Assistant Professor, Disability Studies

The College of Arts and Sciences at the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, invites applications for two tenure-track Assistant Professor positions in the humanities and qualitative social sciences with a research focus in and demonstrated ability to teach courses in disability studies, particularly in relation to gender and/or sexuality. We especially welcome candidates whose work focuses on African American, Latina, and/or Native American/Indigenous cultures and methodologies. We seek dynamic teachers and researchers whose specialization foregrounds an intersectional humanist approach to disability studies. Our new colleagues will begin in August 2026.

Selected candidates will be appointed to the department best suited to their qualifications, research, and teaching area. Candidates should have the ability to mentor students who are broadly diverse with regard to race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, gender, nationality, sexual orientation, disability, and religion. Teaching load includes two classes per term. All faculty are expected to build and maintain a robust research agenda.

Our new faculty colleagues will have the opportunity to work with the Mellon funded Communities of Care project. The project focuses on caregiving and caretaking, working with disabled people, as well as non-disabled allies and care workers, living within marginalized communities to co-create stories and other accounts of their lives.

The University at Buffalo is located on the traditional territories of the Seneca Nation of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, the University at Buffalo is New York State’s largest and most comprehensive public university. A premier center for graduate and professional education, UB is a member of the Association of American Universities and is among the leading research-intensive public universities in the United States. UB has a diverse student body, which it actively supports. The University has a strong leadership commitment to inclusive excellence and a clear diversity and inclusion strategy. Visit here to learn more about initiatives and resources at the University at Buffalo to further our goal of diversifying the faculty.

The Buffalo-Niagara region, home to 1.2 million people, is an ideal place to live and work. Buffalo - the City of Good Neighbors - is a big city with a rapidly growing economy, vital academic health sciences center, outstanding public schools, and modest cost of living. Buffalo offers world-class art galleries and museums, a comprehensive citywide system of parks and green space designed by renowned landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, and a vibrant theater and music community.

Minimum Qualifications

• Ph.D. in appropriate discipline or field.
• Teaching and research interests in disability studies.
• Background in the humanities or qualitative social sciences.

Preferred Qualifications

• Teaching and research interests in gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, or Indigenous cultures or methodologies.