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'''Dartmouth College (USA:NH). '''Assistant Professor in Black Diaspora in the Era of the Atlantic Slave Trade (Tenure-Track). Deadline: 15 October 2020. [https://jobs.chronicle.com/job/282147/assistant-professor-black-diaspora-in-the-era-of-the-atlantic-slave-trade/?LinkSource=TopJob Job Ad on Chronicle Jobs] Updates: 
 
'''Dartmouth College (USA:NH). '''Assistant Professor in Black Diaspora in the Era of the Atlantic Slave Trade (Tenure-Track). Deadline: 15 October 2020. [https://jobs.chronicle.com/job/282147/assistant-professor-black-diaspora-in-the-era-of-the-atlantic-slave-trade/?LinkSource=TopJob Job Ad on Chronicle Jobs] Updates: 
   
'''Emory University (USA:GA).''' Assistant Professor of African American Studies Specializing in Art and Art History (Tenure-Track). Deadline: 15 December 2020. J[https://apply.interfolio.com/79715 ob Ad on Interfolio] Updates:
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'''Emory University (USA:GA).''' Assistant Professor of African American Studies Specializing in Art and Art History (Tenure-Track). Deadline: 15 December 2020. J[https://apply.interfolio.com/79715 ob Ad on Interfolio] Updates:
 
Mid-February interviews
 
 
Offer extended and accepted
 
   
 
'''Furman University (USA:SC).''' Open Rank Professor of African American History (Tenured/Tenure-Track). Deadline: 15 December 2020. [https://jobs.chronicle.com/job/299496/assistant-associate-full-professor-of-history/ Job Ad on Chronicle Jobs] Updates:
 
'''Furman University (USA:SC).''' Open Rank Professor of African American History (Tenured/Tenure-Track). Deadline: 15 December 2020. [https://jobs.chronicle.com/job/299496/assistant-associate-full-professor-of-history/ Job Ad on Chronicle Jobs] Updates:
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Jan. 2021: Rejection email received--nearly 100 applicants.
 
Jan. 2021: Rejection email received--nearly 100 applicants.
 
Offer made and accepted
 
   
 
'''University of Connecticut'''-- Assistant Professor Catalyzing Anti-Racist and Decolonial Futures: Cluster Hire across English, Literatures and Cultures, Political Science, and Philosophy (4 positions). TT. Deadline: December 15, 2020. <nowiki>https://www.theasa.net/jobs-opportunities/job-listings/assistant-professor-catalyzing-antiracist-decolonial-futures</nowiki>
 
'''University of Connecticut'''-- Assistant Professor Catalyzing Anti-Racist and Decolonial Futures: Cluster Hire across English, Literatures and Cultures, Political Science, and Philosophy (4 positions). TT. Deadline: December 15, 2020. <nowiki>https://www.theasa.net/jobs-opportunities/job-listings/assistant-professor-catalyzing-antiracist-decolonial-futures</nowiki>
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'''Augsburg University (USA:MN).''' Assistant Professor of Black/Africana Studies (Tenure-Track). No deadline indicated. [https://jobs.chronicle.com/job/323170/assistant-professor-in-black-africana-studies-augsburg-university/ Job Ad on Chronicle Jobs] Updates:
 
'''Augsburg University (USA:MN).''' Assistant Professor of Black/Africana Studies (Tenure-Track). No deadline indicated. [https://jobs.chronicle.com/job/323170/assistant-professor-in-black-africana-studies-augsburg-university/ Job Ad on Chronicle Jobs] Updates:
   
'''Boston University (USA:MA).''' Visiting Assistant Professor of African American Cinema. (Non Tenure-Track). Extended Deadline: 11 April 2021. [https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/18221 Job Ad on Academic Jobs Online] Updates:
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'''Boston University (USA:MA).''' Visiting Assistant Professor of African American Cinema. (Non Tenure-Track). Deadline: 26 March 2021. [https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/18221 Job Ad on Academic Jobs Online] Updates:
   
 
'''California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (USA:CA).''' Assistant Professor of Ethnic Studies, African American Studies Concentration (Tenure-Track). Deadline: 1 March 2021. [https://jobs.chronicle.com/job/318292/assistant-professor-of-ethnic-studies-african-american-studies-emphasis/ Job Ad on Chronicle Jobs] Updates:
 
'''California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (USA:CA).''' Assistant Professor of Ethnic Studies, African American Studies Concentration (Tenure-Track). Deadline: 1 March 2021. [https://jobs.chronicle.com/job/318292/assistant-professor-of-ethnic-studies-african-american-studies-emphasis/ Job Ad on Chronicle Jobs] Updates:
 
Any news on this one? (3/23)
 
   
 
'''California State University, Chico (USA:CA).''' Assistant Professor of Multicultural and Gender Studies (focus on African American Studies) (Tenure-Track). Deadline: 05 April 2021. [https://jobs.chronicle.com/job/323566/assistant-professor-position-department-of-multicultural-and-gender-studies-african-american-studies/ Job Ad on Chronicle Jobs] Updates:
 
'''California State University, Chico (USA:CA).''' Assistant Professor of Multicultural and Gender Studies (focus on African American Studies) (Tenure-Track). Deadline: 05 April 2021. [https://jobs.chronicle.com/job/323566/assistant-professor-position-department-of-multicultural-and-gender-studies-african-american-studies/ Job Ad on Chronicle Jobs] Updates:
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'''Drexel University (USA:PA).''' Associate or Full Professor of History and Africana Studies (Tenured). [https://www.higheredjobs.com/faculty/details.cfm?JobCode=177408938&Title=Tenured%20Associate%20or%20Full%20Professor%2C%20History%20and%20Africana Job Ad on Higher Ed Jobs] Updates:
 
'''Drexel University (USA:PA).''' Associate or Full Professor of History and Africana Studies (Tenured). [https://www.higheredjobs.com/faculty/details.cfm?JobCode=177408938&Title=Tenured%20Associate%20or%20Full%20Professor%2C%20History%20and%20Africana Job Ad on Higher Ed Jobs] Updates:
   
3/19: Any news???
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3/19: Any news???
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3/26: Preliminary Interview held
   
 
'''Eastern Michigan University (USA:MI).''' Assistant Professor of Africology and African American Studies (Tenure-Track). Deadline: 13 January 2021. [https://www.schooljobs.com/careers/emichedu/jobs/2904089-0/assistant-professor-africology-and-african-american-studies Job Ad on Chronicle Jobs] Updates:
 
'''Eastern Michigan University (USA:MI).''' Assistant Professor of Africology and African American Studies (Tenure-Track). Deadline: 13 January 2021. [https://www.schooljobs.com/careers/emichedu/jobs/2904089-0/assistant-professor-africology-and-african-american-studies Job Ad on Chronicle Jobs] Updates:
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'''Howard University (USA:DC).''' Associate or Full Professor of Afro-American Studies and Department Chair (Tenured). Deadline: 1 February 2021. [https://jobs.chronicle.com/job/301333/chair-department-of-afro-american-studies-howard-university/ Job Ad on Chronicle Jobs] Updates:
 
'''Howard University (USA:DC).''' Associate or Full Professor of Afro-American Studies and Department Chair (Tenured). Deadline: 1 February 2021. [https://jobs.chronicle.com/job/301333/chair-department-of-afro-american-studies-howard-university/ Job Ad on Chronicle Jobs] Updates:
 
'''Howard University (USA:DC).''' Open Rank Professor of Political Science (in Black Politics and American Politics) (Tenure-Track/Tenured). No Deadline Indicated. [https://jobs.chronicle.com/job/326830/howard-university-department-of-political-science-black-politics-and-american-politics/ Job Ad on Chronicle Jobs] Updates:
 
   
 
'''Johns Hopkins University (USA:MD).''' Associate or Full Professor of African History (Tenured). Deadline: 20 January 2021. [https://jobs.chronicle.com/job/307185/senior-tenured-full-or-associate-professorship-in-african-history-post-1500-/ Job Ad on Chronicle Jobs] Updates:
 
'''Johns Hopkins University (USA:MD).''' Associate or Full Professor of African History (Tenured). Deadline: 20 January 2021. [https://jobs.chronicle.com/job/307185/senior-tenured-full-or-associate-professorship-in-african-history-post-1500-/ Job Ad on Chronicle Jobs] Updates:
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'''Temple University (USA:PA).''' Assistant or Associate Professor of Africology and African American Studies (Tenure-Track/Tenured). Deadline: 20 March 2021. [https://apply.interfolio.com/84162 Job Ad on Interfolio] Updates:
 
'''Temple University (USA:PA).''' Assistant or Associate Professor of Africology and African American Studies (Tenure-Track/Tenured). Deadline: 20 March 2021. [https://apply.interfolio.com/84162 Job Ad on Interfolio] Updates:
   
'''Tulane University (USA: LA).''' Visiting Assistant Professor of African/African Diaspora Literatures (Non-Tenure-Track). Deadline: 5 April 2021. [https://apply.interfolio.com/85028 Job Ad on Interfolio] Updates:
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'''Tulane University (USA: LA).''' Visiting Assistant Professor of African/African Diaspora Literatures. Deadline April 5, 2021. http://apply.interfolio.com/85028
   
 
'''University of Alberta (Canada:AB).''' Tier 1 Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Black Studies (Tenured). Deadline: 15 February 2021. [https://www.careers.ualberta.ca/Competition/A110444426/ Job Ad on University Website] Updates:
 
'''University of Alberta (Canada:AB).''' Tier 1 Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Black Studies (Tenured). Deadline: 15 February 2021. [https://www.careers.ualberta.ca/Competition/A110444426/ Job Ad on University Website] Updates:
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'''University of Georgia (USA:GA).''' Assistant Professor of African American History (Tenure-Track). Deadline: 26 February 2021. [https://careers.insidehighered.com/job/2081818/assistant-professor-of-african-american-history/ Job Ad on Higher Ed Jobs] Updates:
 
'''University of Georgia (USA:GA).''' Assistant Professor of African American History (Tenure-Track). Deadline: 26 February 2021. [https://careers.insidehighered.com/job/2081818/assistant-professor-of-african-american-history/ Job Ad on Higher Ed Jobs] Updates:
 
'''University of Houston (USA:TX).''' Associate or Full Professor and Director of African American Studies (Tenured). No Deadline Indicated. [https://uhs.taleo.net/careersection/ex2_uhf/jobdetail.ftl?job=FAC001783&lang=en Job Ad on University Website] Updates:
 
   
 
'''University of Massachusetts, Amherst (USA:MA).''' Associate or Full Professor of Afro-American Studies and Department Chair (Tenured). Deadline: 8 January 2021. [https://www.higheredjobs.com/faculty/details.cfm?JobCode=177339319&Title=Associate%20or%20Full%20Professor%2FDepartment%20Chair Job Ad on Higher Ed Jobs]
 
'''University of Massachusetts, Amherst (USA:MA).''' Associate or Full Professor of Afro-American Studies and Department Chair (Tenured). Deadline: 8 January 2021. [https://www.higheredjobs.com/faculty/details.cfm?JobCode=177339319&Title=Associate%20or%20Full%20Professor%2FDepartment%20Chair Job Ad on Higher Ed Jobs]
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3/19: Any news???
 
3/19: Any news???
 
3/19: The chair reached out this past Sunday to ask if I was still interested in the position, but she didn't set up an interview or anything. No news since. Anyone else?
 
   
 
'''University of Texas at San Antonio (USA:TX).''' Open Rank Professor of African American Studies (Tenured/Tenure-Track). Deadline: 15 January 2021. [https://www.higheredjobs.com/faculty/details.cfm?JobCode=177383337&Title=Assistant%2FAssociate%2FFull%20Professor%2DAfrican%20American%20Studies Job Ad on Higher Ed Jobs] Updates:
 
'''University of Texas at San Antonio (USA:TX).''' Open Rank Professor of African American Studies (Tenured/Tenure-Track). Deadline: 15 January 2021. [https://www.higheredjobs.com/faculty/details.cfm?JobCode=177383337&Title=Assistant%2FAssociate%2FFull%20Professor%2DAfrican%20American%20Studies Job Ad on Higher Ed Jobs] Updates:
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'''Washington State University (USA:WA).''' Assistant Professor of History in African Diaspora in the Americas (Tenure-Track). Deadline: 16 January 2021. [https://www.higheredjobs.com/faculty/details.cfm?JobCode=177376414&Title=Assistant%20Professor%20of%20History%3A%20African%20Diasporas%20in%20the%20Americas Job Ad on Higher Ed Jobs] Update:
 
'''Washington State University (USA:WA).''' Assistant Professor of History in African Diaspora in the Americas (Tenure-Track). Deadline: 16 January 2021. [https://www.higheredjobs.com/faculty/details.cfm?JobCode=177376414&Title=Assistant%20Professor%20of%20History%3A%20African%20Diasporas%20in%20the%20Americas Job Ad on Higher Ed Jobs] Update:
 
Offer made
 
   
 
'''Washington University in St. Louis (USA:MO).''' Assistant Professor of Black Digital Media Studies (Tenure-Track). Deadline: 20 March 2021. [https://apply.interfolio.com/84068 Job Ad on Interfolio] Updates:
 
'''Washington University in St. Louis (USA:MO).''' Assistant Professor of Black Digital Media Studies (Tenure-Track). Deadline: 20 March 2021. [https://apply.interfolio.com/84068 Job Ad on Interfolio] Updates:
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Any news from WashU? (2/16)
 
Any news from WashU? (2/16)
   
 
[[Category:Gender studies]]
Any news from Drexel? [3/19]
 
 
Anyone heard from U of Tenn? [3/18]
 
 
Soka University is a scam school and potentially a cult. Please look it up before accepting any offers there!
 
[[Category:Gender studies]]
 

Revision as of 02:05, 27 March 2021

Wiki page for Academic Jobs in African & African American Studies advertised during the 2020-2021 hiring season.

See also Critical TheoryEthnic Studies, Comparative Literature, and Philosophy.


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  1. Example University (State/Province, Country). Position Title. Specializations. Deadline. TT/NT. FT/PT. Link to Job ad(s). Updates: 

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Jobs with 2020 Application Deadlines

Allegheny College (USA:PA). Assistant Professor of English in African American and African Diasporic Literature (Tenure-Track). Deadline: 16 November 2020. Job Ad on Chronicle Jobs Updates:

12/10: Request for more materials

1/23: Request for interview (happening week of Feb. 8) x2

2/15: Request for interview [<-- is this a 2nd round / campus interview?] <-- 1st round

3/2: Any updates? Nothing yet (3/12)

Angelo State University (USA:TX). Assistant Professor of History, 20th Century U.S. Civil Rights (Tenure-Track). Deadline: 15 November 2020. Job Ad on Chronicle Jobs Updates: 

Appalachian State University (USA:NC). Assistant Professor of African American History (Tenure-Track). Deadline: 20 November 2020. Job Ad on Chronicle Jobs Updates: 

12/15: Request for interview and letters

Austin Peay State University (USA:TN). Assistant Professor of African American Studies (Tenure-Track). No deadline indicated. Job Ad on Higher Ed Jobs Updates:

Boston University (USA:MA). Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Religion and Black Studies (Tenured). No deadline indicated. Job Ad on Chronicle Jobs Updates: 

California State University, Fullerton (USA:CA). Postdoctoral Fellow and Assistant Professor of African American Studies (Tenure-Track). Deadline: 1 November 2020. Job Ad on Chronicle Jobs Updates: 

California State University, Fullerton (USA:CA). Advanced Assistant Professor of African American Studies (Tenure-Track). Deadline: 1 December 2020. Job Ad on Chronicle Jobs Updates:

Cambridge University (Cambridge, UK): University Lecturer in Postcolonial Literature: Caribbean literature; East African literature; West African literature (Tenure Track). Deadline: Dec 14 2020. Job Ad on University Website Updates:

Carleton University (Canada:ON). Assistant Professor of African Studies (Tenure-Track). Deadline: 1 September 2020. Job Ad on Carleton University website Updates:

Carnegie Mellon University (USA:PA). Assistant Professor of African American/Black Diasporic Studies (Tenure-Track). Deadline: 20 November 2020. Job Ad on Interfolio  Updates:

Rejection email received, Feb. 2021.

Chapman University (USA:CA). Assistant Professor of Sociology in African/African Diaspora Studies (Tenure-Track). No deadline indicated. Job Ad on Chronicle Jobs Updates:

College of Wooster (USA:OH). Assistant Professor of African American History (Tenure-Track). Deadline: 15 December 2020. Job Ad on Interfolio  Updates: 

Dartmouth College (USA:NH). Assistant Professor in Black Diaspora in the Era of the Atlantic Slave Trade (Tenure-Track). Deadline: 15 October 2020. Job Ad on Chronicle Jobs Updates: 

Emory University (USA:GA). Assistant Professor of African American Studies Specializing in Art and Art History (Tenure-Track). Deadline: 15 December 2020. Job Ad on Interfolio Updates:

Furman University (USA:SC). Open Rank Professor of African American History (Tenured/Tenure-Track). Deadline: 15 December 2020. Job Ad on Chronicle Jobs Updates:

[1/21] first round zoom interview; rejection email before round 2

Howard University (USA:DC). Assistant Professor of African American Literature (Tenure-Track). Deadline: 1 December 2020. Job Ad on Chronicle Jobs Updates:

1:14: Interview + writing sample request

2/9: Campus invites sent.

Jacksonville State University (USA:AL). Assistant Professor of English in African American Literature (Tenure-Track) Deadline: 29 November 2020. Job Ad on Chronicle Jobs Updates:

12/8: zoom interview request

Kent State University (USA:OH). Assistant Professor of Pan-African Studies (Tenure-Track). No deadline indicated. Job Ad on Higher Ed Jobs Updates:

Lake Forest College (USA:IL). Assistant Professor of African American Studies (Tenure-Track). Deadline: 25 November 2020. Job Ad on Higher Ed Jobs Updates:

12/6: request for materials, Zoom interview scheduled

1/7: Final interviews happening, rejection email received (did not advance to second round)

Longwood University (USA:VA). Assistant Professor of African American History (Tenure-Track). No deadline indicated. Job Ad on Chronicle Jobs Updates:

Loyola University, Chicago (USA:IL). Assistant Professor of African American History (Tenure-Track). Deadline 15 December 2020. Job Ad on Chronicle Jobs Updates:

Feb. 2021: Rejection email received.

Macalester College (USA:MN). Advanced Associate or Full Professor of African American HIstory and Department Chair (Tenured). Deadline: 23 November 2020. Job Ad on Chronicle Jobs Updates: 

Marist College (USA:NY). Assistant Professor of History in African Studies (Tenure-Track). No deadline indicated. Job Ad on Chronicle Jobs Updates:

Middlebury College (USA:VT). Assistant Professor of Black Studies (Tenure-track). Deadline: 20 November 2020. Job Ad on Chronicle Jobs Updates:

  • News from a search committee member: They received 170 applications. (3 Dec 2020)
  • Any idea on short-list or when they will start interviews? (14 Dec)
  • Long list established, invitations for Zoom interviews sent out. (6 Jan 2021)
  • Interviews scheduled and will take place week of January 18th.
  • Virtual Campus Visits have started.

Middlebury College (USA:VT). Assistant Professor of African American History (Tenure-Track). Deadline: 7 December 2020. Job Ad on Chronicle Jobs Updates:

Feb. 2021: Any updates? Total silence Dec. deadline passed.

Mar. 16: Rejection email received. Email included the name (and institutional affiliation) of chosen candidate. Very unprofessional.

Mount St. Mary's University (USA:MD). Assistant Professor of African American Studies (Tenure-Track). No deadline indicated. Job Ad on Higher Ed Jobs Updates: Received (kind) rejection letter (12/17)

New Jersey City University (USA:NJ). Open Rank Professor of African American Studies and Director of the Lee Hagan Africana Studies Center (Tenure-Track). No deadline indicated. Job Ad on Higher Ed Jobs Updates:

Northeastern University (USA:MA). Open Rank Professor of Africana Studies (Tenured/Tenure-Track). No deadline indicated. Job Ad on University Website Updates: 1/13/21 Zoom Interview, follow-up expected by the end of January

1/28: Rejected (after interview on 1/12).

2/19: "On Campus" Interview

Northeastern University (USA:MA). Associate or Full Professor of Africana Studies and Director of the Africana Studies Program (Tenured). No deadline indicated. Job Ad on University Website Updates:

Pepperdine Seaver College (USA:CA). Assistant Professor of International Studies with a specialization in African Studies (Tenure-Track). No deadline indicated. Job Ad on Chronicle Jobs Updates:

Providence College (USA:RI). Assistant Professor of Sociology and Anthropology and Black Studies (Tenure-Track). Deadline: 13 November 2020. Job Ad on Chronicle Jobs Updates:

Providence College (USA:RI). Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Management and Black Studies (Tenure-Track). Deadline: 20 November 2020. Job Ad On Chronicle Jobs Updates:

Providence College (USA:RI). Assistant Professor of French or Spanish and Black Studies (Tenure-Track). Deadline: 20 November 2020. Job Ad on Chronicle Jobs Updates: 12-12 Final interviews scheduled

Queens College, CUNY (USA:NY). Open Rank Professor of African American History and Director of the Africana Studies Program (Tenured/Tenure-Track). No deadline indicated. Job Ad on Chronicle Jobs Updates: Interviews scheduled.

Ryerson University (Canada: Toronto). Assistant Professor of Black Studies: media, literatures, and cultures of the African diaspora (Tenure-Track). Deadline: 28 November 2020 [1]

  • Request for more materials (12/2)
  • Anyone get an interview? The request email noted they wanted to schedule for 12/17-18 (12/15)

Salve Regina University (USA:RI). Assistant Professor of African American Literature and Culture (Tenure-Track). Deadline: 1 November 2020. Job Ad on Chronicle Jobs Updates: 

12/10: request for additional materials

1/18: Request for Campus Visit

San Francisco Community College (USA:CA). Instructor in African American Studies (Tenure-Track). No Deadline Indicated. Job Ad on Chronicle Jobs Updates: 

Santa Clara University (USA:CA). Open Rank Tenure-Track or Tenured Faculty in African American Studies. Deadline: 30 October 2020. Job Ad on Higher Ed Jobs Updates:  Any news?x2 (24 Nov)

- zoom interview on 11/23

Smith College (USA:MA). Open Rank Tenure-Track or Tenured Professor of Africana Studies. Deadline: 30 October 2020. Job Ad on Chronicle Jobs . Updates:

--Request for more materials, 11/28

Southern Illinois University Carbondale (USA:IL). Assistant or Associate Professor of Africana Studies (Tenure-Track). Deadline: 20 November 2020. Job Ad on Chronicle Jobs Updates:

Stetson University (USA:FL). Assistant Professor of Sociology and Africana Studies (tenure-track). Deadline 15 December 2020 Job Ad on Chronicle Jobs

St. John Fisher College (USA:NY). Assistant Professor of African American or Ethnic American Literature and Cultures (Tenure-Track). No deadline indicated. Job Ad on Higher Ed Jobs Updates:

-more materials requested on 01/27: 2X

2/22–Any news?

SUNY, New Paltz (USA:NY). Associate or Full Professor of Black Studies (Tenured). No deadline indicated. Job Ad on Chronicle Jobs. Updates:

SUNY, Oneonta (USA:NY). Assistant Professor of Africana and Latinx Studies (Tenure-Track). No deadline indicated. Job Ad on University Website Updates:

2/16–Any news?

Did preliminary interview on 2/11. Any news about campus? (2/19)

Texas A&M University, College Station (USA:TX). Advanced Assistant or Associate Professor of Black History (Tenure-Track). Deadline: 4 December 2020. Job Ad on Higher Ed Jobs Updates: 1/4/2021 First Round of interviews

Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi (USA:TX). Assistant Professor of African American History (Tenure-Track). Deadline: 16 November 2020. Job Ad on Chronicle Jobs Updates: 12/2020 First Round Zoom Interview

Texas A&M University, San Antonio (USA:TX). Assistant Professor of African American History (Tenure-Track). Deadline: 1 December 2020. Job Ad on Higher Ed Jobs Updates: Final round of zoom interviews scheduled for the end of January

Texas State University (USA:TX). Assistant Professor of African American Literature (Tenure-Track). Deadline: 13 November 2020. Job Ad on Chronicle Jobs Updates: First round Interviews took place the week of Dec. 7

Tufts University (USA:MA). Assistant Professor of African History (Tenure-Track). Deadline 15 December 2020. Job Ad on Interfolio Updates:

University of Bayreuth (DEU:Bay). Junior Professor (Asst. Prof. equivalent). African Languages and the Construction of Knowledge. Deadline: 30 September 2020. Job ad on university website Updates:

Any news?

University of California, Davis (USA:CA). Assistant Professor of African Studies (Tenure-Track). Deadline: 30 September 2020. Job Ad on Higher Ed Jobs Updates: 

University of California, Irvine (Irvine, CA) Assistant Professor in Black Feminist Theory and Cultural Studies. Deadline: November 15, 2020. Link to Job Ad: https://recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF06402

Updates:

2/9: Rejected

University of Colorado, Boulder (USA:CO). Assistant Professor of African American History (Tenure-Track). Deadline: 18 December 2020. Job Ad on Higher Ed Jobs Updates:

Jan. 2021: Rejection email received--nearly 100 applicants.

University of Connecticut-- Assistant Professor Catalyzing Anti-Racist and Decolonial Futures: Cluster Hire across English, Literatures and Cultures, Political Science, and Philosophy (4 positions). TT. Deadline: December 15, 2020. https://www.theasa.net/jobs-opportunities/job-listings/assistant-professor-catalyzing-antiracist-decolonial-futures

Updates:

3/3: Campus visits for all 4 visits held between 2/8 and 2/19. Has anyone heard anything/ received offers after campus visits?

University of Hong Kong (CHN:HK). Assistant Professor in African Studies in the Faculty of Arts. Deadline: 15 July 2020. TT. FT. Job ad on H-Net  Updates:

University of Kentucky, Lexington (USA:KY). Assistant Professor in African American and Africana Studies and Environmental Studies (Tenure-Track). Deadline: 7 October 2020. Job Ad on Higher Ed Jobs Updates: 

University of Massachusetts, Boston (USA:MA). Assistant Professor of African American Literature (Tenure-Track). Deadline: 1 November 2020. Job Ad on Chronicle Jobs Updates: 

-Conducted zoom interviews week of 1/4

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (USA:NC). Assistant Professor of African, African American, and Diaspora Studies (Tenure-Track). Deadline: 20 November 2020. Job Ad on Chronicle Jobs Updates: 

University of North Carolina, Greensboro (USA:NC). Assistant Professor of African American and African Diaspora Studies (Tenure-Track). Deadline: 11 December 2020. Job Ad on Chronicle Jobs Updates:

Any updates? (1/15)

  • I've heard nothing. (1/18)
  • Received rejection email (1/20 x3)
  • Any updates? I still haven’t heard anything. (1/27)
  • I haven't heard anything either (1/28)

Any updates at all? (3/8)

University of North Carolina, Pembroke (USA:NC). Assistant Professor of African American History (Tenure-Track). Deadline: 15 December 2020. Job Ad on Chronicle Jobs Updates:

University of North Carolina, Wilmington (USA:NC). Assistant Professor of African American History and Public History (Tenure-Track) Deadline: 1 December 2020. Job Ad on Chronicle Jobs Updates: 

University of Notre Dame (USA:IN). Hesburgh Chair of African American Studies and Department Chair (Tenured). No deadline indicated. Job Ad On Interfolio Updates:

University of Pittsburgh, Bradford (USA:PA). Assistant Professor of English in African American Culture Studies/Literature (Tenure-Track). No deadline indicated. Job Ad on Chronicle Jobs Updates:

zoom interview request 3/5

University of Portland (USA:OR). Associate Professor/Professor for Development of Ethnic Studies (Tenure-Track). Deadline: 15 November 2020. Job ad on Chronicle Jobs Updates: 

- zoom interview request on 12/3

University of Southern California (USA:CA). Assistant Professor of Black Feminist and/or Black LGBTQ Studies (Tenure-Track). Deadline: 30 November 2020. Job Ad on Chronicle Jobs Updates: 

  • request for more materials (recommendations and 2nd writing sample)(Dec. 7)
  • Any updates? (Jan. 26)
  • Campus invites sent.

University of Southern California (USA:CA). Assistant Professor of Global Black Studies (Tenure-Track). Deadline: 4 December 2020. Job Ad on University Website Updates:

  • Any updates? 1/6
  • Any updates? 1/28 >> I heard that they would send interview requests by the end of January. >> Does anybody know if interview requests went out?
  • No updates??? (2/26)

University of Texas at Austin (USA:TX). Associate or Full Professor of African and African Diaspora Studies (Tenured). Deadline: 15 November 2020. Job Ad on Chronicle Jobs Updates:

University of Washington (USA:WA). Assistant Professor in African American Studies (Tenure-Track). Deadline: 1 November 2020. Job ad on Chronicle Jobs Updates: Heard anything? (24 Nov)

11/29: I just noticed on Interfolio that this application requires additional materials (syllabi, evals, writing sample). Has anyone else experienced something similar? is this a call for additional materials? Haven't gotten an email from them.

  • I see that on Interfolio as well, but was never directly contacted as the 24 November update below mentions. (14 Dec)

11/24: Request for additional materials & invitations for interviews sent out

15 March: Offer extended

Washington University in St. Louis (USA:MO). Assistant Professor of African and African American Studies (Tenure-Track). Deadline: 26 October 2020. Job Ad on Interfolio Updates:

--Has anyone received word (1/4)?

--Any updates? (1/15)

- Has the search been concluded? (3/7)

Wesleyan University (USA:Ct). Assistant Professor. African American & Afro-diasporic Literary Studies. Deadline: 1 Nov 2020. TT. FT. Job Ad on Chronicle of Higher Ed Updates:

(1/4): Rejected-- no interview x1

Williams College (USA:MA). Assistant Professor of Africana Studies (Tenure-Track). Deadline: 15 November 2020. Job Ad on Chronicle Jobs Updates:

  • Received rejection email (1/18)

Wofford College (USA:SC). Assistant Professor of New Southern Studies (Tenure-Track). Deadline: 4 December 2020. Job Ad on Chronicle Jobs Updates: 12/10 -- request for writing sample (still in the process of reviewing apps)

1/9 -- request for writing sample

1/15 -- request for writing sample & letters of recommendation

2/9 -- after submitting additional materials, rejected before interviews.

2/11 -- invitation to interview

2/12 -- interview scheduled

3/9 -- rejected after first-round interviews (3 finalists selected)

Jobs with 2021 Application Deadlines

Arkansas State University (USA:AR). Assistant Professor of African American History (Tenure-Track). Deadline: 1 February 2021. Job Ad on Chronicle Jobs Updates:

Augsburg University (USA:MN). Assistant Professor of Black/Africana Studies (Tenure-Track). No deadline indicated. Job Ad on Chronicle Jobs Updates:

Boston University (USA:MA). Visiting Assistant Professor of African American Cinema. (Non Tenure-Track). Deadline: 26 March 2021. Job Ad on Academic Jobs Online Updates:

California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (USA:CA). Assistant Professor of Ethnic Studies, African American Studies Concentration (Tenure-Track). Deadline: 1 March 2021. Job Ad on Chronicle Jobs Updates:

California State University, Chico (USA:CA). Assistant Professor of Multicultural and Gender Studies (focus on African American Studies) (Tenure-Track). Deadline: 05 April 2021. Job Ad on Chronicle Jobs Updates:

California State University, Long Beach (USA:CA). Assistant Professor of Africana Studies (Tenure-Track). Deadline: 15 March 2021. Job Ad on University Website Updates:

California State University, Northridge (USA:CA). Assistant Professor of Africana Studies (Tenure-Track). Deadline: 10 January 2021. Job Ad on Chronicle Jobs Updates:

California State University, Sacramento (USA:CA). Assistant Professor of Ethnic Studies/Pan-African Studies (Tenure-Track). Deadline: 1 March 2021 Job Ad on Chronicle Jobs Updates:

California State University, San Marcos (USA:CA). Assistant Professor of Ethnic Studies (specialization in Black Studies) (Tenure-Track). Deadline: 6 January 2021. Job Ad on Higher Ed Jobs Updates:

Centre College (USA: KY) Post-Doctoral Fellowship (specialization in one of the following areas: Indigenous traditions of Africa, the Americas, or Oceania; Caribbean or Afro-Caribbean traditions; or religions of East Asia, After the second year, there will be a possibility of renewal for one additional year and/or an invitation to apply for an anticipated tenure-track position in the program). Deadline: 10 February 2021. Job Ad on Interfolio

Clarkson University (USA:NY). Assistant Professor of African American Studies or Indigenous American Studies (Tenure-Track). Deadline: 6 January 2021. Job Ad on Higher Ed Jobs Updates:

Feb. 2021: any news?

Clemson University (USA:SC). Open Rank Professor and Director of Pan-African Studies (Tenure-Track/Tenured). Deadline: 5 April 2021. Job Ad on Higher Ed Jobs Updates:

Cleveland State University (USA:OH). Assistant Professor of Black Studies (Tenure-Track). Deadline: 22 February 2021. Job Ad on Chronicle Jobs Updates:

Drexel University (USA:PA). Assistant Professor of History and Africana Studies (Tenure-Track). Deadline: 8 March 2021. Job Ad on Higher Ed Jobs Updates:

Drexel University (USA:PA). Assistant Professor of Humanities/Social Sciences and Africana Studies (Tenure-Track). Job Ad on Higher Ed Jobs Updates:

Drexel University (USA:PA). Associate or Full Professor of History and Africana Studies (Tenured). Job Ad on Higher Ed Jobs Updates:

3/19: Any news???

3/26: Preliminary Interview held

Eastern Michigan University (USA:MI). Assistant Professor of Africology and African American Studies (Tenure-Track). Deadline: 13 January 2021. Job Ad on Chronicle Jobs Updates:

Feb. 2021: Zoom interview.

Elon University (USA:NC). Assistant Professor of History in Sub-Saharan African History (Tenure-Track). Deadline: 15 January 2021. Job Ad on Chronicle Jobs Updates:

George Mason University (USA:VA). Assistant or Associate Professor of Critical Race Studies Tenure-Track/Tenured). Deadline: 5 January 2021. Job Ad on GMU Site Updates:

Harvard University (USA:MA). Lecturer in African Literary and Cultural Studies (Non tenure-track, PT). Deadline: 31 March 2021. Job Ad on University Website Updates:

Howard University (USA:DC). Associate or Full Professor of Afro-American Studies and Department Chair (Tenured). Deadline: 1 February 2021. Job Ad on Chronicle Jobs Updates:

Johns Hopkins University (USA:MD). Associate or Full Professor of African History (Tenured). Deadline: 20 January 2021. Job Ad on Chronicle Jobs Updates:

Lafayette College (USA: PA). Assistant Professor of International Affairs (Tenure-Track; note: focus on transnational migration, post-colonialism, diaspora studies, etc.). Deadline: 17 February 2021. Job Ad on Interfolio.

Lafayette College (USA:PA). Assistant Professor of Africana Studies (Tenure-Track). Deadline: 19 February 2021. Job Ad on Interfolio Updates:

Michigan State University (USA:MI). Open Rank Professor of African American and African Studies (Tenure-Track/Tenured). Deadline: 4 January 2021. Job Ad on Chronicle Jobs Updates:

Received rejection email (x1)

Middlebury College (USA:VT). Open Rank Professor of Black European Studies (Tenure-Track/Tenured). Deadline: 1 February 2021. Job Ad on Chronicle Jobs Updates:

Zoom interview scheduled 03/17/21

The New School (USA:NY). Mellon Postdoctoral Research Fellow/Assistant Professor of African American Literature (Tenure-Track). Deadline: 15 March 2021. Job Ad on Chronicle Jobs Updates:

The New School (USA:NY). Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow/Assistant Professor of Black Visual Culture (Tenure-Track). Deadline: 15 March 2021. Job Ad on University Website Updates:

Nova Southeastern University (USA:FL). Assistant/Associate Professor of Digital Humanities with specialization in Ethnic Studies (Non tenure-track, FT). Deadline: Open until filled. Job Ad on University Website. Updates:

Ohio Wesleyan University (USA:OH). Assistant Professor of Africana, Gender, and Identity Studies (Tenure-Track). Deadline: 25 January 2021. Job Ad on University Website Updates: Applied (2x). Has anyone heard anything? (2/19)

Interview Request (2/22)--Congratulations. Did they state when a decision will be made?--They did not, I interview on 2/27 and I know they continued interviews into this week so I don't anticipate a response concerning campus visits for a few weeks.--Thanks. I finally got the guts to write and rec'd a kind rejection email. Good luck!

(3/18) Invitation for virtual campus visit.

Portland State University (USA:OR). Assistant Professor of Black Studies (Tenure-Track). Deadline: 25 January 2021. Job Ad on University Website Updates: Applied (1x). Any updates? (2/25)

zoom interview request 2/26

Swarthmore College (USA:PA). Visiting Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology (Non Tenure-Track). Deadline: Until filled. Job Ad on Interfolio Updates:

Randolph-Macon College (USA:VA). Assistant Professor of Black Studies (Tenure-Track) Deadline: 15 March 2021. Job Ad on Chronicle Jobs Updates:

Rutgers University (USA:NJ). Assistant Professor of Black Studies and Anti-Racism in Education (Tenure-Track). Deadline: 2 April 2021. Job Ad on University Website Updates:

Saint Louis University (USA:MO). Assistant Professor of African American Studies and Education (Tenure-Track). No deadline indicated. Job Ad on University Website Updates:

San Diego State University (USA:CA). Assistant Professor of Africana Studies (Tenure-Track). Deadline: 15 January 2021. Job Ad on Higher Ed Jobs Updates:

San Diego State University (USA:CA). Associate Professor of Africana Studies (Tenure-Track). Deadline: 29 January 2021. Job Ad on Higher Ed Jobs Updates:

San José State University (USA:CA). Assistant Professor of Ethnic Studies with specialization in African American/Chicano/a/Asian American Studies (Tenure-Track). Deadline: 1 February 2021. Job Ad on Chronicle Jobs Updates:

Simmons University (USA:MA). Advanced Assistant/Associate Professor of Africana Studies (Tenure-Track/Tenured). Deadline: 15 January 2021. Job Ad on Chronicle Jobs Updates:

Soka University of America (USA:CA). Professor of Black Studies (Tenured). No deadline indicated. Job Ad on Interfolio. Updates:

Temple University (USA:PA). Assistant or Associate Professor of Africology and African American Studies (Tenure-Track/Tenured). Deadline: 20 March 2021. Job Ad on Interfolio Updates:

Tulane University (USA: LA). Visiting Assistant Professor of African/African Diaspora Literatures. Deadline April 5, 2021. http://apply.interfolio.com/85028

University of Alberta (Canada:AB). Tier 1 Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Black Studies (Tenured). Deadline: 15 February 2021. Job Ad on University Website Updates:

University of California, Los Angeles (USA:CA). Assistant Professor of Black Gender Studies (Tenure-Track). Deadline: 15 February 2021. Job Ad on Chronicle Jobs Updates: Any updates? 03/09

University of Central Oklahoma (USA:OK). Assistant Professor of English in African American Literature (Tenure-Track). Deadline: 1 February 2021. Job Ad on Chronicle Jobs Updates:

University of Central Oklahoma (USA:OK). Assistant Professor of English in Black Atlantic, African Diasporic, and/or circum-Atlantic Literatures and Cultures (Tenure-Track) Deadline: 1 February 202. Job Ad on Chronicle Jobs Updates:

University of Colorado, Boulder (USA:CO). Associate Professor of African American Studies (Tenured). Deadline: 15 January 2021. Job Ad on Chronicle Jobs Updates:

University of Denver (USA:CO). Assistant Professor of African/African Diaspora History (Tenure-Track). Deadline: 4 January 2021. Job Ad on Higher Ed Jobs Updates:

University of Florida (USA:FL). Assistant Professor of West African Dance (Tenure-Track). Deadline: 4 January 2021. Job Ad on Chronicle Jobs Updates:

University of Florida (USA:FL). Assistant or Associate Professor of African American studies (Tenure-Track/Tenured). Deadline: 15 February 2021. Job Ad on Chronicle Jobs Updates:

University of Georgia (USA:GA). Assistant Professor of African American History (Tenure-Track). Deadline: 26 February 2021. Job Ad on Higher Ed Jobs Updates:

University of Massachusetts, Amherst (USA:MA). Associate or Full Professor of Afro-American Studies and Department Chair (Tenured). Deadline: 8 January 2021. Job Ad on Higher Ed Jobs

University of Rhode Island (USA:RI). Associate or Fully Professor of Africana Studies and Department Chair (Tenured). Deadline: 15 February 2021. Job Ad on Higher Ed Jobs Updates:

3/19: Preliminary zoom interview during first two weeks in March; mine was in first week; if advancing, notified in early April for next round.

University of Virginia (USA:VA). Assistant Professor of Race and Health in the U.S. and the African Diaspora (Tenure-Track). Deadline: 25 January 2021. Job Ad on Chronicle Jobs Updates: Any updates 03/01?

University of South Carolina Union (USA:SC). Assistant Professor of African American Studies (Tenure-Track). No deadline indicated. Job Ad on University Website. Updates:

University of Tennessee (USA:TN). Open Rank Professor of African American and Africana Studies. (2 positions, Tenured/Tenure-Track). Deadline: 26 February 2021. Job Ad on Interfolio. Updates:

3/19: Any news???

University of Texas at San Antonio (USA:TX). Open Rank Professor of African American Studies (Tenured/Tenure-Track). Deadline: 15 January 2021. Job Ad on Higher Ed Jobs Updates:

University of Texas, San Antonio (USA:TX). Open Rank Professor of African American Studies (Tenure-track/Tenured). Deadline: 15 January 2021. Job Ad on Higher Ed Jobs Updates:

Washington State University (USA:WA). Assistant Professor of African American Music and Social Justice (Tenure-Track). Deadline: 16 January 2021. Job Ad on Higher Ed Jobs Update:

Washington State University (USA:WA). Assistant Professor of History in African Diaspora in the Americas (Tenure-Track). Deadline: 16 January 2021. Job Ad on Higher Ed Jobs Update:

Washington University in St. Louis (USA:MO). Assistant Professor of Black Digital Media Studies (Tenure-Track). Deadline: 20 March 2021. Job Ad on Interfolio Updates:

Worcester Polytechnic Institute (USA:MA). Assistant Professor of Africana Studies (Tenure-Track) Deadline: 4 February 2021. Job Ad on Higher Ed Jobs Updates:

Zoom interview request 02/14

Have rejection emails/letters also gone out? Also, is this a long/short list? 2/15

York University (CA:ON). Assistant Professor of Theatre, Theatre History, and Dramaturgy (Specialization in Black theatre/performance studies) (Tenure-Track). Deadline: 25 January 2021. Job Ad on University Website Updates:

Word on the Street

Any news about requests for more info, interviews etc? I'm surprised there aren't many updates in the wiki. (2/8)

Has anyone heard from Northeastern? Interview invite and letters of rec request sent (1/5)

Has anyone heard anything from Howard University's Asst. Prof of Afam lit?

heard 2nd hand interviews happened 1-2 weeks ago.

Has anyone heard back from Carleton Uni about the Assistant Prof position in African Studies? (17 Oct)

Has anyone heard anything about either of the two positions at California State University, Fullerton? (3 Feb)

- Contacted by the chair for a brief interview 3/15

Has anyone heard anything from Wesleyan? (18 Dec)

Rejected without interview on 1/4.

Any news from WashU? (2/16)