Assistant Professor

Required Qualifications

The Department of Africana Studies at Stony Brook University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Global Health in the African Diaspora. We are particularly interested in candidates with a specialization in one of the following areas: African/Africana Health Disparities (cultural competency, quality of care, access to care), or Political Economy of Health and Disease (health and finance, access to drugs, privatized vs. public healthcare) or Public Health infrastructure (foreign aid, health and human rights, and ethical questions (politics of medical research). Minimum requirements: Applicants must have a Ph.D. in Africana Studies or a related field by the time of appointment. The candidate's scholarship should be grounded in qualitative and quantitative research. Applicants must also demonstrate a proven commitment and capacity for high quality research and teaching evidenced by publications as well as teaching evaluations relative to experience

Preferred Qualifications

Preference will be candidates who place their scholarship and teaching within a transnational context (Africa and the African diaspora with emphasis on the Caribbean and the US) and emphasize interdisciplinary methodology.

Responsibilities & Requirements

Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Africana Studies is responsible for research, teaching (graduate and undergraduate courses) and service to the department and university.

Responsibilities will include teaching upper and lower division courses in the candidate's area of specialization, graduate instruction, supervision of student research and writing, dissertation direction, advising, on-going scholarship and publication, and departmental and university service.

Special Notes

This is a tenure track position.  FLSA Exempt position, not eligible for the overtime provisions of the FLSA.  Internal and external search to occur simultaneously. Anticipated start date: Fall 2020

Application Procedure

Those interested in this position should:

1. Complete the online Applicant Information Survey.  Do not submit this survey to the department with your application.  Any questions regarding the survey, please email oide@stonybrook.edu.

2. Submit a  State Employment Application, cover letter, resume/CV, a statement of teaching interests and philosophy, samples of written work, and three letters of recommendation by clicking Apply.  Alternately, you may submit your application package to the departmental address or fax below.

The application requires a cover letter, CV, a statement of teaching interests and philosophy, samples of written work, and three letters of recommendation. Electronic submission of materials is required. Applicants should complete the Academic Jobs Online application at https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/15193. Review of files begins October 28, 2019, but applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Appointment starts late August 2020. Questions should be directed to George Fouron, Seach Committe Chair, 631-632-6924.

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Search Committee Chair

Africana Studies Global Health Disparities Search

Department of Africana Studies - CAS

S-249, Social and Behavioral Sciences

Stony Brook University

Stony Brook, NY 11794-4340

Fax: 631-632-5703

Campus Description

Stony Brook University, home to many highly ranked graduate research programs, is located 60 miles from New York City on Long Island's scenic North Shore.  Our 1,100-acre campus is home to 24,000 undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students and more than 13,500 faculty and staff. SBU is a comprehensive research-intensive university and a member of the prestigious Association of American Universities (AAU), which includes 34 public universities among its 62 members.  SBU consists of 12 schools and colleges and a teaching hospital that provides state-of-the-art healthcare in the Long Island region. SBU also manages and performs joint research with Brookhaven National Laboratory, the only Department of Energy Laboratory in the Northeast, and shares doctoral programs with Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a world-renowned molecular biology institute.  Home to the Emerson String Quartet, the Pollock-Krasner House in East Hampton, New York, the Humanities Institute, and the Southampton Arts Program, and with endeavors that extend to the Turkana Basin Institute in Kenya and the Ranomafana National Park in Madagascar, SBU sustains an international reputation that cuts across the arts, humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences.

Official Job Title:	Assistant Professor
REF#:	F-10098-19-10
Campus:	Stony Brook West Campus
Department:	Africana Studies
Salary:	Commensurate with Experience
Posting Start Date:	10/24/2019
Posting End Date:	12/24/2019

Applications for this position must be received, as specified in the Application Procedure Section, no later than 5:00 PM Eastern Time on 12/24/2019, unless specifically noted otherwise in the Special Notes Section.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Stony Brook University is committed to excellence in diversity and the creation of an inclusive learning, and working environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, pregnancy, familial status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, genetic information,veteran status and all other protected classes under federal or state laws.

If you need a disability-related accommodation, please call the university office of institutional diversity and equity at (631)632-6280.

Job Category: Faculty and Librarian

Posting Date: 10/24/2019