Assistant Professor in Indigenous Literatures (Tenure-track) | New York University - Military Veterans
at HERC - Metro New York & Southern Connecticut
The Department of English in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at New York University invites applications for a full-time tenure stream position in the field of Indigenous Literatures. The appointment will be at the rank of Assistant Professor, with an expected start date of September 1, 2025 (pending administrative and budgetary approval). This position is a part of a multi-departmental cluster hire in Native American and Indigenous Studies that includes the departments of History, Social and Cultural Analysis, and Spanish and Portuguese, The Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, the Gallatin School of Individualized Study and the Tisch Department of Cinema Studies. Please review links for more information about this cluster along with the background of NYU's broader Faculty Cluster Hiring Initiative . We welcome candidates with a PhD in English, Native American/First Nation/Indigenous Studies, and related fields with a specialization in Indigenous Literatures. Applicants must have earned a PhD by the time of appointment. The successful candidate will have a strong record of excellence in teaching and research and a demonstrated commitment to equity and inclusion. While we welcome global and/or comparative perspectives on Anglophone Indigenous literacy cultures, we seek a candidate whose work is primarily rooted in Native North American literature, print culture, rhetoric, new media, and multiple modalities of
New York, NY
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