Assistant Professor in Latinx History, Washington State University

Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Latinx History
Department of History
Washington State University in Vancouver, WA

Position Summary: The Department of History at the Vancouver, WA campus of Washington State University (WSU) invites applications for a permanent, full-time, nine-month, tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor in Latinx history in the United States (or its immediate borderlands) with research expertise in some combination of agriculture, labor, food systems, race and ethnicity, racism, structures of inequality, migration, or environment. Applicants should provide evidence of a well-defined research program. Applicants must demonstrate commitment to underrepresented communities through research, service, teaching, public history projects, or community engagement. It is anticipated that the successful candidate will begin August 16, 2024.

Job Duties:
• The workload of this position is 40% research, 40% teaching, and 20% service.
• Teach two courses per semester (a 2-2 load). Teach upper and lower division undergraduate and graduate courses in United States, Chicana/o/x, Latina/o/x, labor, and/or immigration history and develop courses in their area of research specialization.
• Contribute to the department’s graduate program and to the undergraduate Roots of Contemporary Issues course.
• Maintain an active research program.
• Participate in service at the departmental, college, university, and campus level.

Required Qualifications:
• Completed PhD in history or closely related field at time of appointment.
• Evidence of a well-defined research agenda within Latinx history.
• Demonstrated teaching experience or potential for successful teaching and instruction.
• Demonstrated record of or potential for commitment to underrepresented communities and to campus and university diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.

Candidates with equity focus who do community-engaged scholarship:
WSU is committed to building a diverse, equitable, and inclusive university community. The university recognizes that fostering an inclusive environment for all, with particular attention to the needs of historically marginalized populations, is vital to the pursuit of excellence in all aspects of our institutional mission. Towards continually strengthening this commitment, we seek candidates whose research, teaching, and/or service has prepared them to be an integral contributor to the continued advancement of inclusion, diversity, equity, and access here at WSU.

This position is part of a faculty cluster hire initiative in the scholarship and teaching about racism and social inequality in the Americas, with a particular focus on Food and Environmental Justice. The university is particularly interested in hiring scholars who are deeply connected to and integrated into the communities that they study, as a means to build on our strong tradition of engaged and applied scholarship at WSU. We anticipate that this appointment will help to build bridges across the region through public outreach and civic engagement that helps to contextualize issues of race, racism, and food justice in our historical moment.

To Apply: Visit https://hrs.wsu.edu/jobs/, select your appropriate employment status, and search for R-10339. Applicants must upload required documents to their online application.

Application Deadline:
Formal review of applications will begin Monday, October 30, 2023, and the recruitment will remain open until a successful candidate is selected.

Direct inquiries about this position to Dr. Matthew Sutton, History Department Chair (sutton@wsu.edu) or Dr. Laurie Mercier, Search Committee Chair (lmercier@wsu.edu).

About Us
Washington State University (WSU) conducts transformational research and provides world-class education to a diverse student population of approximately 31,000 students statewide. WSU Vancouver is an inclusive, innovative, non-residential campus dedicated to offering premier undergraduate and graduate educational and research experiences. Situated on 351 scenic acres, WSU Vancouver is on the homelands of the Cowlitz Indian Tribe and Peoples of the Lower Columbia Valley. Located in the southwest region of Washington state, Vancouver is part of the Portland, Oregon metro area.

Washington State University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Educator and Employer. Members of historically underrepresented racial/ethnic groups, women, special disabled veterans, veterans of the Vietnam-era, recently separated veterans, and other protected veteran, persons of disability and/or persons age 40 and over are encouraged to apply.

WSU is committed to excellence through diversity and faculty-friendly policy action, including partner accommodation and NSF ADVANCE Institutional Transformation programs (http://www.advance.wsu.edu/). WSU employs only U.S. citizens and lawfully authorized non-U.S. citizens. All new employees must show employment eligibility verification as required by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

WSU is committed to providing access and reasonable accommodation in its services, programs, activities, education and employment for individuals with disabilities. To request disability accommodation in the application process, contact Human Resource Services: 509-335-4521 (v), Washington State TDD Relay Service: Voice Callers: 1-800-833-6384; TDD Callers: 1-800-833-6388, 509-335-1259(f), or hrs@wsu.edu.

closes: November 12, 2023