[AMS-announce] JOB: Asst. Professor, Black American Studies Program, Univ. of Delaware

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Black American Studies Program

The Black American Studies Program at the University of Delaware invites 
applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position with 
specialization in an Arts and Humanities discipline beginning September 
1, 2007.  Ph.D. is required at the time of appointment.  A successful 
candidate should have an active research program that addresses critical 
aspects of the Black American Experience in U.S. or the African 
Diaspora.  Specialization is open but this search is particularly 
interested in candidates with training in Philosophy (especially focused 
on the Arts and Literature); Cultural Studies (especially visual 
studies); American Studies; or the study of Performing Arts in African 
American Culture. The candidate will have a joint appointment between 
Black American Studies and the relevant Arts and Humanities department 
and the successful candidate's tenure home would be in Black American 
Studies.

The Black American Studies Program at the University of Delaware is a 
broad interdisciplinary group of five core and eleven joint 
faculty with strengths in African American art and art history, 
literature, history, sociology, criminal justice, psychology, political 
science and law and public policy.  We are particularly interested in 
candidates with a research and teaching commitment to a disciplinary 
focus on any aspect of the African Diasporic experience. The University 
of Delaware is also the home of the Distinguished Paul R. Jones 
Collection of African American Art.   Thus a candidate whose scholarship 
would be relevant to the Collection would be particularly desirable. 
More information on the Black American Studies Program can be found on 
the website:  www.udel.edu/bams.

The University of Delaware is an equal opportunity employer that 
encourages applications from minority group members and women.  Send an 
application letter describing teaching and research interests, 
curriculum vita, three letters of reference, a teaching portfolio, and 
representative examples of scholarly writing to:  Timothy Spaulding, 
Chair, Black American Studies Search Committee, Black American Studies, 
417 Ewing, University of Delaware; Newark, DE  19716.  Applications must 
be postmarked by January 19, 2007.  Reviewing of applications will begin 
February 1, 2007 and continue until the position is filled.