Community Studies Program: Assistant or Associate Teaching Professor of Community Activism (ini[...]
Company: University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC)
Location: Santa Cruz
Posted on: January 20, 2023
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Job Description:
The Community Studies Program at the University of California,
Santa Cruz (UCSC) invites applications for an Assistant or
Associate Teaching Professor position. Founded in 1969, Community
Studies is UCSC's oldest interdisciplinary undergraduate degree
program and a national pioneer in the field of experiential
education related to community activism and social justice. The
program consists of a core curriculum whose keystone is an extended
field study focused on building community capacity and conditions
for social change. The field study articulates with an array of
topically focused coursework. More information about the history
and pedagogy model of Community Studies is available at
We seek an outstanding, intellectually curious candidate who is
widely trained in the social sciences, enthusiastic about
undergraduate instruction and well versed in the history and
contemporary state of community activism. The selected candidate
will teach four courses per year at the undergraduate level (and
perform two course equivalencies of effort for the program). Three
of the courses will be within the core curriculum and the fourth
course will be taught in areas drawing on the candidate's expected
topical disciplinary expertise; especially economic justice,
critical public health, climate justice, and broader questions of
structural inequality arising from race, ethnicity, gender,
sexuality, and class differences.
The incumbent will also assist the Faculty Director with program
management, share responsibility for the field study and represent
the program in UCSC ventures that share a community facing mission.
The successful candidate will be expected to assume a leadership
role and work closely with the Faculty Director. Applicants for the
Associate Teaching Professor position with security of employment
are expected to have a demonstrated record of effective program
leadership. We welcome applicants with a demonstrated record of
excellence in undergraduate teaching and demonstrable record of
excellence in community activism related scholarly activity and
participation
Applicants should be committed to critically appraising the
shifting discursive field of community based social change efforts
connected to community activism, social movements and/or the
non-governmental/non-profit sector of civil society. We are
especially interested in candidates whose work is future oriented
and seeks to transcend the nonprofitization of social movements
(and corresponding nonprofit industrial complex critique) by
exploring emergent organizing and activist formations.
UC Santa Cruz values diversity, equity, and inclusion and is
committed to hiring faculty who will work to advance these values.
UC Santa Cruz is a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) and an Asian
American and Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institution
(AANAPISI) with a high proportion of first-generation students We
welcome candidates who understand the barriers facing historically
oppressed groups in higher education (as evidenced by life
experiences and educational background) and who can clearly
articulate participation in equity and diversity advancement
efforts with respect to teaching, mentoring, creative/professional
activity, and service towards building an equitable and scholarly
environment. Activities promoting equity and inclusion at UC Santa
Cruz will be recognized as important university service during the
faculty promotion process. More information can be found:
The chosen candidate will be expected to sign a statement
representing that they are not the subject of any ongoing
investigation or disciplinary proceeding at their current academic
institution or place of employment, nor have they in the past ten
years been formally disciplined at any academic institution/place
of employment. In the event the candidate cannot make this
representation, they will be expected to disclose in writing to the
hiring Dean the circumstances surrounding any formal discipline
that they have received, as well as any current or ongoing
investigation or disciplinary process of which they are the
subject. (Note that discipline includes a negotiated settlement
agreement to resolve a matter related to substantiated
misconduct.)
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