Senior Faculty/Department of African American Studies-University California Los Angeles (UCLA)

POSITION OVERVIEW
Position Title: Professor
Salary Range: The posted UC Salary scales set the minimum pay determined by rank and/or step at appointment. See Table(s) #1: https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/2024-25/oct-2024-scales/t1.pdf The salary range for this position is $112,900-$205,400. “Off-scale salaries” and other components of pay, i.e., a salary that is higher than the published system-wide salary at the designated rank and step, are offered when necessary to meet competitive conditions. See the campus compensation page for additional information: https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/shortcuts/salary_range.
 
APPLICATION WINDOW
Open date: October 2, 2024
Next review date: Friday, Nov 15, 2024 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee.
Final date: Monday, Dec 16, 2024 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but those received after the review date will only be considered if the position has not yet been filled.
 
POSITION DESCRIPTION
The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Department of African American Studies invites applications for a senior faculty appointment at the level of Full Professor. Experienced candidates with a Ph.D. (or equivalent) in African American Studies, Africana Studies, and/or African Diaspora Studies with an emphasis in one or any of the following areas of expertise are encouraged to apply: Anthropology, Digital Studies, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Global Economics, History, Political Science, Sociology, and Visual/Media Studies. Additionally, scholars whose research is interdisciplinary, bridging the social sciences and humanities, and those candidates who approach their research from comparative, transnational, and/ or Pan-African perspectives, especially from the Global South, are also encouraged to apply.
Qualifications include an exceptional scholarly research and publication record, an outstanding teaching record, experience with interdisciplinary instructional programs, and strong administrative skills. The department welcomes candidates whose experience in teaching, research, and service has prepared them to contribute to our commitment to inclusive excellence and community-engagement.
An interdisciplinary instructional program in African American Studies was established at UCLA in 1974. The program achieved departmental status during the 2013-14 academic year. The department maintains both BA and MA degree programs and offers a joint MA/JD program with the UCLA School of Law. For additional information about the department, please go to: http://afam.ucla.edu.
This search is a partnership between the Department of African American Studies and the Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies as part of the campus-wide effort to rising to the challenge of racial and social justice at UCLA, sponsored by the Office of the Chancellor and the Executive Vice Chancellor & Provost.
Interested candidates should submit application materials via UC Recruit at: https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/apply/JPF09707.
Each application should include a Curriculum Vitae (Required), Cover Letter (Required), Statement of Research, Statement of Teaching (Required), Statement on Contributions to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (Required), Reference Check Authorization Release Form, and Additional Material or Three Publications or Writing Samples (Upon Request). To ensure full consideration, it is recommended that candidates complete their application by November 15, 2024. After the initial review date, new applications will only be considered if the position has not been filled.
The posted UC Salary scales set the minimum pay determined by rank and/or step at appointment. See Table(s) #1: https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/2024-25/oct-2024-scales/t1.pdf
The salary range for this position is $112,900-$205,400. “Off-scale salaries” and other components of pay, i.e., a salary that is higher than the published system-wide salary at the designated rank and step, are offered when necessary to meet competitive conditions. See the campus compensation page for additional information: https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/shortcuts/salary_range.
The anticipated appointment date is July 1, 2025.
Although all applicants for faculty recruitments must complete the entire application, only finalists (i.e., those to whom the department or other hiring unit would like to extend a formal offer) considered for Academic Senate faculty positions will be subject to targeted employment reference checks.
The University of California is committed to creating and maintaining a community dedicated to the advancement, application, and transmission of knowledge and creative endeavors through academic excellence, where all individuals who participate in university programs and activities can work and learn together in a safe and secure environment, free of violence, harassment, bullying and other demeaning behavior, discrimination, exploitation, or intimidation. With this commitment as well as a commitment to addressing all forms of academic misconduct, UCLA conducts targeted employment reference checks for finalists to whom departments or other hiring units would like to extend formal offers of appointment into Academic Senate faculty positions. The targeted employment reference checks involve contacting the finalists’ current and prior places of employment to ask whether there have been substantiated findings of misconduct that would violate the University’s Faculty Code of Conduct. To implement this process, UCLA requires all applicants for Academic Senate faculty positions to complete, sign, and upload the form entitled “Authorization to Release Information” into RECRUIT as part of their application. If the applicant does not include the signed authorization to release information with the application materials, the application will be considered incomplete. As with any incomplete application, the application will not receive further consideration.
Department: https://www.afam.ucla.edu
 
QUALIFICATIONS
Basic qualifications:
* Experienced candidates with a Ph.D. or equivalent in African American and African Diaspora Studies, Black Studies, or related fields.


Preferred Qualifications:
* We are particularly interested in candidates who are working transnationally, including on Africa and diaspora and whose scholarship and engagements are interdisciplinary. Qualifications include an exceptional scholarly research and publication record, an outstanding teaching record, and experience with interdisciplinary instructional programs, which may include positions of leadership. The department welcomes candidates whose experience in teaching, research, and/or community service has prepared them to contribute to our commitment to diversity and excellence.
* Experienced candidates with a Ph.D. or equivalent in African American and African Diaspora Studies, Black Studies, or related fields.
 
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS
Document Requirements:
* Curriculum Vitae – Your most recently updated
* C.V.Cover Letter
* Statement of Research
* Statement of Teaching
* Statement on Contributions to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion – An EDI Statement describes a faculty candidate’s past, present, and future (planned) contributions to equity, diversity, and inclusion. To learn more about how UCLA thinks about contributions to equity, diversity, and inclusion, please review our EDI Statement FAQ document.
* Reference check authorization release form – Complete and upload the reference check authorization release form
* Additional Material or Three Publications or Writing Samples – Upon Request Only (Optional)
 
Reference Requirements:
* 3-5 required (contact information only)
* Contact information only.
 
Apply link: https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF09707
Help contact: dubose@ss.ucla.edu
 
ABOUT UCLA
As a University employee, you will be required to comply with all applicable University policies and/or collective bargaining agreements, as may be amended from time to time. Federal, state, or local government directives may impose additional requirements.
The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age or protected veteran status.
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