Postdoctoral Associate in African American and African Diaspora Literary Studies

The Department of English at Rutgers University, which has a long history of scholarship and teaching in African American Literature and Literature of the African Diaspora, invites applications for the Cheryl A. Wall Postdoctoral Fellowship in African American and African Diaspora Literary Studies. We welcome applications from scholars pursuing research in these fields, broadly, and are especially interested in scholars engaged in black feminist critical approaches to literary and cultural study. Scholarship and teaching intersecting with African American poetics, black ecologies, performance studies, sound studies, black queer studies, or the black radical tradition are also especially welcome.

The Postdoctoral Associate fellowship position has the possibility of renewal for a second year and includes an annual salary of $60,000 and health benefits.

The recipients will each teach one course per academic year, serve as informal mentors to graduate students in the field, and participate in the intellectual life of the department.

Applicants must have the doctorate in hand by July 1st, 2026, and be no more than six years beyond the Ph.D.

Please submit a letter of interest, c.v., research proposal, and three letters of reference, through the Rutgers University application system (ROCS): https://jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/271843

Applications must be submitted by April 17, 2026. Interested parties may direct inquiries to Professor Carter Mathes at: cmathes@english.rutgers.edu.