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<span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span>William Beeman <<a href="mailto:wbeeman@umn.edu">wbeeman@umn.edu</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span>Wednesday, November 4, 2015 12:13 PM<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span>Tenure Track Assistant Professor Position--East Africa/Horn of Africa--University of Minnesota<br>
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<b>Job Posting</b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">The Department of African American & African Studies (AA&AS) at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track assistant professor position in African Studies with specializations
in East Africa and/or the Horn of Africa to begin Fall 2016. This position will be a joint appointment between AA&AS and one of the following units in the College of Liberal Arts (CLA)—History, Political Science, Sociology, Anthropology, and Geography.</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Established in 1969, AA&AS is a distinct academic unit in CLA. Interdisciplinary in its approach to teaching and learning, AA&AS students are exposed to a wide range of ways of knowing that are fashioned out of the rigorous
study of Africans, African Americans, and African descended people in society, history, culture, literature and arts. Moreover, a number of scholars and students in collaborating units are all advancing cutting-edge scholarship in African studies, and these
units’ graduate programs are top-ranked. </span>This joint appointment promises to buoy the African Studies Initiative currently underway within CLA and beyond.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="">Qualifications</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Appointment will be 100% time over the nine-month academic year. Appointment will be made at the rank of tenure-track assistant professor depending on qualifications and experience and consistent with collegiate and university
policy.</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span><span style="">This position will be a joint appointment with the tenure home decided by the chosen candidate in consultations with the chairs of the two departments and the appropriate dean(s). The candidate
will be expected to contribute approximately 50% work effort to each unit. </span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">The ideal candidate will be a broadly trained comparativist in African Studies, particularly in one or more of the following areas: political violence, conflict and conflict resolution, gender, familial, and community relations,
environment, health, migration, religion, international security, post-conflict governance and institution-building, history and prehistory, historical memory, and colonialism and postcolonialism. The candidates must be grounded in a discipline with a focus
on Africa and the ability to work across disciplines. Ethnographically-grounded research is also welcomed.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">The selected candidate must have a Ph.D. by the time of appointment. The candidates must have an established record of interdisciplinary scholarship, evidence of teaching excellence in undergraduate and/or graduate education,
and demonstrated commitments to bring the study of East Africa and/or the Horn of Africa to the local and global communities of the African Diaspora through collaborative and community-engaged work, all the while advancing cutting-edge scholarship.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Candidates will be evaluated according to a) overall quality of their academic preparation and scholarly work, b) relevance of their scholarly research to the department's academic priorities and fields of inquiry, c) evidence
of commitment to teaching and skills as a teacher, and d) strength of recommendations.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">How to Apply</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Applications must be submitted online at <a href="https://www1.umn.edu/ohr/employment/">
https://www1.umn.edu/ohr/employment/</a>. Instructions: click the “external applicants” link on the left column and enter Job ID 305370. To be considered for this position, please click the Apply button and follow the instructions. You will have the opportunity
to complete an online application for the position and attach (1) A cover letter and (2) A curriculum vitae. Once this step is complete, please add additional materials by accessing the “My Activities” page and uploading: (3) One article-length writing sample
or the equivalent; (4) Brief statement of teaching philosophy to show evidence of teaching effectiveness; (5) Brief statement of public engagement to show evidence of commitment to collaborative and community engaged work; and (6) two sample syllabi.
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<p class="MsoNormal">In addition to the required documents submitted through the U of M employment system, applicants are also asked to arrange for three letters of recommendation to be emailed separately to
<a href="mailto:aaashire@umn.edu">aaashire@umn.edu</a>. Applications are considered complete when all materials, including letters of recommendation, have been received. Additional materials may be requested from candidates at a future date. Review of complete
applications will begin on December 7, 2015 and will continue until the position is filled. For the question about the position or the application process, please contact the Department of African American & African Studies at (612) 624-9847.<font size="2"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></font></p>
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<div class="gmail_signature">William O. Beeman <br>
Professor and Chair, Department of Anthropology <br>
University of Minnesota <br>
395 HHH Center <br>
301 19th Avenue S. <br>
Minneapolis, MN 55455 <br>
(612) 625-3400 <br>
<a href="mailto:wbeeman@umn.edu" target="_blank">wbeeman@umn.edu</a><br>
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