The University of California, Irvine invites applications for an Associate Professor in the Department of Asian American Studies to begin Fall 2009. Specialization in immigration and community studies, diaspora and transnationalism, or cultural studies preferred. We seek candidates with an outstanding record in scholarship, teaching, and service with demonstrated academic leadership. Applicants must have a Ph.D. degree in any field with an emphasis in Asian American Studies. The department offers an undergraduate major, minor, Graduate Emphasis, and contributes to the Ph.D. Program in Culture and Theory.

Review of applications will begin on November 15, 2008 and continue until the position is filled. Applications should include a cover letter; curriculum vitae; publication (30 pages max); and three letters of references and be uploaded electronically: https://recruit.ap.uci.edu/apply#HUM

Contact Information
Search Committee Co-Chairs:

Professor Dorothy Fujita-Rony dfr@uci.edu;
Professor Claire Jean Kim cjkim@uci.edu

The University of California, Irvine is an equal opportunity employer committed to excellence through diversity and has an Advance Program for Faculty Equity and Diversity.

Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Vietnamese American Specialization

The College of Ethnic Studies at San Francisco State University invites applications for a full-time tenure-track position in the Asian American Studies Department with specialization in Vietnamese American Studies, to commence Fall 2009 semester (Search #20.08).

Qualifications: Ph.D. or equivalent terminal degree. Candidates must demonstrate excellence in curricular development and student advising, ability to teach general and comparative Asian American Studies courses, and commitment to scholarly/professional activities and community service. Consideration will be given to specialists with language (Vietnamese, Chinese) skills and expertise in Vietnamese-Chinese American tertiary migration and resettlement, identity, culture, and writing/ composition.

Rank and Salary: Assistant Professor. Salary commensurate with rank and qualifications.

Application Deadline: January 7. 2009. Submit application dossier (cover letter, official transcripts, samples of published or other related professional works) and a minimum of three references to:

Asian American Studies Hiring Committee, Search #20.08
College of Ethnic Studies, EP 103
San Francisco State University
1600 Holloway Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94132-4100

San Francisco State University is an Affirmative Action /
Equal Opportunity Employer
For further information contact aas@sfsu.edu, 415/338-2698

Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Chinese American Specialization

The College of Ethnic Studies at San Francisco State University invites applications for a full-time tenure-track position in the Asian American Studies Department with specialization in Chinese American Studies, to commence Fall 2009 semester (Search #21.08).

Qualifications: Ph.D. or equivalent terminal degree. Candidates must demonstrate excellence in curricular development and student advising, ability to teach general and comparative Asian American Studies courses, and commitment to scholarly/professional activities and community service. Open fields of specialization in the social sciences and humanities. Consideration will be given to specialists with bilingual skills and expertise in the areas of Chinese American history, literature, writing/composition, and/or cultural studies.

Rank and Salary: Assistant Professor. Salary commensurate with rank and qualifications.

Application Deadline: January 7. 2009. Submit application dossier (cover letter, official transcripts, samples of published or other related professional works) and a minimum of three references to:

Asian American Studies Hiring Committee, Search #21.08
College of Ethnic Studies, EP 103
San Francisco State University
1600 Holloway Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94132-4100

San Francisco State University is an Affirmative Action / Equal Opportunity Employer
For further information contact aas@sfsu.edu, 415/338-2698

Transnational Asian American Studies. The American Studies Program and the Department of English at Wesleyan University invite applications for a joint, tenure-track assistant professorship in Transnational Asian American Studies, beginning July 1, 2009. Interdisciplinary scholars working on aspects of the long history of cultural contact and migration between Asia and the Americas are encouraged to apply. We are particularly interested in scholars who are engaged in historically-grounded research in literary studies, cultural studies, media studies, critical race studies, and/or comparative ethnic studies.  The successful candidate will teach four courses a year, two originating in American Studies and two in English. PhD should be in hand or near completion by July 2009. Submit letter of application, curriculum vitae, three letters of reference, and a 25-40 pp. writing sample to: Search Committee Chairs, American Studies Program, Center for the Americas, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT 06459. Applications received by October 1 will be given full consideration; preliminary interviews will be at the ASA annual meeting in Albuquerque, NM, October 16-19. Wesleyan University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.

The Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race and
The Anthropology Department
Open-Rank Search 2008-09

The Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race (CSER) and the Anthropology Department at Columbia University announce a position for an innovative scholar working on race or ethnicity. The position can be filled at any rank, from tenure-eligible assistant professor to full professor with tenure. Ph.D. required. A US-focus is preferred but not required; candidates working outside the US must have research interests that are relevant for students working on race and ethnicity in the United States. Research in areas such as ethnicity and intellectual property rights; trauma, historicity and race; ethnography, embodied practice, and race; frontiers, borders and boundaries; sovereign power, governmental power and racial formation; geographies of inequality and race; immigration and democratic process; and new media and emerging cultures of circulation are some examples of areas of interest. Teaching responsibilities will be divided between the Anthropology Department and the undergraduate program at CSER. The Center is currently redefining its intellectual direction and the successful candidate will play an active role in consolidating this effort.

Please visit our online application site at https://academicjobs.columbia.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=50787 for further information about this position and to submit your application.

In addition to uploading application materials in the online system, all applicants must mail a complete copy of the application including CV, cover letter, statement of teaching philosophy, and list of references to:

Dr. Claudio Lomnitz
Director, Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race
Columbia University Dept. of Anthropology
1200 Amsterdam Ave
452 Schermerhorn Extension, MC 5523
New York NY 10027

Application deadline is November 15, 2008.

Columbia University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.

The Center for Asian American Studies and Department of American Studies at the
University of Texas at Austin invite applications for a tenure-track position
in the general fields of Critical Race Studies and Law. We are seeking a
colleague with an active research agenda, broad-ranging experience in legal
studies, program building and service, and innovative teaching in the
interdisciplinary fields of Asian American Studies and American Studies.

We will consider applicants with training in American Studies, Ethnic Studies,
Cultural Studies or other similar interdisciplinary degree programs; and in
more traditional areas such as Anthropology, History, English, Rhetoric,
Comparative Literature, Sociology, Philosophy, or other similar disciplinary
degree programs with a focus in Asian American and Legal Studies. The
successful applicant will apply interdisciplinary methodologies to the field of
legal studies in historical and/or contemporary settings. Duties include
teaching at all levels of our curriculum, directing dissertations, MA reports,
and honors theses, publishing actively, and offering service to the Center, the
Department, the College, and the University.

Ph.D. required at time of appointment.

Salary is highly competitive and commensurate with rank, experience, and
qualifications.
Appointment begins Fall 2009. Applications must include a letter describing your
research, teaching philosophy, and relevant experiences; curriculum vitae; and
graduate transcripts. Three current letters of recommendation should arrive
under separate cover. All dossiers must be complete by November 1.

The University of Texas at Austin is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity
Employer. Women, minorities, veterans, and individuals with disabilities are
encouraged to apply.

Please send all materials to:
CAAS/AMS Search Committee
c/o CAAS
The University of Texas at Austin
1 University Station G2200
Austin TX 78712
(512) 232-6427

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The University of California, Irvine invites applications for an Associate Professor in the Department of Asian American Studies to begin Fall 2009. Specialization in immigration and community studies, diaspora and transnationalism, or cultural studies preferred. We seek candidates with an outstanding record in scholarship, teaching, and service with demonstrated academic leadership. Applicants must have a Ph.D. degree in any field with an emphasis in Asian American Studies. The department offers an undergraduate major, minor, Graduate Emphasis, and contributes to the Ph.D. Program in Culture and Theory.

Review of applications will begin on November 15, 2008 and continue until the position is filled. Applications should include a cover letter; curriculum vitae; publication (30 pages max); and three letters of references and be uploaded electronically: https://recruit.ap.uci.edu/apply#HUM

Contact Information
Search Committee Co-Chairs: Professor Dorothy Fujita-Rony at dfr@uci.edu
Professor Claire Jean Kim at cjkim@uci.edu

The University of California, Irvine is an equal opportunity employer committed to excellence through diversity and has an Advance Program for Faculty Equity and Diversity

Assistant Professor (Filipino American Studies Specialist)
Department of Ethnic Studies
College of Social Sciences
University of Hawaii at Manoa

Closing Date: Continuous with screening of first applications on August 15, 2008.

Position Description: Position Number # 82125, full-time, 9-month, tenure-track position in Ethnic Studies to begin January 1, 2009.

Duties: Teach undergraduate courses from a transnational perspective on Filipino diasporic communities in Hawai`i and the U.S.; the intersections of ethnicity, race, class and gender; and processes of migration. Advise and mentor undergraduate students; seek extramural funding; participate actively and provide professional service to the department, university and the community, particularly with the Filipino community in Hawai`i. The successful applicant should maintain an active program of research and scholarly publication that integrates innovative theoretical analyses with applied research.

Minimum Qualifications: Ph.D. in Ethnic Studies or related interdisciplinary studies, humanities or social sciences field at the time of the appointment, January 1, 2009. Demonstrated ability to teach and conduct research on Filipino diaspora/transnational communities in Hawai`i and/or the U.S.; evidence of excellence in research, teaching, and community service; and commitment to innovative educational strategies and to working with students with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Desired Qualifications: Evidence of research and university-level teaching about the Filipino American experience; ability to teach courses on immigration, transnational communities, and/or ethnic/race relations, Philippine political economy and US-Philippine relations; previous experience in interdisciplinary teaching and collaboration between programs such as ethnic studies and other social sciences or the humanities; evidence of outreach activities to minority communities; ability to contribute to the College of Social Sciences Public Policy Center; a record of peer-reviewed publications.

Salary Range: Actual salary commensurate with experience.

To Apply: Submit cover letter indicating how you can fulfill the duties and satisfy the minimum and desirable qualifications, a curriculum vitae, and three letters of references, to Ibrahim G. Aoude, Chair, Department of Ethnic Studies, University of Hawai’i at Manoa, George Hall 301, 2560 Campus Road, Honolulu, HI 96822.

The University of Hawai’i is an equal opportunity/affirmative action institution. All qualified applicants will be considered, regardless of race, sex, age, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or status as disabled veteran or veteran of Vietnam era. Employment is contingent on satisfying employment eligibility verification requirements of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986. Appointments to positions are subject to campus recruitment guidelines and the collective bargaining agreement.

The Department of Sociology and the International Studies Program
invite applications for a tenure track assistant professor position
with a cutting-edge research program in any of the following three
areas: global environmental sociology, global social movements, and
immigration. Scholars with expertise in any geographic area of the
world are invited to apply, particularly those with an Asian/Asian-
American Studies focus. The tenure line is housed in the Sociology
Department. The position, which begins in the Fall of 2009, entails
half-time teaching in International Studies, which is an
undergraduate major, and half-time graduate and undergraduate
teaching in the Department of Sociology, whose PhD program
specializes in Social Economy and Social Justice: Class, Race and
Gender in a Global Context. Boston College is an Affirmation Action/
Equal Opportunity employer. Applications from scholars of color and
women are strongly encouraged.

Send CV, a description of research plans, names of 3 referees, and 2
pieces of recent scholarship by October 15, 2008. Applications can be
submitted electronically to: socchair@bc.edu.

For additional information about the Boston College Sociology
Department and instructions for how to submit your application see
www.bc.edu/sociology.

Creighton University

Assistant Director, Office of Multicultural Affairs
The Assistant Director reports to the Director of the Office of Multicultural Affairs and is integral in assisting all staff in the overall daily operations of the office. A primary expectation is the creation and administration of new retention initiatives/strategies/programs that target under-represented multicultural students. Collaborations with faculty, the Director of
Retention, the Director of the Office of Student Success, the Office of Admissions, and other professionals are expected. Secondary expectations include the development of diversity programming and initiatives, academic success programming, student leadership programming, and overall support to our students.

The successful candidate for the Assistant Director opening needs to promote and support the Catholic, Jesuit Mission of Creighton University as well as have a commitment to students and their learning. The Assistant Director is also responsible for serving on university wide initiatives that promote diversity and cultural competency of the Creighton community in additional to
other departmental, divisional, and university assignments.

Essential Functions:
Create new retention initiatives/programs/strategies that target under-represented students working in concert with the Asst. Vice President for Student Retention and the Director of the Office of Student Success.

Responsible for organizing annual programs including but not limited to Multicultural Student Leadership Summit and Multicultural Communities in the Big O!

Develop academic support for multicultural students: to include organizing study groups, arranging tutors, time management workshops management of probation and Diversity Scholars caseloads. Coordinate midterm interventions
as necessary.

Ability to provide presentations on various topics related to cultural competency, multiculturalism, identity development, academic success, and leadership.

Assist students with crisis management to include financial aid, scholarship support and advocacy, personal and social issues that may disrupt their academic success. Serve on retention committee and coordinate efforts with the Director of Retention and the Academic Success Instructors.

Develops creative partnerships on campus and in the community that focus on increased educational and co-curricular intercultural interactions.

Serve as an advisor and/or moderator to various Multicultural Organizations

Serve on university-wide committees representing the Office of Multicultural Affairs and Division of Student Services.

Willingness to take on additional responsibilities as deemed appropriate by the Director of the Office of Multicultural
Affairs.

Minimum educational requirements:
Master’s degree with emphasis in Higher Education, Social Work, Education or Student Personnel Administration
required.

Minimum experience required:
3-5 years Higher Education and Multicultural Affairs experience required
Experience in Diversity related program design and facilitation
Must be a strong leader and passion for helping students
Commitment to the ideals of Jesuit education

Job open date: July 25, 2008 Job close date: Open until filled

To apply, contact: Ricardo Ariza, Director, Office of Multicultural Affairs ariza@creighton.edu (402) 280-2469