Assistant Professor of Practice, Africana Studies

The review date is April 25, 2025; applications will be accepted until the position is filled.

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Duties
and Responsibilities

• Teach three
  courses per semester based on department needs
• Engage in
  Departmental, College, and University service and outreach
• Engage in
  extramural professional service and outreach as appropriate
• Contribute to
  curriculum development and program building
• Recruit and
  mentor students, majors, and minors
• Contribute to
  University initiatives focused on fostering student success, enhancing
  student engagement, and mentoring students
• Participate
  in Departmental and College-wide activities such as Convocation, Welcome
  Back receptions, Homecoming, Commencement, Tucson Humanities Festival,
  Black History Month etc.
• Additional
  duties may be assigned

Knowledge,
Skills & Abilities

• Excellent
  teaching skills
• Demonstrated
  student-centered pedagogical knowledge and experience; ability to serve
  the 21st-century educational needs of our student population
• Superior
  communication and collaboration skills
• Ability
  to teach several current AFAS general education courses, including AFAS
  200 Introduction to Africana Studies and AFAS 371 Hip-Hop Cinema
• A strong sense of collegiality, professionalism, patience, passion, dedication, and empathy will be added advantages

Minimum
Qualifications

• Ph.D. in hand
  at the time of appointment
• Demonstrated
  excellence in teaching, as indicated by course evaluations, peer
  observations, teaching awards, or other metrics in one or more of the
  specialization areas listed under the position summary
• Experience
  and expertise with (or willingness to learn) online/hybrid teaching,
  multimedia technology, and an aptitude for creating innovative teaching

• Record or evidence of high-quality teaching skills includes student engagement and effective feedback
• Experience using cutting-edge teaching methods and/or curricular design to effectively promote student learning and engage a student body from a variety of backgrounds
• Study abroad and/or lived experiences abroad
• Experience in the field of Hip Hop Cinema and Hip Hop Cultures

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Within a few business days after submitting your application you will receive an email asking you to provide contact information for 3 references (do NOT click the "Submit" button until you have added all 3 references using the plus "+" sign button). Your references will then be requested to upload a letter of reference into the system. Once the 3 reference letters have been uploaded, the application will be considered complete. The department will begin reviewing applications on April 25, 2025. This position will be open until filled.