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Wiki page for Academic Jobs in African American Literature advertised during the 2024-2025 hiring season. This page is for jobs that begin in 2025.

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See also: African & African American Studies 2024-2025

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Please add jobs in the following format and order them alphabetically by institution.

1. Example University (State/Province, Country). Position Title. Specializations. Deadline. TT/NT. FT/PT. Link to Job ad(s). Updates:

TT/NT: Tenure-track or Non-tenure track.

FT/PT: Full-Time or Part-Time

For the sake of user-friendliness, please do not add more detailed content of the job ad on this page.

Add updates to the end of each entry as they come in: Additional materials requested, video interview scheduled, campus visit scheduled, offer extended, offer accepted, rejection received.

Please post "Have you heard?" questions above, under Word on the Street.

See also Humanities and Social Sciences Postdocs 2024-2025.

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Jobs for 2025

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1. Boston University (MA). Assistant Professor in Black American & Diasporic Cinema. Deadline November 1. Tenure Track. https://joblist.mla.org/job-details/9132/assistant-professor-black-american-and-diasporic-cinema/?ix=17
2. Elizabeth City State University (NC, USA). Endowed Distinguished Professor of English. Open until filled. TT FT. https://jobs.ecsu.edu/postings/697
3. Ithaca College (NY, USA). The Department of Literatures in English at Ithaca College invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor specializing in pre-1900 African American or African Diaspora literature. Normally, faculty will teach 5 courses annually, which will include both upper-level and introductory courses. Ability to teach pre-1900 American literature required, but otherwise the successful candidate will have considerable freedom designing courses that align with their intellectual interests. Interested faculty may also have the opportunity to affiliate with interdisciplinary programs such as the Program in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, or the Center for the Study of Culture, Race, and Ethnicity. Nov. 1. TT. FT. 3/2 course load. https://ehwy.fa.us2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1/job/2645?mode=location
4. Lincoln University of Pennsylvania (PA, USA). Assistant Professor, African American Literature. Open until filled; Review of applications will begin February 17, 2025. https://www.lincoln.edu/careers/index.html
5. Michigan Technological University (MI, USA). Department Chair, Associate or Full Professor of Humanities (specialization open). Open until filled; Review of applications will begin December 1, 2024. https://www.employment.mtu.edu/cw/en-us/job/493755/department-chair-humanities
6. Notre Dame of Maryland University (Baltimore, MD). Assistant Professor of English, American Literature and Black Studies. School of Arts, Sciences, and Business. TT, FT. Begins August 2025. Posted May 1, 2025. Review of applications begins immediately.https://workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/default/mdf/recruitment/recruitment.html?cid=ac3ea3a3-1795-4ceb-80c1-668296dbec35&ccId=19000101_000001&jobId=521316&lang=en_US
7. Southwestern University (TX, USA). Assistant Professor of English. African American literature and culture in any period. Oct 15th. TT. FT. https://apply.interfolio.com/149599. Updates:
8. Washington College (MD, USA). Assistant Professor in African American Literature. Desired area of expertise is open. Candidates who have additional expertise in American Studies, Multiethnic American literature, and/or Creative Writing are encouraged to indicate this expertise in their materials. Nov. 1st. TT. FT. https://www.paycomonline.net/v4/ats/web.php/jobs/ViewJobDetails?job=30015&clientkey=DA71CF6827C59F768030B3905BDF8A6A Updates:
9. Butler University. Assistant Professor of English in African American Literature (Tenure Track). Deadline December 2, 2024. https://careers.butler.edu/en-us/job/495257/assistant-professor-of-english-in-african-american-literature-tenure-track
10. SUNY New Paltz. Assistant Professor of English (African American Literature). Deadline Nov 15, 2024. https://jobs.newpaltz.edu/postings/2611
11. Gettysburg College. Visiting Assistant Professor of African-American Literature (one year). We welcome applications from candidates with innovative approaches to the field and with expertise in any historical period; preference will be given to candidates with the ability to teach courses in pre-1900 African American literature. Deadline Feb. 15th. https://gettysburg.peopleadmin.com/postings/5681
12. New College of Florida (Sarasota, FL) Tenure Track Position in Medical/Health Humanities (Deadline: March 31) Job Description: New College of Florida is hiring for a tenure-track position in medical/health humanities to further strengthen our Health, Culture, and Societies (HCS) program, with employment beginning in August 2025. We welcome applicants from a range of academic fields and research areas, including but not limited to literature, linguistics, philosophy, digital humanities, media studies, graphic medicine, disability studies, narrative medicine, art, art history, music, and ethno/musicology. The position requires the ability to teach a history of medicine/biomedicine course. Deadline: March 31, 2025. For more details, please refer to the job description here: https://www.higheredjobs.com/institution/details.cfm?JobCode=179075900&Title=Professor%2C%20Medical%2FHealth%20Humanities

Word on the Street

Ithaca

- Any requests for campus visits? (12/23)

-Rejection late Dec.

Hamilton

- Any updates here? (10/28)

- Still crickets (11/5) Anything??? (11/15)

-I see the job posting has been re-shared on HEJ (with the original deadline intact). Perhaps a clerical error or indication that they hope to attract more applications? (11/19)

-Request for zoom interview in December (11/25)x3

- Request for campus visit in January (12/18)

Southwestern

-Additional materials (10/17)

-Additional materials requested 10/24 (10/29)

-Zoom interview scheduled 11/22

- Request for campus visit in January (12/17)

Stony Brook

- Has any one gotten material requests/Zoom interviews? I know the closing date was 10/15. (10/28)

- Any updates (11/5)? Any one have updates? (11/15)? Request for interview 11/15

-Any more updates on Stony Brook? (12/5) campus interview week of 12/9 [12/6]

-Rejection [12/13]x2

Colby

- Anything? (11/20)

- Interview request (12/6) x2

- Any word on campus visits? (12/18) Campus invite (12/19)

- Rejection (12/20)

- Any news after campus visits? (2/20)

Kansas

- Any updates? (11/22)

- Zoom interview request 12/9

-Campus visits happening Feb. 2025

UNLV

-Additional materials request 11/15 (x2)

- Rejection (12/4)

Augsburg

- any updates? (11/12)

-First round interviews 11/4-11/8

- Rejection (12/4)

- Offer accepted (1/15)

Norfolk State

-Got a message saying I "passed the initial stage" and have "been forwarded to the Hiring Manager for further review." Sounds just like an initial HR filter so not reading into yet (there was no ask for further info). (11/21)x3

-Any update here? (1/25)

-None on my end (2/3)

Michigan, Dearborn

• 12/23 - just checking to confirm we're all still waiting on this one?
• 1/24 -campus visit requested

Morgan State

• 12/23 - just checking to confirm we're all still waiting on this one?

URichmond

• 12/23 - just checking to confirm we're all still waiting on this one?
• 1/7 - still nothing?

San Diego State - Black Atlantic/Diasporic Literature

-12/7 - nothing yet?

-12/19 – rejection

Washington College

-12/19 First round interview requests

SUNY New Paltz

- 12/29 - anything?

Marist

-2/9 anything on this one?

UofFlorida

- Assuming this one is gone, but any updates (1/10)?

- Request for Zoom Interview (1/14)

University of Southern Mississippi

- Any updates? (1/10)

- phone calls went out for virtual interviews week of January 10th

-Campus invite requested for February (1/18)

-Offer(s) were made, did anyone accept?

Allegheny College

-Any updates? (1/10)

-Campus invite (1/13)

UCLA Early African American Literature

-Anyone receive any updates on this search? (2/23)

-3/13 - not sure if search failed due to political/financial climate :( or etc. but source said they would redo the search from scratch next year

Butler University

-Any update? (2/3)

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville 20th & 21st c Af Am Lit

-zoom interview 2/7

Saint Michael's College - Race in Literature

-Any updates? (2/25)