Wiki page for Academic Jobs in African American Literature advertised during the 2025-2026 hiring season. This page is for jobs that begin in 2026.
Last year's page: African American Literature 2024-2025
Back to: English Literature 2025-2026
See also: African & African American Studies 2025-2026
Instructions[]
Please add jobs in the following format and order them alphabetically by institution.
- 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 2025-2026.
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Jobs for 2026[]
Please list alphabetically by institution.
California State University, Long Beach (California, USA). Assistant Professor of English (African American/Black Diasporic Literature). Deadline: November 17, 2025. TT. FT. https://careers.pageuppeople.com/873/lb/en-us/job/551920
Université de Montréal (Québec, Canada). Assistant Professor of English Studies (African American Literature). Deadline: November 10, 2025. TT. FT. http://rh-carriere-dmz-eng.synchro.umontreal.ca/psc/rhprpr9_car_eng/EMPLOYEE/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM_FL.HRS_CG_SEARCH_FL.GBL?Page=HRS_APP_JBPST_FL&Action=U&FOCUS=Applicant&SiteId=3&JobOpeningId=529862&PostingSeq=1
Univerity of Georgia, Athens (Georgia, USA): Full or Advanced Associate Professor, Barbara Methvin Chair in Southern Literature. Deadline November 17, 2025. https://jobs.chronicle.com/job/37904327/barbara-lester-methvin-chair-in-southern-literature-associate-or-full-professor/
University of Nevada, Reno (Nevada, USA). Assistant Professor of English (African American Literature). Deadline: October 31, 2025. TT. FT. https://nshe.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UNR-external/job/University-of-Nevada-Reno---Main-Campus/Assistant-Professor--English--African-American-Literature-_R0149031?workerSubType=dddb2e55fbdf014cc806bd19c034ed08&workerSubType=dddb2e55fbdf011e7533c019c034ee08&workerSubType=dddb2e55fbdf0125f832c319c034ef08
Westmont College (Santa Barbara, California, USA). Assistant Professor of English (Literature). Review of applications begins Nov 2025. TT. FT. https://www.westmont.edu/office-provost/open-positions
Winthrop University (South Carolina, USA). Assistant Professor of English (African American/Afro-Caribbean Literature). Deadline: October 27, 2025. TT. FT. https://apply.interfolio.com/173837
Washington University in St. Louis (Missouri, USA). Postdoctoral Fellowship in African and African American Studies and Center for Humanities. January 31, 2026. NT. FT. https://apply.interfolio.com/177073
Word on the Street[]
Williams: Any update on this one? I know application deadline was 9/1 (10/5) Recieved email that I didn't advance to interview stage 10/10. Any updates after Zoom interviews? (10/27)