Institution:   University of California – Los Angeles
Location:   California, United States
Position:   Tenure Track Faculty, Asian American Studies Center

The UCLA Asian American Studies Center invites applications for a tenured full-time faculty position beginning July 1, 2012. The selected candidate is expected to be appointed to the UCLA Alumni and Friends of Japanese American Ancestry Endowed Chair.  The rank is to be at the Associate or Full Professor level, with the primary appointment and teaching responsibilities in the Department of Asian American Studies.

Distinguished scholars of Japanese American studies are encouraged to apply, and this position provides an opportunity to strengthen Center and Department commitments to areas such as preservation/archives, community-based documentation in the visual arts, transnational studies, and community-oriented research, education, and activism.

The generosity of alumni and friends led to the establishment of this endowed chair in Japanese American Studies to further the research prominence of the UCLA Asian American Studies Center, which was founded in 1969.  Currently, the Centers faculty number over fifty members representing nearly every division and school at UCLA, including the Department of Asian American Studies in the College of Letters and Science.  The Department of Asian American Studies, established in 2004, oversees dynamic undergraduate and graduate programs.

Applications and nominations should be submitted electronically with:

1) a letter of application, 2) current curriculum vitae/resum 3) one representative journal article or book chapter, and 4) names and contact information for three academic referees.  Please send all materials to: IACSearch2@conet.ucla.edu.

Although applications will be accepted until the position is filled, all materials should be submitted by December 9, 2011 to be guaranteed full consideration.

UCLA offers an attractive salary and benefits package, including a housing assistance program for new faculty members.  Salary is commensurate with education and experience.

UCLA is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer with a strong institutional commitment to achieving diversity among its faculty, students and staff.  Individuals with a history of and commitment to mentoring students from underrepresented minorities are encouraged to apply.

Contact: IACSearch2@conet.ucla.edu

Website: www.ucla.edu