"Two-Year Visiting Assistant Professor of AGIS"

Requisition ID: 1240

Ohio Wesleyan University is excited to grow its recently created interdisciplinary Department of Africana, Gender, and Identity Studies (AGIS) with a two-year visiting position at the rank of Assistant Professor. We seek applicants who bring to their teaching and research an intersectional lens focused on issues of race, gender, sexuality, gender identity, ethnicity, and class in the US. The area of specialization is open, but we are especially interested in candidates who hold an interdisciplinary Ph.D. (e.g. in African American Studies, American Studies, Women’s and Gender Studies, Feminist Studies, or a related interdisciplinary field). Candidates are expected to contribute courses that can be cross-listed in either the Arts or Humanities or Social Sciences.

The successful applicant will teach three courses per semester at the introductory and advanced levels; cultivate meaningful mentoring relationships with students through experiential learning opportunities as part of Ohio Wesleyan’s signature program, The OWU Connection. We encourage BIPOC, LGBTQ+, and/or first-generation candidates to apply, as well as individuals who have experience working with diverse student populations, first-generation students, and students from low-income backgrounds. To support this important work, incoming faculty will be provided with mentoring, professional development funds, and opportunities to connect with faculty across the Ohio Five and GLCA consortia.

Completed applications will include:

1. Cover Letter that includes a statement of their research interests and in which they address their qualifications for close interaction between faculty and students in a collaborative setting and their interest in mentoring undergraduate students in the classroom, as advisees, and as researchers; 
2. Curriculum Vitae; 
3. Statement of Teaching Philosophy; 
4. A Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion statement in which candidates discuss how they will help to address issues of racial disparity and mentor students from marginalized groups, first-generation students, and students from low-income backgrounds through their teaching and mentorship.

Please submit all materials via www.owu.edu/joinOWUfaculty, where you will find additional information about working at OWU. 

Additional materials and reference letters may be requested at a later time and can be sent directly to facultyjobs@owu.edu. Please make sure to include “AGIS” in the subject line.

Review Date

Review of applications will begin on October 31, 2023 and continue until the position is filled.

About Ohio Wesleyan 

Located in the Columbus, Ohio metropolitan area, Ohio Wesleyan is a selective residential liberal arts college enrolling approximately 1,500 students from across the nation and around the world. The college’s signature program, The OWU Connection, is designed to integrate student knowledge across disciplines, consider diverse and global perspectives, and teach students to apply their knowledge in real-world settings. Ohio Wesleyan is featured in the book Colleges That Change Lives and was recently listed as the No. 1 liberal arts college in Ohio for social mobility by U.S. News and World Report. OWU is located in Delaware, OH, a lively college town just 30 minutes from Columbus, the 14th most populous city in the United States and part of the fastest growing, most economically vibrant areas of the Midwest. Columbus, known increasingly as the “Silicon Midwest,” was named by LinkedIn as one of the top 10 U.S. cities in which to launch your career.

To achieve our mission, we continually strive to foster a diverse, equitable, and inclusive campus community, which celebrates the value of all persons regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, color, gender identity and or expression, sexual orientation, family configuration, disability, socioeconomic status, religion, national origin, age or military status. Ohio Wesleyan University has recently announced a diversity, equity, and inclusion action plan “to prepare students to become engaged citizens and leaders who support equity, diversity, and inclusion for Black, African American, Latinx, indigenous, and other marginalized populations wherever injustice exists.” The Department of Africana, Gender, and Identity Studies is committed to supporting these institutional goals and providing its students with a variety of perspectives, mentors, and role models. OWU is an equal opportunity institution and seeks applications from individuals who will help us honor and strengthen our commitments to diversity, equity, and inclusion. For more information about Academic Affairs and its commitment to DEI, please visit https://owu.edu/dei.