English, Assistant Professor, Native American Literatures and Indigenous Studies, Tenure-Track

Company: Loyola University of Chicago Inc
Location: Chicago
Posted on: May 16, 2022

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Job Title English, Assistant Professor, Native American Literatures and Indigenous Studies, Tenure-Track Position Title English, Assistant Professor, Native American Literatures and Indigenous Studies, Tenure-Track Position Number Job Category University Faculty Job Type Full-Time FLSA Status Exempt Campus Rogers Park-Lake Shore Campus Location Code ENGLISH (02103A) Department Name ENGLISH Is this split and/or fully grant funded? No Duties and Responsibilities
The Department of English in the College of Arts and Sciences at Loyola University Chicago (LUC) invites applications for a full-time tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor, for academic year 2022-23, with a specialty in Native American literature and Indigenous Studies from the nineteenth century to the present. The ability to teach in the 19th and early 20th centuries is preferred. Strengths in environmental justice; oral literature; performance and media studies; digital humanities; hemispheric/transnational exchange; the study of sovereignty, decoloniality, and nation; gender, sexuality, and Two-spirit studies are particularly welcome. The successful candidate will teach at a university that has made social justice central to its vision and will join an intellectual community with faculty doing interdisciplinary work in textual studies and digital humanities, gender and queer theory, modernism/modernity, and critical race theory. For more information about the Department, please visit our website at www.luc.edu/english.
This search is part of a University-wide, multiyear initiative designed to hire outstanding researchers and teachers who are reflective of our diverse student body and committed to interdisciplinarity (i.e., working with colleagues across different subfields and disciplines). Of special interest are candidates who can further the University's efforts to foster diversity, equity, and inclusion.
The position involves teaching undergraduate courses as well as graduate courses in our MA and PhD programs. The successful candidate will pursue a strong program of scholarship and engage in service at the department level or above.
Qualifications
The candidate will have a PhD in English or a closely related field, or have a plan in place to defend by May 2022. Candidates for the position must demonstrate clear potential for excellence in research and teaching and must be willing to support the mission of LUC and the goals of a Jesuit, Catholic education.
Physical Demands None Working Conditions None Minimum Education and/or Work Experience
The candidate will have a PhD in English or a closely related field, or have a plan in place to defend by May 2022. Candidates for the position must demonstrate clear potential for excellence in research and teaching and must be willing to support the mission of LUC and the goals of a Jesuit, Catholic education.
Open Date 11/12/2021 Close Date Special Instructions to Applicants
Candidates should submit a cover letter and a current Curriculum Vitae to www.careers.luc.edu. After an initial round of review, selected candidates will be asked to submit additional materials: (1) a writing sample; (2) a statement on teaching experience; and (3) a statement addressing past and/or potential contributions to mentoring a diverse student body through research, teaching, and other channels and engaging a diverse community through scholarship and service (Inclusive Excellence Statement). At that stage, candidates will also be asked to arrange for three recommendations from individuals prepared to speak to their professional qualifications for this position to be submitted electronically to the above website (letter writers will receive an electronic prompt from LUC).
For full consideration, cover letter and curriculum vitae should be submitted by November 30, 2021.
The Loyola University Chicago community acknowledges its location on the ancestral homelands of the Council of the Three Fires (the Ojibwa, Ottawa, and Potawatomi tribes) and a place of trade with other tribes, including the Ho-Chunk, Miami, Menominee, Sauk, and Meskwaki. We recognize the tragic legacy of colonization, genocide, and oppression that still impacts Native American lives today. As a Jesuit university, we affirm our commitment to issues of social responsibility and justice. We further recognize our responsibility to understand, teach, and respect the past and present realities of local Native Americans and their continued connection to this land.
LUC is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer with a strong commitment to our mission of social justice and transformative education. The University believes that broad diversity is critical to achieving its mission. Therefore, in holistically assessing the many qualifications of each applicant, we would factor favorably an individual's record that includes experience with an array of diverse perspectives, as well as a wide variety of different educational, research or other work activities. Among other qualifications, we would also factor favorably experience overcoming or helping others overcome barriers to an academic career or degrees.
As a Jesuit Catholic institution of higher education, we seek candidates who will contribute to our strategic plan to deliver a transformative education in the Jesuit tradition. To learn more about LUC's mission, candidates should consult our website at www.luc.edu/mission. For information about the university's focus on transformative education, they should consult our website at www.luc.edu/transformativeed.

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