Assistant Professor- Ethnic Studies | California State University San Marcos
Rank: Assistant Professor
Program: Ethnic Studies
Starting Date: Fall 2024
Applicants need apply directly through CSUSM Job Portal:
The Ethnic Studies Program at California State University San Marcos (CSUSM) invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position at the level of Assistant Professor. We seek a candidate whose teaching, research, and community and professional service are situated broadly within context of critical, comparative, and relational Ethnic Studies, with a specific emphasis on education and critical pedagogy. In particular, we seek applications from candidates whose research and/or teaching specialization is in any of the following: critical, ethnic studies, decolonial, transformative, liberation, and/or abolitionist pedagogies; K-12 urban education; and/or youth activism.
Guided by the original visions of the Third World Liberation Front and aligned with contemporary Critical Ethnic Studies pursuits of activist scholarship and insurgent critique, CSUSM Ethnic Studies is committed to building a relevant education that is grounded in community engagement, public scholarship, and cross-cultural solidarity. As a small, emerging program—situated on the traditional homelands of the Payómkawichum (Luiseño) peoples, located in North County San Diego, approximately 50 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border, we exist at the crossroads of many local communities whose migrations and (re)settlements have been profoundly shaped by histories and structures of colonialism, imperialism, and war. Situated in this place and in these relationships, CSUSM Ethnic Studies seeks to produce knowledge and build pedagogies that are in ongoing dialogue with the intergenerational struggles and dreams of these regional and global communities. Through comparative, relational, transdisciplinary, and intersectional frameworks, current CSUSM Ethnic Studies faculty generate curricular, research, creative, and/or service projects related to: decolonization; cultural resistance; poetics; music, dance, and embodied knowledge/memory; Latinx and Chicanx indigeneities; Filipina/o/x American literatures; historiographies of solidarity; Black feminist thought; placemaking; and critical refugee studies.
The successful candidate will be expected to develop and teach courses for undergraduate majors and minors in Ethnic Studies, and for students looking to fulfill the Area F General Education Requirement— i.e. CSU Ethnic Studies Graduation Requirement, to develop an active and sustainable research and/or creative activity agenda, and to engage in meaningful university, community, and professional service.
Minimum Qualifications:
– Ph.D. in Ethnic Studies, Curriculum and Pedagogy, Education, or any relevant/aligned interdisciplinary field with a specialization in Critical Pedagogy and/or Teacher Education; degree must be in hand by the start of the appointment—August 2024.
– Research and teaching specialization in Ethnic Studies Pedagogies.
– Demonstrated potential to develop undergraduate courses and teach courses on critical pedagogy and comparative Ethnic Studies.
– Demonstrated potential for a meaningful and sustainable research and/or creative activity trajectory.
– Demonstrated commitment to working effectively with a diverse student population.
Preferred Qualifications:
– Demonstrated record of developing education studies curriculum as it engages critical, comparative, and relational Ethnic Studies.
– Demonstrated record for innovative, high-impact, and culturally responsive approaches to teaching and mentoring.
– Demonstrated record of conducting, publishing, and/or presenting research and/or creative activity to academic and/or nonacademic audiences.
– Demonstrated record of planning and coordinating community-based and/or public-facing programs, initiatives, and/or projects.
Duties:
The successful candidate will:
– Deliver core courses in the Ethnic Studies curriculum;
– Develop innovative, undergraduate coursework in Ethnic Studies, and additional area(s) of specialization;
– Develop and sustain a research and/or creative activity agenda that will lead to publications and other forms of knowledge production and circulation;
– Contribute significantly to curriculum and program development with particular emphasis on teaching Ethnic Studies in secondary schools;
– Play a central and active role in maintaining and developing collaborations and partnerships with local school districts as they meet the mandate of AB 101;
– Participate in meaningful departmental, college, university, community and/or professional service.
Applications Must Include:
– Cover Letter (up to 3 pages) that addresses: a) how the candidate meets minimum and preferred qualifications b) the candidate’s interest in holding a position within Ethnic Studies and c) the candidate’s reason for applying to CSUSM
– Research Statement (1 page)
– Teaching Portfolio—includes a Statement of Teaching Philosophy (1 page); one Sample Syllabus; and Evidence of Effective Teaching.
– Curriculum Vitae
– Writing Sample (20-25 pages max; excerpts acceptable)
– List of Three Professional References
Review of applications will begin January 17, 2024, and thus applications received by this date will be given priority consideration.
The University is particularly interested in applicants who have experience working with students from diverse backgrounds and a demonstrated commitment to improving access to higher education for underrepresented communities.
Designated a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI), California State University San Marcos is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer strongly committed to promoting diversity in all areas of the campus community. We consider qualified applicants for employment without regard to age, physical or mental disability, gender or sex, genetic information, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, medical condition, nationality, race or ethnicity, religion or religious creed, sexual orientation and veteran or military status.
Per the California State University’s Out-of-State Employment Policy, the CSU is prohibited from hiring employees to perform CSU-related work outside California. Working in the State of California is a condition of employment.
The person holding this position is considered a mandated reporter under the California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act and is required to comply with the requirements set forth in CSU Executive Order 1083 Revised December 22, 2020 as a condition of employment.
CSU requires faculty, staff, and students who are accessing campus facilities to be immunized against COVID-19 or to declare a medical or religious exemption from doing so. Any candidates advanced in a currently open search process should be prepared to comply with this requirement. The system-wide policy can be found at CSU COVID Policy. Questions should be sent to the Office of Human Resources at hr@csusm.edu.
This position is subject to employment verification, education verification, reference checks, and criminal record checks. An offer of appointment is contingent upon successful completion of a background check, including a criminal records check, and may be rescinded if the background check reveals disqualifying information and/or it is discovered that the candidate knowingly withheld or falsified information. Failure to satisfactorily complete the background check may affect the continued employment of a current CSU employee who was conditionally offered the position.
The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act or Clery Act Notification can be found at Clery Act Notification.
Advertised: November 20, 2023 8:00 AM Pacific Daylight Time
Application Closes: Open Until Filled