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The School of Education (SOE) at the University of California, Riverside (UCR) invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track Assistant or tenured Associate Professor of Critical Approaches to History of Education. The position will commence on July 1, 2025, or as negotiated.

Our Program, School, and University
The UCR School of Education (SOE) is a growing community that serves both undergraduate and graduate students. Located in a region rich in racial, cultural, and linguistic diversity, SOE serves majority Students of Color with a high percentage of working class and first-generation college students, and boasts the most diverse faculty of a School of Education in the UC system. Divided into area groups devoted to higher education, leadership and policy, social, cultural, linguistic, and racial analysis, learning theory, school psychology, and special education, our collective mission is to advance equitable and transformative educational systems and practices that are reflective of and responsive to our local racially and economically diverse communities. [https://education.ucr.edu/about/mission]

UCR is a member of the American Association of Universities (AAU). A Minority Serving Institution, and ranks among the top public universities for Making a Public Impact (No. 20, Princeton Review). It was also 1st among public universities in the U.S. for social mobility four years in a row. UCR has several designations, which underscore its commitments to inclusion, equity and diversity, including being a Hispanic Serving Institution and an Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-serving institution (AANAPISI). As the only public research university in diverse inland Southern California, UCR’s School of Education is positioned to shape effective leaders of education for historically and multiply marginalized young people locally and across the state. [https://www.ucr.edu/]

Position Description
We are seeking an Assistant or Associate Professor whose scholarship takes a critical approach to a history of education, centering how systems of education have impacted historically, racially marginalized communities in the U.S. (e.g., Asian American, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, Black, Latina/o/e, Chicana/o/x, Indigenous communities). We are open to scholars who come from a range of (inter)disciplinary backgrounds, including History, Ethnic Studies, American Studies, and Education. We are interested in applicants who engage disciplinary, interdisciplinary, and/or transdisciplinary methods; with preference for scholars who 1) recognize the complex articulations of race, gender, sexuality, dis/ability, racial capitalism, and/or coloniality through systems of marginalization, displacement, institutional violence, and oppressive power; and 2) study the liberatory possibilities of education in its various forms.

The hire would be joining an interdisciplinary program of scholars who currently examine issues of power and in/equity in education through focal areas including, race and Ethnic Studies, raciolinguistics/linguistics, gender, migrant education, and prison education. In addition to a robust research agenda and training of doctoral students in critical approaches to history of education, the scholar would be expected to teach courses focused on History/Histories of Education to master’s and doctoral students, as well as to undergraduate students in the Education, Society, and Human Development. This could include campus-wide courses, and/or courses in our teacher education or higher education M.Ed. programs.

QUALIFICATIONS
Minimum Qualifications (required at time of application):
● Ph.D. in Education, Ethnic Studies, Public History, American Studies, History, or a related field.
● Scholarship takes a critical approach to a History of Education, centering how systems of education have impacted historically, racially marginalized communities in the U.S (e.g. Asian American, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, Black, Latina/o/e, Chicana/o/x, Indigenous communities)
● Takes a social-structural analysis of educational in/equity and in/justice, with an asset-based focus on racially and multiply marginalized communities
● Has potential for a robust and impactful publication record (New Assistant) or has evidence of a robust and impactful publication record (Advanced Assistant/Associate)
● Has experience working effectively with diverse and historically marginalized students

Preferred Qualifications
Engages their work in applied ways (e.g., with K-12 educators, in teacher education, or within community-based contexts)

Inquiries about the position should be directed to the search committee chair, Rita Kohli (rita.kohli@ucr.edu).

Interested candidates should submit an electronic application to https://aprecruit.ucr.edu/JPF02022. Review of applicants will begin January 8, 2024, and may continue until the position is filled.

The University of California, Riverside is a world-class research university with an exceptionally diverse undergraduate student body. UCR is a member institution of the American Association of Universities (AAU) as well as the Alliance of Hispanic Serving Research Universities (HSRU). Its mission is explicitly linked to providing routes to educational success for underrepresented and first-generation college students. A commitment to this mission is a preferred qualification.

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or protected veteran status.

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As a University employee, you will be required to comply with all applicable University policies and/or collective bargaining agreements, as may be amended from time to time. Federal, State, or local government directives may impose additional requirements.

As a condition of employment, the finalist will be required to disclose if they are subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct, are currently being investigated for misconduct, left a position during an investigation for alleged misconduct, or have filed an appeal with a previous employer.

“Misconduct” means any violation of the policies or laws governing conduct at the applicant’s previous place of employment, including, but not limited to, violations of policies or laws prohibiting sexual harassment, sexual assault, or other forms of harassment, discrimination, dishonesty, or unethical conduct, as defined by the employer.

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