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The Department of African American & African Studies at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, is conducting two job searches this year (2023-2024) for tenured and tenure-track positions! Please apply!

1. Job Posting #1

African American & African Studies

Link for the complete job posting: https://hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/357115

The Department of African American & African Studies (AA&AS) at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, invites applications for a full-time, open rank position (tenure-track advanced assistant, tenured associate, or tenured full professor) in African American & African Studies to begin as soon as August 26, 2024. We seek an interdisciplinary scholar whose research engages with major themes of African American Studies from a national, regional, global and/or transnational perspective.

The appointment will be 100% time over the nine-month academic year (late-August to late-May) at the rank of tenure-track assistant professor, tenured associate professor or tenured professor, depending on qualifications and experience, and consistent with collegiate and University policy.

The preferred candidate would have a distinguished record of interdisciplinary training, accomplishment, and/or engagement in the field of African American Studies. While the areas of expertise are open, we are particularly interested in candidates whose research engages with Black transnational studies; Black digital studies (exploring the connection between digital inequality, technology, race, and data science); Black music; Black disability studies; comparative race, ethnicity, indigeneity, and gender studies; social movements; racial capitalism; carcerality; health and inequality; or law and public policy.

2. Job Posting #2

Assistant Professor

Black Feminist Literary and Cultural Studies

African American & African Studies

Link for the complete job posting: https://hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/357103

The Department of African American & African Studies (AA&AS) at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track position in Black feminist literary and cultural studies to begin Fall 2024 (August 26, 2024).

The appointment will be 100% time over the nine-month academic year (late-August to late-May). The appointment will be made at the rank of tenure-track assistant professor depending on qualifications and experience and consistent with collegiate and University policy.

The preferred candidate would be broadly trained in the fields of African American literature, cultural studies, public humanities, and/or other forms of creative expression. We are particularly interested in candidates who can demonstrate a commitment to charting broadly-based humanistic inquiries grounded in Black feminist scholarship.