Assistant Professor - Bilingual Education and Puerto Rican/Latinx and Latin American Studies

FACULTY VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT

Brooklyn College, a senior College of the City University of New York (CUNY), invites applications for Assistant Professor (tenure track) at the entry level in Bilingual/Bicultural Education in the Department of Puerto Rican & Latino Studies within the School of Humanities and Social Sciences with a starting date in August 2022.

Engendered by the Civil Rights Movements and student activism, the Department of Puerto Rican and Latino Studies provides students with the critical skills to navigate a diverse and globally interdependent world through the interdisciplinary study of Latinx arts, culture, history, literature and society. Situated within the School of Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS), the PRLS department shares the school’s goal to foster collaborative engagement among faculty, students, and communities, in the co-creation of knowledge. Our students build skills in critical thinking, creative expression, data analysis, and the capacity to articulate evidence-based decisions. The PRLS department, and HSS at large, prepares students to be adaptive and resilient in a rapidly changing global economy, and to be effective publicly engaged world citizens.

Brooklyn College serves students from as many as 150 countries who speak over 100 languages and dialects and thus constitutes a vibrant microcosm of the rich diversity and energy that characterizes the borough of Brooklyn and the greater New York City area itself. Its mission features “a special commitment to educate immigrant and first-generation college students from the diverse communities that make up our city and state.” The college ethos is strongly invested in the educational and career success of a population that encompasses a multiplicity of nationalities, ethnicities, religions, cultures and languages. We are committed to fostering a spirit of camaraderie and shared ideals across the entire spectrum of our varied constituency.  By accessing a first-class and affordable college education in an inclusive and nurturing intellectual milieu, our students acquire the skills, confidence, and global mindedness that allow them to thrive in a rapidly changing, unpredictable marketplace of ideas that is increasingly mindless of borders and spans the gamut of cultures and vernaculars.

To this end, the college seeks faculty who are eager to engage with the diversity of our student body and have a demonstrated commitment to inclusion and heterogeneity through teaching, research and/or service. We seek to recruit and retain faculty from historically underrepresented communities who reflect the mosaic of our student population. The search is one in a college-wide cluster hire that seeks faculty with a research focus on race, ethnicity and racial justice. Successful candidates will bring their unique creativity, sensitivity, insights and perspectives to a community that welcomes innovation in scholarship and teaching. Together we will model the finest that a public urban liberal arts, sciences, and professional studies college can be for the present and future.

Responsibilities include:

• Teach and develop curricula for undergraduate and graduate courses.
• Develop and maintain a research agenda in Bilingual Education and other related areas in Latinx/Afro-Latinx Studies and/or Latin American Studies.
• Conduct student advisement and research mentoring.
• Share responsibility for committee and department assignments, performing administrative, supervisory, and other related functions.

QUALIFICATIONS

• D. in the Social Sciences, Humanities or Education with expertise in Bilingual Education. Familiarity with NY state requirements for bilingual education certification is required.
• Demonstrated potential for effective teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels
• Demonstrated potential for scholarly research and peer-reviewed publications

COMPENSATION

Salary commensurate with experience and credentials at the entry level. All appointments are subject to financial availability.

CUNY offers faculty a competitive compensation and benefits package covering health insurance, pension and retirement benefits, paid parental leave, and savings programs.  We also provide mentoring and support for research, scholarship, and publication as part of our commitment to ongoing faculty professional development.

HOW TO APPLY

STEP ONE – Click "Apply Now"

From our job posting system, select "Apply Now'', create or log in to a user account, and provide the requested information. If you are viewing this posting from outside our system, please visit https://cuny.jobs/brooklyn-college/new-jobs/

Applicants should upload the following in .doc, .pdf, or .rtf format:

• An application letter indicating the desired position, and should detail how their teaching, service and/or scholarship has supported the success of students from racial, ethnic, and gender backgrounds that are underrepresented in their academic fields; applicants who have not yet had the opportunity for such experience should note how their work will further CUNY’s commitment to diversity.
• Current and detailed curriculum vitae
• A one-page document describing the candidate’s three-year research agenda
• Copies of publications and/or working papers

STEP TWO - Go to https://websql.brooklyn.cuny.edu/hrref/

All applicants are required to have three confidential letters of recommendation submitted electronically by their recommenders by visiting the link above and entering the contact information for three (3) recommenders.

The online system will automatically email your recommenders a request to submit a letter via the system. Full instructions will be provided.

Emailed or hard copy applications will not be considered.

CLOSING DATE

Review of applications to begin immediately and will continue until December 30, 2021.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

CUNY encourages people with disabilities, minorities, veterans and women to apply.  At CUNY, Italian Americans are also included among our protected groups.  Applicants and employees will not be discriminated against on the basis of any legally protected category, including sexual orientation or gender identity. EEO/AA/Vet/Disability Employer.