[Linganth] Job opening at UMBC in Black Expressive Culture Across the Diaspora

[SLA Online]

Dear SLA members,



FYI we are hiring in my department:



Associate Professor in the area of Black Expressive Culture Across the
Diaspora, in the Language, Literacy, and Culture Program
<http://llc.umbc.edu/> -- an interdisciplinary department at the University
of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) <http://umbc.edu/>.



The full job description is posted here
<https://facultyjobs.umbc.edu/cwfac/en-us/job/493485/associate-professor-in-the-area-of-black-expressive-culture-across-the-diaspora>
and
below. Feel free to spread the word, and please reach out to me with any
questions!



Christine Mallinson

mallinson at umbc.edu



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Faculty Jobs at UMBC

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Associate Professor in the area of Black expressive culture across the
Diaspora

*Job no:* 493485
*Work type:* Faculty
*Location:* UMBC Campus
*Categories:* Interdisciplinary, Africana Studies, Gender & Women's
Studies, History, Modern Languages & Linguistics, Communications/Journalism

Application Instructions:

 Apply via Interfolio at:   https://apply.interfolio.com/95117

Department:

Language, Literacy and Culture

For more information visit: https://llc.umbc.edu/

Anticipated Start Date:

August 31, 2022

About the Position:

The Language, Literacy, and Culture doctoral program at the University of
Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) seeks a tenured Associate Professor in
the areas of Black Expressive Culture Across the Diaspora. We seek
candidates with strong research productivity, experience teaching and
mentoring doctoral students, and a commitment to the university’s mission
of inclusive excellence.

This interdisciplinary scholar would work across disciplines with specific
areas of study in Black expressive culture with expertise in
humanities-based theoretical and methodological traditions; expertise in
various e-media literacies, digital humanities or related areas is also
welcomed. We seek someone with a Ph.D. in humanities disciplines/fields
such as American Studies, History, Literature, Gender and Sexuality,
Africana Studies or Black Cultural Studies, Modern Languages and Media
Studies or other related interdisciplinary humanities fields. The
successful applicant will contribute fully to our interdisciplinary
doctoral-only program, especially teaching core doctoral courses including
introductory theory and methods courses, and directing doctoral
dissertations. The successful candidate will have opportunities to work
with our partnering departments and have a commitment to working with
students with diverse life experiences and from a variety of disciplines
and backgrounds.

*About the Program*

We are an interdisciplinary program serving only doctoral students that
investigates the concepts and processes of language, literacy, and culture
in relationship to social, historical, technological, and ideological
formations. We advocate for socio-cultural and linguistic diversity in
research, practice, and policy, with special emphasis on social justice,
change, equity, power, and identity. Our intellectual community includes a
small core group of faculty members in the doctoral program and more than
30 affiliate faculty from more than nine programs and departments across
our campus with the intent of offering graduate students synergistic,
collaborative, community- and place-based approaches to research especially
in relation to the Baltimore region.

The successful candidate will have an opportunity to work alongside our
nationally recognized and award-winning faculty in our partnering
departments and in research centers like the Dresher Center for the
Humanities. We are deeply committed to supporting new faculty as they work
on their research and publications. UMBC is a dynamic and growing public
research university located in the Baltimore-Washington Corridor. *US News
and World Report* regularly ranks UMBC in the top 10 of most innovative
universities, and the *Chronicle of Higher Education* recognizes UMBC as
one its “Great Colleges to Work For”
<https://www.chronicle.com/interactives/greatcolleges18> in categories
including cooperative governance, compensation, teaching environment, and
work-life balance. UMBC is especially proud of the diversity of its student
body, and we seek to attract an equally diverse applicant pool for this
position. Our faculty and campus community have a strong commitment to
equity and social justice. We encourage applications from women,
underrepresented minorities, veterans, and individuals with disabilities.

Submit a letter of application with attention to research, teaching and
mentoring graduate students; CV; statement of commitment to diversity and
inclusiveness; two peer-reviewed publications; two course syllabi; and,
names and contact information for three references by December 1, 2021, to
Interfolio at https://apply.interfolio.com/95117. Please address questions
to Dr. Craig Saper, Interim Director, Language, Literacy, and Culture
doctoral program, llc at umbc.edu with the subject line “LLC Search.”

Screening of Applications Begins:
Review of application materials will begin *December 1, 2021* and will
continue until the position is filled.   About UMBC:

UMBC, an honors university serving more than 11,000 undergraduates and
2,000 graduate students, is one of two public universities in Maryland to
achieve the “doctoral/research university-extensive” Carnegie
classification. Located just outside Baltimore and 45 minutes from
Washington, DC, the campus is growing rapidly under dynamic leadership.

Our UMBC community redefines excellence in higher education through an
inclusive culture that connects innovative teaching and learning, research
across disciplines, and civic engagement. We will advance knowledge,
economic prosperity, and social justice by welcoming and inspiring
inquisitive minds from all backgrounds. The successful candidate will join
a department with a strong commitment to diversity and inclusive
excellence, and will be expected to contribute actively to these efforts (
https://diversity.umbc.edu/). <https://diversity.umbc.edu/)>

COVID-19 Vaccination

The University of Maryland has made the safety of our students, faculty and
staff, and our surrounding communities a top priority. As part of that
commitment, the University System of Maryland (USM) recently announced that
students, faculty, and staff on USM campuses this fall, including UMBC, are
required to be vaccinated against COVID. As a prospective and/or a new
employee at UMBC, you will be required to comply with the University’s
vaccination protocol. Proof of full vaccination will be required at the
start of employment. Further information is available at:
https://covid19.umbc.edu/vaccine/

Equal Opportunity Statement:
UMBC is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Applications from
women, minority group members, veterans and individuals with disabilities
are encouraged to apply.Title IX:
As an institution that receives federal financial assistance, UMBC adheres
to Title IX and does not discriminate on the basis of sex. For more
information about Title IX and contact information for Title IX Coordinator
click here. <https://oei.umbc.edu/gender-discrimination-sexual-misconduct/>


Accommodation:
If you require a reasonable accommodation for a disability for any part of
the employment process, please contact the Human Resources Department at
410-455-2337 or MD TTY Relay Service 1-800-735-2258 between 8:30 a.m. and
4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.


*Advertised:* 28 Sep 2021 09:00 Eastern Daylight Time
*Applications close:* Open Until Filled

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