Assistant Professor

American Indian Studies Program

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

The American Indian Studies Program at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign invites applications for Assistant Professor (full time, tenure-track) in an open area. This search is part of a multi-year hiring commitment in American Indian Studies at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. The position will require significant contributions to undergraduate teaching (including teaching core courses in American Indian Studies), graduate mentoring, service to the program and university, and other forms of professional engagement. Candidates from all disciplinary backgrounds across the Humanities, Arts, Natural and Social Sciences, Education, and Health will be considered. We are particularly interested in applicants working in Fine and Applied Arts, Science and Technology Studies, Urban Planning, Landscape Architecture, and Geography. A joint appointment or teaching arrangement with another academic unit on campus is possible. Hemispheric approaches are welcome. Our program understands American Indian and Indigenous Studies to be simultaneously regional, hemispheric, and global while always anchored by the epistemologies of, and responsibilities to, those on whose lands we are located. The budgeted salary range for the position is $74,000-80,000. We strive to provide a competitive salary, considering factors such as available market data, internal equity, candidate experience and qualifications, collective bargaining agreements, and budget constraints. The final salary offer will be determined through a thorough assessment of these elements.

Target start date is August 16, 2025. A Ph.D. or other equivalent terminal degree in a humanities, natural and social sciences, education, health sciences, art and design, or other field relevant to the study of American Indian and Indigenous Studies required before starting date of employment. Candidates whose Ph.D. may be delayed but will complete all the Ph.D. requirements within the first appointment year may be appointed at the rank of Instructor. After the Ph.D. requirement is met, the appointment will be changed to Assistant Professor

To apply, create your candidate profile through https://jobs.illinois.edu and submit application materials by 6pm CST on November 22, 2024. Applicants must submit a letter of application, curriculum vitae, up to two samples of work and contact information for three professional references. We ask that all documents be uploaded in a single .pdf file as an upload in the “Resume/CV” section.

Letters of recommendation may be requested electronically from referees at a later date. Only applications submitted through the University of Illinois Job Board will be considered.

Questions about the position may be directed to Dr. Jenny Davis at loksi@illinois.edu. For questions regarding the application process, please contact 217-333-2137.

The Illinois College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is a world leader in research, teaching, and public engagement. Faculty in the College create knowledge, address critical societal needs through the transfer and application of knowledge, and prepare students for lives of impact in the state, nation, and globally. To meet these objectives, the College embraces and values diversity and difference through hiring faculty candidates who can contribute through their research, teaching, and/or service to the diversity and excellence of the Illinois community.

The University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign sits on the lands of the Peoria, Kaskaskia, Piankashaw, Wea, Miami, Mascoutin, Odawa, Sauk, Mesquaki, Kickapoo, Potawatomi, Ojibwe, and Chickasaw Nations. These lands are the traditional territory of these Native Nations prior to their forced removal; these lands continue to carry the stories of these Nations and their struggles for survival and identity. As a land-grant institution, the University of Illinois has a particular responsibility to acknowledge the peoples of these lands, as well as the histories of dispossession that have allowed for the growth of this institution for the past 150 years. We are also obligated to reflect on and actively address these histories and the role that this university has played in shaping them. This acknowledgement and the centering of Native peoples is a start as we move forward for the next 150 years.

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