Faculty Recruitment

Department of Social and Cultural Analysis-Latino Studies Program
ARTS AND SCIENCE

The Department of Social and Cultural Analysis seeks to appoint a Latino Studies scholar at the level of an advanced assistant or recently tenured associate professor to begin September 1, 2009, pending budgetary and administrative approval. We seek a scholar with a specialization in gender and sexuality, or comparative ethnic studies. We especially invite applications from candidates with interdisciplinary training and/or with a transnational perspective. Demonstrable expertise in an area of social or cultural theory is required. In addition to undergraduate teaching, the candidate hired will teach and advise graduate students in the American studies doctoral program, and will assume a leadership role in developing Latino Studies at New York University.

 Send letter of application, CV, names of 3 referees, and a 20-page writing sample to:

Latino Studies Search Committee
New York University
41 East 11th Street, 7th Floor
New York, NY 10003-4602.

Deadline for receipt of application is October 10, 2008.

NYU is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.