[ecrea] Assistant Professor of Cultural Studies position

*Assistant Professor of Humanities and Cultural Studies*

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The Department of Philosophy at the University of Central Florida (UCF) 
seeks to hire an Assistant Professor of Humanities and Cultural Studies. 
This is a 9-month, tenure-earning position carrying a 3/2 undergraduate 
teaching load pre-tenure and research expectations commensurate with 
earning tenure at a research university. The position begins August 2018.


The successful candidate must have a PhD in a field relevant to 
Humanities and Cultural Studies from an accredited institution by time 
of application and at least 1 year full-time university/college-level 
teaching experience or its equivalent. We are open to candidates with 
diverse disciplinary training and teaching experience. However, the 
successful candidate will have one or more of the following as an area 
of teaching competence: critical theory, critical race theory, digital 
humanities, gender theory, performance theory, postcolonial theory, 
queer theory.


Preference will be given to candidates with a demonstrated record of 
teaching excellence; a demonstrated commitment to interdisciplinarity; 
and an active research agenda. Successful experience teaching large 
classes and/or teaching online is a plus, as is the ability to 
contribute to department efforts recruit and retain students, to serve 
under-represented populations, to build relationships with other 
programs and units on and off campus, and/or to seek grant funding. We 
are especially interested in candidates with teaching and research 
expertise in one or more of the following: Black Studies, Caribbean 
Studies, Latin American Studies, Migration/Diaspora Studies, 
Borderlands, Hemispheric Studies, Transnationalism and Globalization.


The University of Central Florida, located in metropolitan Orlando, is 
an emerging preeminent research university. It serves 66,000 students, 
many of whom are first generation college students and/or ethnic 
minority students, and will soon be designated as a Hispanic Serving 
Institution (HSI). One of four academic programs in the Department of 
Philosophy, the Humanities and Cultural Studies program serves a 
majority female and increasingly majority student of color population, 
almost one-third of whom identify as Hispanic or Latinx.


UCF requires all applications and supporting documents to be submitted 
electronically through the Human Resources website, 
https://www.jobswithucf.com/postings/51564.

<https://www.jobswithucf.com/postings/51564>
	
Assistant Professor, Humanities and Cultural Studies 
<https://www.jobswithucf.com/postings/51564>
www.jobswithucf.com <http://www.jobswithucf.com>
Position Number: 30195: Class Title: Assistant Professor, Humanities and 
Cultural Studies: Administrative Title: No Administrative Function: Job 
Description


In addition to the online application, interested candidates must attach 
the following materials to their application:

  * cover letter,
  * curriculum vitae,
  * evidence of teaching effectiveness,
  * 1 page research statement,
  * brief writing sample,
  * contact information for three professional references.

NOTE: Please have all documents ready when applying so they can be 
attached at that time. Once the online submission process is finalized, 
the system does not allow applicants to submit additional documents at a 
later date.


For further information, contact Shelley Park, Search Committee Chair at 
(Shelley.Park /at/ ucf.edu) <mailto:(Shelley.Park /at/ ucf.edu)>.


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