JOB: Emory University, Assistant Professor in in African American Arts and Culture (Tenure-Track)

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Oxford College aims to make two tenure-track hires in African American Arts and Culture. This ad outlines the position in Music: https://bit.ly/3nPS2ub

The successful candidate would have an expertise in various African American music and performance traditions including jazz, blues, gospel or hip hop capable of offering a critical perspective on the Western canon combined with courses on global or regional musical streams in ways that benefit a culturally diverse student population. Teaching responsibilities will include a 3-2 teaching load in music history and theory, in addition to administering the Oxford music program, with the possibility of additional course reduction to lead one of our student performance groups. We are looking for an innovative musicologist/ethnomusicologist interested in developing a curriculum catering to Music majors and minors as well as the aesthetic and intellectual formation of liberal arts education in general, and who intends to develop a research program that connects music with relevant interdisciplinary debates in the humanities and, possibly, the sciences.
Applicants are required to submit a cover letter, CV, statement of teaching philosophy, samples of scholarly writing or creative research, evidence of teaching excellence (preferably to include student evaluations of teaching), graduate transcripts (unofficial acceptable), and three letters of recommendation via Interfolio. The cover letter must address the candidate's qualifications for the position as well as their interest in working at a liberal arts college with first and second-year students. Completed applications received by December 1, 2021 will receive full consideration. Inquiries may be directed to Pearl Dowe (pearl.dowe -at- emory.edu).

One of Emory University’s four schools partnering in undergraduate education, Oxford College, located 36 miles east of Atlanta on Emory’s original campus, provides approximately 1000 first- and second-year students of high academic profile an intensive liberal-arts program for the first two years of their Emory bachelor’s degree. We are interested in candidates with a commitment to working with a remarkably diverse student body in an inclusive learning community that values excellence in teaching and close student-faculty interaction. Applications from women and historically underrepresented minorities are particularly welcome.
More information about Oxford College: http://oxford.emory.edu/