Assistant Professor of African American Studies, Africana Studies Department

Position Number: 001502

The Africana Studies Department at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte invites applications for an Assistant Professor position beginning August 11, 2025. The area of specialization is US African American Studies. We have a particular preference for a colleague whose research intersects with the College’s areas of excellence in Urban Health, Environment, and Migration.

The area of teaching competence is open but the department has teaching needs in the legacy and implications of the African diaspora experience in the U.S.A. and its interplays with Health and Environmental markers. The successful candidate would offer courses in the department’s concentration in health and environment and contribute to one or more of the following interdisciplinary programs: Latin American Studies, Interdisciplinary Studies, Health & Medical Humanities, Capitalism Studies, Women’s and Gender Studies, Legal Studies, Film Studies. Workload for pre-tenure and for research intensive faculty is two courses per semester, at all levels from large general education classes to senior/graduate seminars.