Assistant Teaching Professor in American Ethnic Studies

University of Washington

 For full consideration, applications must be received by March 17, 2025.

The Integrated Social Sciences program at the University of Washington, in partnership with the Department of American Ethnic Studies, invites applications for a non-tenure track faculty position at the rank of Assistant Teaching Professor beginning in Autumn 2025 (100% FTE, 9-month appointment) with an anticipated start date of September 16, 2025.  University of Washington Teaching Professors are faculty who engage in teaching and service.  Teaching Professors are eligible for renewable multi-year appointments, promotion, and paid professional leave, among other benefits available to full-time UW faculty members, but are not eligible for tenure. 

ISS is an online degree completion program that awards a BA degree from the College of Arts and Sciences.  The formal academic appointments of ISS teaching professors are within partner departments in the Social Sciences Division of the College of Arts and Sciences.  For this position, ISS is partnering with the Department of American Ethnic Studies to recruit an outstanding candidate whose intellectual training and interests align well with both units.  The Department of American ethnic studies at UW focuses on the critical study of race and ethnicity in relation to power.

The interdisciplinary ISS program gives students broad training in Social Science theory and methods and provides hands-on experience developing learning portfolios.  The program is dedicated to promoting diversity, inclusion, and equity by improving access to higher education.   Courses are taught both by University of Washington faculty with primary responsibilities to other academic programs and by dedicated ISS faculty known as “core faculty.”  All faculty are expected to contribute to the program’s mission of inclusion.  Although ISS is an online program, faculty and staff are expected to maintain a local presence in order to facilitate full integration within the University of Washington community.  More information about the program and its curriculum can be found here:  https://www.socialsciencesonline.uw.edu/

Full-time Teaching Professors in the ISS program typically teach 6 courses per year, primarily ISS required core courses, and support students in developing learning portfolios.  In addition to the core courses, the successful candidate will have the opportunity to teach at least one thematic or topical course per year within American Ethnic Studies.  ISS teaching faculty offer  courses that have already been designed by other faculty, as well as courses they have developed. 

Learn more about this opportunity here.