Professor of Africana
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The Program in Africana and the Program in Digital & Computational Studies (DCS) at Bates College together invite applications for an openrank tenureline position to be appointed in Africana beginning August 2025.
While areas of expertise are open the preferred candidate will have a demonstrated commitment to interdisciplinarity. The candidates engagement in the Africana Program will be in the social sciences and/or humanities. Topics may include but are not limited to: Black transnational and diaspora studies; Black aesthetics such as music and performance; new media and cultural studies; Black disability studies; comparative race ethnicity indigeneity gender and sexuality studies; social movements; racial capitalism; carcerality; health and inequality; law; or public policy. The candidates engagement with DCS may include but is not limited to areas such as: data science; science and technology studies; data curation; digital humanities; or new media studies.
The Africana Program adopts progressive interdisciplinary approaches to the understanding of people of African descent globally. Courses in Africana examine conceptualizations of race its use as a tool of critical analysis and intersections with other social and political identities. DCS is an interdisciplinary program that bridges core elements of computer science data science and digital studies connecting to the arts humanities social sciences natural sciences and/or other existing interdisciplinary programs on campus. The DCS curriculum asks students to interrogate the practices values cultures and assumptions of the digital world while engaging with computing for social good. Examples of courses that bridge other disciplines and DCS can be found among the list of DCS courses.
The responsibilities of the position include the three main areas of faculty work: teaching professional achievement and governance and engagement. The teaching load is 5 courses per academic year either as a 23 or 32 across two semesters or as a 221 across two semesters and the Bates Short Term. Duties also include: periodically contributing to our collegewide First Year Seminar program advising senior theses serving as an academic advisor and fulfilling governance commitments to the college. The successful candidate will periodically teach Interdisciplinary Studies: Methods and Modes of Inquiry (AFR 250 and coteach Introduction to Africana (AFR 100. The candidate will crosslist and/or contribute at least one course per academic year with DCS.
Our students represent a wide range of interests experiences and diverse identities. We seek a colleague who is committed to building a strong and diverse community of learning in our related fields. We encourage applications from individuals underrepresented in the professoriate who are the first in their families to attend college who have followed nontraditional pathways to higher education or those who are employed currently contingently. We seek individuals with a demonstrated interest in advancing the colleges continuing commitments to equity and inclusion. Candidates should identify their strengths and experiences in these areas throughout their application.
Bates College is a residential liberal arts college in Lewiston Mainea diverse and growing community roughly 45 minutes from the states largest city 2 hours north of Boston and 4 hours south of Montreal.
Faculty scholarship and creative work at Bates are robustly supported by startup packages a paid pretenure leave support for posttenure sabbaticals internal grants professional travel funding and a wellstaffed external grants office. Communityengaged learningwith community partnerships facilitated by the Harward Centerand study abroad are both broadly encouraged and institutionally supported. Pedagogical development and innovation is further buttressed by our highly engaged Center for Inclusive Teaching and Learning. Educational access and racial justice are central to Bates history and mission and our faculty led initiatives reflect this commitment. Additional interdisciplinary opportunities at Bates are available through the new Immersive Media Studio funded by a grant from the Sherman Fairchild Foundation the Digital Media Studios and the Visualization Lab.
Candidates must have completed their Ph.D. by August 2025.
Employment Type
Full Time
