Classification Title: Assistant Professor

College/Division: USC Upstate College/Division Level

Department: UPS Center for African American St

Advertised Salary Range: Salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Advertised Job Summary:

Assistant or Associate Professor and Director of the Center for African American Studies

University of South Carolina Upstate

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Spartanburg, SC

Faculty position to teach on the Spartanburg and/or Greenville campus.

The University of South Carolina Upstate invites candidates to apply for Director of the Center for African American Studies at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor. This is a 9-month, tenure-track position with a start date of August 16, 2024. The Director of African American Studies will coordinate the African American Studies program, teach two courses per semester, and manage the Center’s curricular and extra-curricular programming focused on the African American experience. The Director will be expected to represent USC Upstate in the community and build relationships that contribute to the intellectual examination of the African American experience in the region, state, and southeastern United States. Successful candidates will demonstrate strong leadership skills in the higher education environment and a commitment to productive and high value engagement with students, faculty, staff, and the community.

The University of South Carolina Upstate is a comprehensive public university and a senior institution of the University of South Carolina. U.S. News and World Report ranks USC Upstate among its Top Public Regional Colleges and No. 2 in South Carolina. Located between Charlotte and Atlanta along the I-85 corridor, one of the fastest growing business and high-tech regions in the country, the campus is within easy driving distance of the Appalachian mountains and the Atlantic Ocean beaches. The University has an enrollment of approximately 5,000 students and employs approximately 650 full and part-time faculty and staff, reflecting the diversity of Upstate South Carolina. In addition, students and faculty from over 25 nations reflect the university’s international character. USC Upstate is proud of the diversity of its student body and we seek to attract an equally diverse applicant pool for faculty, staff, and administrators. We are an EOE /AA employer and are strongly committed to increasing faculty diversity.

USC Upstate is seeking teacher-scholars who (i) have a commitment to excellence in teaching and working with a diverse student population and (ii) show clear potential for scholarly research and publication. USC Upstate is committed to building a faculty with expertise in student and civic engagement and active learning pedagogies, (e.g. service-learning, mentoring undergraduate research, and the scholarship of teaching, learning and application) and with teaching online or hybrid courses. USC Upstate provides extensive support for junior faculty including competitive professional-development funding, opportunities for student-faculty research collaboration, and a range of workshops and mentoring programs to develop our strengths as teacher-scholars.

Advertised Minimum Qualifications :

To be considered, candidates must possess an earned terminal degree by the start date of the appointment in a discipline relevant to African American Studies and eligible for tenure and promotion at the University of South Carolina Upstate (e.g. art, theatre, communications, literature, history, political science, sociology, nursing, etc.), the ability to teach courses in African American Studies, and a demonstrated record of leadership and service in the African American community. Candidates must have an active affiliation with one or more professional organizations or networks dedicated to African American causes and/or scholarship. ABD candidates with a planned completion date no later than August 15, 2024, are welcome to apply.

To qualify for the rank of Associate Professor, candidates must have at least five years of relevant academic experience in their discipline beyond the terminal degree, as well as meet the criteria for Associate Professor in the areas of research, scholarship and service in accordance with the corresponding unit’s criteria for promotion.

A successful background check is required.

Full/Part Time: Full Time