Teaching Assistant Professor of Yoruba Language & Culture
The Department of African, African American, and Diaspora Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill seeks to hire a Teaching Assistant Professor with fluency and expertise in Yoruba language and culture. The successful candidate will be expected to work with both the Department and the UNC-CH African Studies Center to create and offer a full complement of Yoruba language courses (elementary through advanced levels), as well as teach content area courses on topics pertaining to historical and contemporary developments of Nigeria and other neighboring countries in West Africa and related people in the larger diaspora.
The Department of African, African American, and Diaspora Studies is a transnational program that emphasizes the histories, cultures, cultural linkages, and contemporary sociopolitical and economic realities of Africa and the African Diasporas in the context of a globalizing world. We approach these areas of study from multiple perspectives, and as an interdisciplinary program, our faculty are trained in the fields of anthropology, film, history, international development studies, linguistics, literature, music, and political science. The department offers a Bachelor of Arts degree with a concentration either in African Studies or African American and Diaspora Studies. We also offer several undergraduate minors, as well as language instruction in Swahili, Wolof, and Yoruba. In the fall of 2025, the Department will welcome its inaugural cohort of graduate students as it launches its PhD program in Africana Studies. For more information, please visit our website at aaad.unc.edu
Prospective job candidates should submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae, and the names of four referees to https://unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/288499. Consideration of applications will begin on October 30, and the official appointment will start July 1, 2025. Applicants should hold a Ph.D. in a disciplinary or interdisciplinary field relevant to language studies and/or African Studies more generally. The successful candidate will teach three courses per semester, and the initial appointment will be for three years. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is an equal opportunity employer and educator that welcomes all to apply.
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