Assistant Professor of Asian American Studies

The University of California, Davis invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor of Asian American Studies to begin July 1, 2025. Candidates are sought with research and teaching interests in war and critical militarisms embedded in understandings of settler colonialism and empire. The successful candidate will further engage in one or more of the following areas: the Pacific; indigenous studies, SWANA; policing, carcerality and surveillance; biopolitics; histories, technologies and toxicities of warfare, such as targeting, weapons manufacturing, and critical logistics; the embodied aftermaths of militarized state violence. Applicants should have training in Asian American studies and engage with one or more fields of praxis or study, including but not limited to: critical race studies, indigenous studies, postcolonial or decolonial studies, gender studies, trans and queer studies, and sexuality studies. The successful candidate should complement existing strengths within the Department of Asian American Studies, including transnationalism, social movements, cultural production and critique, colonialism and imperialism, youth cultures, immigration, borders and migrant rights, and legal studies. Applicants should be able to offer and create new lower and upper division undergraduate courses on critical militarisms, the transpacific, indigenous studies, state-sanctioned anti-Asian violence, Filipinx studies, SWANA studies, and/or community engaged social justice projects such as anti-imperial and anti-war organizing, all of which link the domestic and global fronts of war and empire. Applicants must hold the Ph.D. or equivalent degree in a relevant field.

We seek a scholar with an innovative publication profile or a strong promise of scholarly productivity and a strong commitment to excellence in teaching the undergraduate level curriculum in Asian American Studies. Candidates should show commitment to departmental/university collaboration as appropriate to rank.

The Asian American Studies Department is an interdisciplinary community of scholars that spans the social sciences, humanities, and arts, and who collaborate broadly with various centers and institutes on- and off-campus focused on community-engaged approaches to manifest and promote social justice. We offer an undergraduate major and minor. Visit our home page at https://asa.ucdavis.edu/. Faculty can seek affiliation with a number of graduate groups within the College.

Interested candidates should submit:

• a letter of application including a statement of research and teaching interests,
• a curriculum vitae;
• names and contact information for three referees;
• a statement of contributions to diversity;
• a writing sample (20 pp.) from recent research (preferably published or under contract with a publisher) as PDF or MS Word files;
• two syllabi;
• and teaching evaluations from 2 recent courses.

Referees will be contacted for long-listed candidates. Candidates should submit application packet through the Recruit Online portal at: https://recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF06669

Apply by October 15, 2024 for full consideration. Review of applications will continue until the position is filled. The University of California, Davis, and the Asian American Studies Department are interested in candidates who are committed to the highest standards of scholarship and professional activities, and to the development of a campus climate that supports equity and diversity. The University of California is an Affirmative Action/equal opportunity employer.

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Department: https://asa.ucdavis.edu/

Applicants must hold a Ph.D. or equivalent degree in a relevant field.

We seek a scholar with an innovative publication profile or a strong promise of scholarly productivity and a strong commitment to excellence in teaching the undergraduate level curriculum in Asian American Studies. Candidates should show commitment to departmental/university collaboration as appropriate to rank.

• 3 required (contact information only)

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We are an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer, and particularly encourage applications from members of historically underrepresented racial/ethnic groups, women, individuals with disabilities, veterans, LGBTQ community members, and others who demonstrate the ability to help us achieve our vision of a diverse and inclusive community.

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