Assistant Professor- American Indian Studies – 1025844-6689

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American Indian Studies Program

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

The American Indian Studies Program at the University of Illinois,
Urbana-Champaign invites applications for Assistant Professor (full
time, tenure-track) in an open area. This search is part of a multi-year
hiring commitment in American Indian Studies at the University of
Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. The position will require significant
contributions to undergraduate teaching (including teaching core courses
in American Indian Studies), graduate mentoring, service to the program
and university, and other forms of professional engagement. Candidates
from all disciplinary backgrounds across the Humanities, Arts, Natural
and Social Sciences, Education, and Health will be considered. We are
particularly interested in applicants working in Fine and Applied Arts,
Science and Technology Studies, Urban Planning, Landscape Architecture,
and Geography. A joint appointment or teaching arrangement with another
academic unit on campus is possible. Hemispheric approaches are welcome.
Our program understands American Indian and Indigenous Studies to be
simultaneously regional, hemispheric, and global while always anchored
by the epistemologies of, and responsibilities to, those on whose lands
we are located. The budgeted salary range for the position is
$74,000-80,000. We strive to provide a competitive salary, considering
factors such as available market data, internal equity, candidate
experience and qualifications, collective bargaining agreements, and
budget constraints. The final salary offer will be determined through a
thorough assessment of these elements.

Target start date is August 16, 2025. A Ph.D. or other equivalent
terminal degree in a humanities, natural and social sciences, education,
health sciences, art and design, or other field relevant to the study of
American Indian and Indigenous Studies required before starting date of
employment. Candidates whose Ph.D. may be delayed but will complete all
the Ph.D. requirements within the first appointment year may be
appointed at the rank of Instructor. After the Ph.D. requirement is met,
the appointment will be changed to Assistant Professor

To apply, create your candidate profile through
https://jobs.illinois.edu and submit application materials by 6pm CST on
November 22, 2024 . Applicants must submit a letter of application,
curriculum vitae, up to two samples of work and contact information for
three professional references. We ask that all documents be uploaded in
a single .pdf file as an upload in the “Resume/CV” section.

Letters of recommendation may be requested electronically from referees
at a later date. Only applications submitted through the University of
Illinois Job Board will be considered.

Questions about the position may be directed to Dr. Jenny Davis at
loksi@illinois.edu . For questions regarding the application process,
please contact 217-333-2137.

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knowledge, address critical societal needs through the transfer and
application of knowledge, and prepare students for lives of impact in
the state, nation, and globally. To meet these objectives, the College
embraces and values diversity and difference through hiring faculty
candidates who can contribute through their research, teaching, and/or
service to the diversity and excellence of the Illinois community.

The University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign sits on the lands of the
Peoria, Kaskaskia, Piankashaw, Wea, Miami, Mascoutin, Odawa, Sauk,
Mesquaki, Kickapoo, Potawatomi, Ojibwe, and Chickasaw Nations. These
lands are the traditional terri ory of these Native Nations prior to
their forced removal; these lands continue to carry the stories of these
Nations and their struggles for survival and identity. As a land-grant
institution, the University of Illinois has a particular responsibility
to acknowledge the peoples of these lands, as well as the histories of
dispossession that have allowed for the growth of this institution for
the past 150 years. We are also obligated to reflect on and actively
address these histories and the role that this university has played in
shaping them. This acknowledgement and the centering of Native peoples
is a start as we move forward for the next 150 years.

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