Faculty positions: Indigenous Studies Research Initiative, three Open Positions, Northwestern University

Indigenous Studies Research Initiative
  Three Open Positions

Northwestern University is pleased to announce an Indigenous Studies Research Initiative. Our goal is to build a critical mass of scholars working in the field of Indigenous Studies broadly construed. It is our hope that through close alignment and coordination with other Chicago-area institutions, we will make Northwestern University, as well as greater Chicago, centers of research and learning in the important field of Native American and Indigenous Studies. Area resources include the D'Arcy McNickle Center for American Indian and Indigenous Studies at the Newberry Library, The American Indian Center of Chicago, and the Mitchell Museum of the American Indian in Evanston, among others.

As an initial step, we announce searches for two tenure-track faculty positions and one postdoctoral fellow. We anticipate that these new colleagues will join our current faculty in designing and offering courses for undergraduate and graduate students related to indigenous studies and in advancing research in fields across the College and University.

Postdoctoral Fellowship: Native American and Indigenous Studies in the Humanities
We invite applications for a two-year post-doctoral fellowship in Native American and Indigenous Studies, to begin September 1, 2016. We seek a scholar, writer, or artist with expertise in the cultures, cultural production, and/or history of indigenous peoples, particularly, but not limited to, the native peoples of North America. The Fellow will be jointly appointed between the University's Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities and an appropriate humanities-related department. Candidates must complete all degree requirements for a PhD before September 1, 2016. For more information, including instructions for how to submit an application, visit the Kaplan Institute's website: http://www.humanities.northwestern.edu/people/open-positions/.

Assistant Professor of Native American and Indigenous Studies in the Humanities
We invite applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Native American and Indigenous Studies. We seek a scholar, writer, or artist with expertise in the cultures, cultural production, and/or history of indigenous peoples, particularly, but not limited to, the native peoples of North America. This person will be jointly appointed between the University's Kaplan Institute for the Humanities and an appropriate humanities-related department, and will work closely with Northwestern undergraduates and graduate students. Candidates must have completed all degree requirements for a PhD or MFA before September 1, 2016. For more information, including instructions for how to submit an application, visit the Kaplan Institute's website: http://www.humanities.northwestern.edu/ people/open-positions/.

Assistant Professor of Native American and Indigenous Studies in the Social Sciences
We invite applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Native American and Indigenous Studies. We seek a scholar who studies social disparities as they pertain to indigenous peoples, particularly, but not limited to, the native peoples of North America. da; is person will be jointly appointed between the University's Institute for Policy Research and an appropriate social science-related department, and will work closely with Northwestern undergraduates and graduate students. Scholars with degrees in anthropology, communications, economics, education, law, political science, psychology, public health, sociology, statistics, and other related fields are encouraged to apply. Candidates must have completed all degree requirements for a PhD before September 1, 2016. We welcome applications from both newly-minted PhDs and senior assistant professor candidates. For more information about the Institute for Policy Research and to apply, visit http://www.ipr.northwestern.edu/about/ job-opportunities/.
Northwestern University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirrmative Action Employer of all protected classes including veterans and individuals with disabilities. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. Hiring is contingent upon eligibility to work in the United States

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