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.