned doctorate or terminal degree (e.g. teaching artist with an MFA) in Indigenous Studies Native or FirstNations Studies Ethnic Studies Gender and/or Sexuality Studies Cultural Studies American Studies Sociology Education History Critical Studies Visual Art and Performing Arts or related interdisciplinary fields conferred by the time of appointment;
- Demonstrated commitment to inclusivity and equity. Evidence should be provided in a Student Success Statement that responds to the prompt above Inclusive Excellence and Student Success. Experience teaching comparative courses and integrating multiple disciplinary cultural and global perspectives;
- At least one or more semesters of successful teaching of undergraduates (either fulltime or parttime) at a college or university setting and/or postdoctoral teaching experience with potential for growth;
- Evidence of scholarly engagement and potentialas demonstrated throughconference presentations publications and/or grant development;
- Evidence of community engagement; and
- Commitment and ability to contribute to the academic communitys diversity and excellence through research teaching and service fostering an inclusive environment.
Preferred/Desired Qualifications:
- Evidence of research scholarly engagement and/or creative activities with one or more of the following: settler colonialism cultural and/or visual sovereignty global Indigeneity tribal law K12 education Indigenous political ecologies queer trans and/or intersectional Indigeneity Native American womanisms and/or feminisms Indigenous health and/or healing decolonial borderlands and/or forced migrations; and/or
- Demonstrated success in critical/interactive pedagogical practices in Native American/American Indian Studies Indigenous Studies and Ethnic Studies including service learning; and/or
- Demonstrated experience in Indigenous qualitative research methodologies theoretical frameworks and/or communally defined research needs; and/or
- Evidence of collegial collaboration and demonstrated experience in mentoring and advising students working with student groups cultural centers and/or communitybased organizations.
Conditions of Employment:
The person offered this position is required to pass a background check.
Application Process:
A completed application will consist of
- A cover letter 3page maximum) which contains the following:
- Your interest in the position including how you meet the minimum and preferred requirements via
- Your teaching philosophy working within a diverse campus community
- Your research agenda summary (research accomplishments current work and future directions) and/or potential of your scholarship.
- A Student Success Statement (up to 2pages singlespaced) that responds to the prompt above Inclusive Excellence and Student Success and addresses at least two of the inclusive excellence criteria listed (please indicate the criteria numbers in your Statement); and
- Curriculum vitae.
- A cover letter 3page maximum) which contains the following:
Finalists for the position will:
- Be required to provide official transcripts for the highest degree before the oncampus interview;
- Be required to provide a writing sample (no more than 25 pages);
- Be required to provide 3 letters of reference at least one of which must specifically address teaching; and
- Be interviewed and are expected to make a research presentation to faculty and a teaching demonstration to faculty with students interactions.
The position is open until filled. First consideration will be given to completed applications received no later than February 7 2025 by 5 p.m. PST.
Please direct inquiries to Dr. Shayda Kafai .
Instructions for submitting applications are listed at the Faculty Affairs site for University hires:
Applications accepted only via PageUponline application portalfor University hires.
Salary Range for academic year nine month appointment: $84000$87200.
Equal Opportunity Employer
California State Polytechnic University Pomona is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The university seeks to recruit and retain a diverse workforce as a reflection of our commitment to serve the people of California to maintain the excellence of the university and to offer our students richly varied disciplines perspectives and ways of knowing. Cal Poly Pomona subscribes to all state and federal regulations and prohibits discrimination based on race color religion national origin sex gender identity/gender expression sexual orientation marital status pregnancy age disability genetic information medical condition and covered veteran status. The university hires only individuals lawfully authorized to work in the United States. As required by the Clery Disclosure Act the university prepares a public annual security report.
Employment Type
Full Time
