The Department of American Ethnic Studies at the University of Washington invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor position in African American Studies with a specialization in African American History and an anticipated start date of September 16, 2025. American Ethnic Studies draws upon interdisciplinary, intersectional, comparative, and transnational frameworks to explore dynamic relations of race and power within the United States and larger diasporic and global contexts.

Washington State Law requires that this ad list a binding salary range. The base salary range for this position will be $6773 - $13,334per month on a 9-month basis ($60,957 - $120,006 annually), commensurate with experience and qualifications, or as mandated by a U.S. Department of Labor prevailing wage determination.

The department is interested in adding to its expertise in U.S. African American history as it intersects with histories of African diaspora, empire and immigration, in any period, deploying transregional, international, comparative, and/or global perspectives and methods. Additional areas of specialization may include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Black Urban Studies with an emphasis on labor, education, mass incarceration, or food Studies African American Public Health and Environmental Justice Studies Race, Science, and Biopolitics African American and African Diasporic Religious History Black Studies, Race, Gender, and Empire Race, Digital Inequality, and Information Technology

Positive factors for consideration include, but are not limited, candidates with training in the social sciences or the humanistic social sciences who are dedicated to advancing a rich and engaged field of scholarship, who bring a commitment to mentoring a diverse student body, and who actively pursue public-facing scholarship.

The successful candidate will teach comparative and ethnic-specific courses. The teaching load consists of four courses per year, and tenure-track faculty have an annual service period of nine months (September 15 through June 16). The University of Washington is a large, urban, public, R1 university located at the heart of Seattle. All University of Washington faculty engage in research, teaching, and service.