Assistant Professor of History

The Department of History and the African American Studies Program seek applicants for a tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor level to begin August 2023. This joint appointment is open to candidates with an emphasis on Twentieth-Century African-American history, culture, and politics. Faculty hired in this position will teach a 2:2 load in undergraduate and graduate courses in both History and African American Studies, as well as supervise graduate students in History. The tenure-granting department will be History, with teaching duties split between the two departments based on particular needs.  

This tenure-track position is included in the University of Mississippi, College of Liberal Arts multi-year faculty cluster hire initiative. This initiative is designed to expand our understanding of multicultural competence in a number of areas including, among others to be named in future years: successful, effective, and ethical leadership; inclusive pedagogy in STEM; and Black intellectual thought in the Humanities. We seek scholars and scholarship with a focus on the experiences of African Americans and other underrepresented groups and attention to identities with respect to race, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality. Our goal is to attract and support a diverse cohort of tenure-track scholars who will produce cutting-edge research, scholarship, and creative achievement around one of these broad themes in their fields of specialization.  For more information and the list of the other positions included in this cluster hire, please visit the College of Liberal Arts website at https://libarts.olemiss.edu/cluster-hire/ .

We strongly encourage applications from candidates who are from traditionally underrepresented groups in academia and from all candidates who are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive academic community. We recognize that an inclusive environment facilitates job satisfaction, sharing of ideas, and impactful community engagement. The online application should include a cover letter indicating research, teaching interests, and a description of demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion in teaching, scholarship, and/or service with descriptions of past efforts and commitment to future activities, curriculum vitae, writing sample(s), graduate transcript, and names and contact information for three references. Review of all applications will begin on September 30, 2022 and continue until the position is filled or until an adequate applicant pool is established.