Assistant Teaching Professor in American Ethnic Studies
Position Overview
Organization: American Ethnic Studies
Title: Assistant Teaching Professor in American Ethnic Studies
Position Details
Position Description
The Integrated Social Sciences program at the University of Washington, in partnership with the Department of American Ethnic Studies, invites applications for a non-tenure track faculty position at the rank of Assistant Teaching Professor beginning in Autumn 2025 (100% FTE, 9-month appointment) with an anticipated start date of September 16, 2025. University of Washington Teaching Professors are faculty who engage in teaching and service. Teaching Professors are eligible for renewable multi-year appointments, promotion, and paid professional leave, among other benefits available to full-time UW faculty members, but are not eligible for tenure.
ISS is an online degree completion program that awards a BA degree from the College of Arts and Sciences. The formal academic appointments of ISS teaching professors are within partner departments in the Social Sciences Division of the College of Arts and Sciences. For this position, ISS is partnering with the Department of American Ethnic Studies to recruit an outstanding candidate whose intellectual training and interests align well with both units. The Department of American ethnic studies at UW focuses on the critical study of race and ethnicity in relation to power.
The interdisciplinary ISS program gives students broad training in Social Science theory and methods and provides hands-on experience developing learning portfolios. The program is dedicated to promoting diversity, inclusion, and equity by improving access to higher education. Courses are taught both by University of Washington faculty with primary responsibilities to other academic programs and by dedicated ISS faculty known as “core faculty.” All faculty are expected to contribute to the program’s mission of inclusion. Although ISS is an online program, faculty and staff are expected to maintain a local presence in order to facilitate full integration within the University of Washington community. More information about the program and its curriculum can be found here: https://www.socialsciencesonline.uw.edu/
Full-time Teaching Professors in the ISS program typically teach 6 courses per year, primarily ISS required core courses, and support students in developing learning portfolios. In addition to the core courses, the successful candidate will have the opportunity to teach at least one thematic or topical course per year within American Ethnic Studies. ISS teaching faculty offer courses that have already been designed by other faculty, as well as courses they have developed.
Washington State Law requires that this ad list a binding salary range. The base salary range for this position will be $7,800- $9,800 per month on a 9-month basis ($70,200 -$88,200 annually, commesurate with experience and qualifications, or as mandated by a U.S. Department of Labor prevailing wage determination.
Qualifications
We seek applicants who have demonstrated expertise in the following areas:
● American Ethnic Studies scholarship
● interdisciplinary approaches in the social sciences
● teaching and course design
● supporting a diverse student body
The successful candidate must have a Ph.D. or be ABD or foreign equivalent in American Ethnic Studies or in a related social sciences discipline. Ph.D. must be completed at time of appointment. We seek candidates from all social science disciplines with specializations that include but are not limited to:
● post-colonial studies
● disability studies
● indigenous studies
● migration and diaspora
● comparative religion
● multiracial identities and communities
● gender, women, and sexuality studies
● environmental and economic inequality
Instructions
Applicants should submit the following materials via Interfolio https://apply/interfolio.com/161885
● Curriculum Vita
● Letter of Interest: Describes academic training and preparation for the position.
● Teaching Statement: Describes approach to teaching, past teaching experience and evidence of success: max. 500 words
● Contributions to Diversity: Describes past efforts and future plans to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion and evidence of supporting educational needs of a diverse student body: max 500 words
● Names and contact information of 3 recommenders
For questions regarding the position, please e-mail ISS program co-director and search committee chair, Mel Wensel (wensel@uw.edu). Semi-finalists will be asked to participate in an interview via video conference. For full consideration, applications must be received by March 17, 2025.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
University of Washington is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, genetic information, gender identity or expression, age, disability, or protected veteran status.
Benefits Information
A summary of benefits associated with this title/rank can be found at https://hr.uw.edu/benefits/benefits-orientation/benefit-summary-pdfs/. Appointees solely employed and paid directly by a non-UW entity are not UW employees and are not eligible for UW or Washington State employee benefits.
Commitment to Diversity
The University of Washington is committed to building diversity among its faculty, librarian, staff, and student communities, and articulates that commitment in the UW Diversity Blueprint (http://www.washington.edu/diversity/diversity-blueprint/). Additionally, the University’s Faculty Code recognizes faculty efforts in research, teaching and/or service that address diversity and equal opportunity as important contributions to a faculty member’s academic profile and responsibilities (https://www.washington.edu/admin/rules/policies/FCG/FCCH24.html#2432).
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Disability Services
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