UCLA Asian American Studies Needs 2 Professors

[sandra]

The UCLA Department of Asian American Studies and UCLA Asian American Studies Center would like to announce two faculty searches . . .


I. George and Sakaye Aratani Chair on the Japanese American Internment, Redress, and Community

The UCLA Department of Asian American Studies, in conjunction with the Asian American Studies Center , is searching for a renowned senior scholar to be appointed to the George and Sakaye Aratani Chair on the Japanese American Internment, Redress, and Community. The appointee will be expected to have a significant corpus of scholarship or creative work that focuses on the World War II incarceration of Japanese Americans, their postwar redress movement, and/or Japanese American community issues and trends. The appointment will be made at the rank of full professor in the Department of Asian American Studies. S/he will be expected to carry a regular teaching load including teaching a course on the Japanese American wartime internment or redress annually and to perform other research and service duties of faculty in the department. S/he will also be expected to affiliate with the Asian American Studies Center and give public presentations. All fields of scholarly and creative expertise will be considered. Send letter of application, CV, and the names of three references to:


Applications should be received by October 15, 2005 for fullest consideration, but will be accepted until position is filled. UCLA is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer.
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II. Assistant Professor position in Asian American Studies and/or Pacific Islander American Studies

The UCLA Department of Asian American Studies, in conjunction with the Asian American Studies Center, invites applicants for an Assistant Professor position in Asian American Studies and/or Pacific Islander American Studies. Those with a strong research and teaching focus on Pacific Islanders in the states and territories of the United States are particularly encouraged. Applicants may be from any discipline, including those with an interdisciplinary or multi-disciplinary background. Preference is given to specialists in the following areas: qualitative or quantitative methodologies in ethnic minority communities and policy research; AAPI voting behavior and political participation, community organizing, or social movements; and AAPI psychology and/or mental health. Please send a letter of application, CV, and the names of three references and their contact information to:

[Faithless]

Whoa, a whole semester devoted to internment? Obviously, not an elective course.

[kpih]

Interesting!

As I read in detail, 'The appointee will be expected to have a significant corpus of scholarship or creative work' that rules me out big time.

Creative work. Hmmm. I can get creative though!

Academia is a pain in the ass, I tell you!

[yoMAMA]

if I'm back in college (and in UCLA), no less. ;)

I'd definitely take those courses.

[hooligan]

Damn, this sounds great.

[sandra]

i'd like to teach asian amer in the future. but not now.