Assistant Professor of African American Studies
The College of Charleston’s African American Studies Program invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position starting August 16, 2025. We seek a dynamic and productive scholar with a demonstrated record of excellence in applying interdisciplinary and intersectional approaches to scholarship and teaching who works in African American/Black Studies from across the disciplines. We are particularly interested in scholars with expertise in African/African American foodways. Candidates must have a Ph.D. in African American Studies or a discipline within the humanities or social sciences, with a strong record of effective teaching and active research. The standard teaching load will be 3/3, and the candidate should be able to teach Introduction to African American Studies and upper-level courses, including the Capstone in African American Studies. The candidate must have completed their Ph.D. by the beginning of the appointment.
The College of Charleston is a public liberal arts and sciences institution with approximately 10,000 undergraduate students and 1,000 graduate students. The African American Studies Program is wellsuited to its unique location and the history of the Lowcountry region for African-descended people. Working with key institutional partnerships, including the Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture, the program in the Carolina Lowcountry and Atlantic World (CLAW), the Center for the Study of Slavery in Charleston (CSSC), and the newly established International African American Museum (IAAM). African American Studies has 24 affiliated faculty, and the program offers a successful major and minor in African American Studies. It is housed in the School of Languages, Cultures, and World Affairs and embraces the African Diaspora within its global outlook.
The College is in historic downtown Charleston in a coastal metropolitan area of 750,000. Additional information about the institution and the surrounding area is available at https://www.cofc.edu/. The College of Charleston is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any individual or group based on gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, race, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, or disability.
Applicants should apply online at https://jobs.cofc.edu/postings/16109.
Please submit a cover letter, a curriculum vitae, teaching philosophy, graduate transcripts, sample syllabi (Introduction to African American Studies; upper-division course) [listed as other documents in application], a chapter/article-length writing sample, and three academic references. For full consideration, applications should be received by December 31, 2024. Review of applications will begin following the deadline. Candidates will be invited for preliminary interviews via Zoom. Finalists will be invited for campus visits, pending travel approval.
Questions about the search can be directed to the Director of African American Studies/Search Committee Chair, Anthony D. Greene: [email protected] or 843-953-0675.
The College of Charleston is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any individual or group based on sex, gender (including gender identity and/or expression), pregnancy, race, religion, color, national origin, age, disability, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, genetic information, and other classifications protected by applicable federal, state, and local laws. For more information, please visit eop.cofc.edu.
