Visiting Assistant Professor in African History – UC, Riverside

Department of History University of California, Riverside

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2024-2025 Academic Year

Position : The Department of History is recruiting for a Visiting Assistant Professor in African History.

Starting Date : The first day of Winter quarter is January 2, 2025. The first day of Spring quarter is March 26, 2025.

Salary : Based on 100% annual salary of $74,600. Approximately $12,433 per course (pending final budget approval). Appointment is eligible for renewal depending on need, funding, and performance.

Note : All appointments are contingent upon the appointee being able to provide, in accord with Federal law, evidence of authorization to work in the United States.

Qualifications :

Minimum Qualifications :

PhD in History, or a related discipline.

Preferred Qualifications :

Experience teaching African History at the college or university level.

Duties : The successful candidate will teach 4 courses over two terms, one of which will be a graduate level. Duties will also consist of advising graduate and undergraduate students in African History, as well as service to the Department of History.

Courses of instruction :

• HIST 30, Themes and Personalities;
• HIST 137, Themes and Topics in African History : West African History to 1800; Ancient Africa; Africa from 1000 to 1880;
• HIST 138, African Cities in Modern History;

HIST 218, The Transatlantic Slave Trade.

Application Procedure :

Applicants will be required to submit : a cover letter, CV, writing sample, a statement of research and teaching interests, 2-3 teaching evaluations, a diversity statement, and 3 letters of reference.

Confidential letters solicited via AP Recruit System only Applicants insert reference names and solicit references from within AP Recruit at the time of application.

Only completed applications that include the letters of reference may be reviewed by the committee.

Applications and materials will be submitted using UCR’s online application system located at http : / / aprecruit.ucr.edu / apply / JPF01938 .

To ensure full consideration, applications and supporting material should be received by November 1, 2024.

The University of California, Riverside is a world-class research university with an exceptionally diverse undergraduate student body.

UCR is a member institution of the American Association of Universities (AAU) as well as the Alliance of Hispanic Serving Research Universities (HSRU).

Its mission is explicitly linked to providing routes to educational success for underrepresented and first-generation college students.

A commitment to this mission is a preferred qualification.

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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