<div dir="ltr"><div><div>Hi, Leisy!<br><br></div>I enjoyed meeting and visiting with you at the Heritage Language Conference. <br><br></div>George Ann<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 3:59 PM, Wyman, Leisy T - (lwyman) <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lwyman@email.arizona.edu" target="_blank">lwyman@email.arizona.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div>
<div style="direction:ltr;font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma">We are very happy to announce the following job search in our department. Please pass the word to those in your networks who might be interested. Thank you!<br>
<br>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span></p>
<p>The Department of Teaching, Learning and Sociocultural
Studies</p>
<p>College of Education, University of Arizona</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman""><span> </span>Announces an Assistant/Associate Professor
Position in Indigenous Education</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Position Summary</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">The Language, Reading
and Culture (LRC) Program in the Teaching, Learning and Sociocultural Studies
(TLS) Department announces an Assistant/Associate professor position in
Indigenous Education effective August 2014. TLS is committed to creating and
supporting a community of Indigenous scholars engaged in critical exploration
and redefinition of Indigenous education research and engagement. </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">The UA also has an important
responsibility to the 22 federally recognized tribes in Arizona, and Native
American students at UA, who represent over 75 Native American tribes. With this
position, the College of Education seeks to further strengthen our
undergraduate and graduate programs by integrating Indigenous knowledge
systems, epistemologies, and decolonizing research methodologies. </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Related existing departmental faculty
research and teaching interests include Indigenous youth language learning and
practice; Indigenous language and culture maintenance/revitalization;
transnational Indigenous teacher education; and Indigenous knowledge/Traditional
Ecological Knowledge (TEK) systems. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">LRC attracts diverse
and highly qualified students, including Native American students and Latin
American Indigenous students, to our master's and doctoral programs. LRC is
also engaged in inter-university Indigenous education collaborations with
Indigenous scholars and students across Arizona and in Hawaii, Alaska, New
Zealand, Canada, and Mexico. TLS faculty are working on incorporating Native
American education-related offerings into our early childhood, elementary and
secondary teacher preparation programs and our undergraduate education non-teaching
degree programs. Our location, longstanding involvement with Native American
and minority education, collaborative work environment for faculty research and
grant development, and existing initiatives </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">offer opportunities for teaching, research and service with diverse
populations; UA's American Indian Language Development Institute (AILDI),
widely-recognized for Indigenous language teaching, language revitalization and
documentation; SEED (Scholarships for Education and Economic Development), a
vibrant international exchange program for </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">diverse Indigenous teachers and curriculum developers from
Mexico; and Project SOAR, a service-learning experience that connects Native
American undergraduate mentors with Native American students. </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">The UA further provides collaborative opportunities
with renowned Native American faculty and programs in Linguistics, Indigenous
Law and Policy, and American Indian Studies.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Qualifications:</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Earned doctorate
in education or related field.<span> </span>Strong
commitment to and experience in Indigenous and equity education, and a clear
research and teaching agenda in Native American and Indigenous education,
including one or more areas such as:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.2in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span><span>§<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Indigenous
language maintenance, revitalization, planning and policy</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.2in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span><span>§<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Indigenous
teacher preparation</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.2in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span><span>§<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Indigenous
children's/young adult literature</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.2in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span><span>§<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Indigenous
education and new technologies</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.2in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span><span>§<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Indigenous
knowledge systems including Traditional Ecological Knowledge, STEM education, place-based
education</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.2in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Indigenous
scholars are strongly encouraged to apply. Applicants with proficiency in one
or more Indigenous languages and/or experience working with Indigenous
populations in schools and/or communities are especially encouraged to apply.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Responsibilities:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman""></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:.25in"><span><span>§<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Faculty
load includes teaching, research and service</span></p>
<p><span><span>§<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Develop
a strong program of research, publication, and grant support</span></p>
<p><span><span>§<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Teach
graduate and undergraduate courses in areas of specialization </span></p>
<p style="margin-left:.25in"><span><span>§<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Advise
masters and doctoral students, and participate on graduate student committees </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span>Application
Process</span></b><span>:<span> </span>Please complete application
(Job 53712) and attach a letter of interest, research and teaching interest
statement, CV, three publications/papers, and contact information for three
professional references on-line at: <a href="http://www.hr.arizona.edu" target="_blank">http://www.hr.arizona.edu</a><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Applications will be reviewed starting November 15, 2013, continuing until
the position is filled. Inquiries should be directed to Dr. Leisy Wyman,
Indigenous Education Search Chair at <a href="mailto:lwyman@email.arizona.edu" target="_blank">lwyman@email.arizona.edu</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<br></div></div>-->
</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>George Ann Gregory, Ph.D.<br>Choctaw/Cherokee<br>Fulbright Scholar<br><br>"...everything on the earth has a purpose, every disease an herb to cure it, and every person a mission. " Mourning Dove (Salish)
</div>