Assistant Professor of Chicano/a/x Studies

The Department of Chicana/o/x Studies at the University of California, Davis invites applicants with a PhD or an MFA for a tenure-track Assistant Professor specializing in Chicanx Literature and/or cultural production, broadly defined. Successful candidates will be expected to engage in research and teaching interests in: Chicanx literary history and theory and Chicanx aesthetics and cultural forms. Current areas of interest include but are not limited to decoloniality, Indigeneity, Central American studies, Afro Latinx studies, Marxist theory, racial capitalism, feminist studies, queer and trans Latinx studies, theater, mixed media and performance studies, as well as other emergent areas that would expand the department’s strengths. Successful candidates should address the social, political, and cultural implications of representation and social justice. They should also be able to engage a broad range of projects represented by the Chicana/o/x Studies Department and the interdisciplinary Humanities more generally, to teach our core curriculum courses in our cultural studies track, to develop new courses in their areas of focus, as well as to advise undergraduates and graduates.

The successful candidate will have a record of high-quality scholarship and a commitment to future production. We are especially interested in candidates who can contribute to racial equity and justice-focused goals of our academic community through their research, teaching, and service and who understand the barriers facing women of color and non-dominant people underrepresented in higher education.

Applicants should submit a cover letter, CV, a writing sample, contact information for three (3) references (letters of reference may be solicited at a later date), evidence of teaching experience and effectiveness, and a statement of contributions to diversity through the online application form: https://recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF05187.

Applications must be received by December 12, 2022 for full consideration.

Informal inquiries may be directed to Professor Maceo Montoya, chair of the search committee: email address mbmontoya@ucdavis.edu

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Security of Employment, Steps 4, 5, or 6, or Acting Professor of Law positions. The reference check involves contacting the administration of the applicant’s previous institution(s) to ask whether there have been substantiated findings of misconduct that would violate the University’s Faculty Code of Conduct. To implement this process, UC Davis requires all applicants for any open search for assistant professor to complete, sign, and upload the form entitled “Authorization to Release Information” into RECRUIT as part of their application. If an applicant does not include the signed authorization with the application materials, the application will be considered incomplete, and as with any incomplete application, will not receive further consideration. Although all applicants for faculty recruitments must complete the entire application, only finalists considered for Academic Senate Assistant Professor or Lecturer with Potential for Security of Employment, Steps 4, 5, or 6, or Acting Professor of Law positions will be subject to reference checks.