Wiki page for Academic Jobs in Asian & Asian American Studies advertised during the 2022-2023 hiring season. This page is for jobs that start in 2023.

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

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Jobs with 2022 Application Deadlines[]

UC Berkeley. Assistant Professor or Associate Professor/Full Professor. The Department of Ethnic Studies at the University of California, Berkeley invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Asian American and Asian Diaspora Studies at the rank of assistant, associate, or full professor. We encourage applications from scholars in any humanistic discipline, especially those who employ literary, media, digital media, and/or cultural studies methodologies and take intersectional and interdisciplinary approaches to research and teaching. Potential areas of expertise include, but are not limited to, Asian American and/or Asian diaspora literatures, global Asia cultural studies, transpacific and/or hemispheric cultural and media studies, and new media studies.
- 12/7 Request for more materials and interview
- Campus visit scheduled

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA). Lecturer in Japanese. Deadline November 1, 2022. Apply: Academic Jobs Online: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/21949
Tulane University (New Orleans, LA). Two-Year Postdoctoral Associate Position(s) in Asian Studies (x2). Deadline: 01 Oct 2022. NTT. FT. https://apply.interfolio.com/111039 The Asian Studies program at Tulane University invites applications for two Postdoctoral Associate positions. One position will be in Asian American and Diasporic Studies and the other in Transnational Asian Studies.
- Updates: Zoom interview scheduled last week of November
DePaul University (Chicago, IL). Assistant Professor in Religious Studies, Contemporary Islam in the Americas. Deadline: 15 Oct 2022. TT/FT. The Department of Religious Studies at DePaul University invites applicants for a tenure-track appointment at the rank of Assistant Professor beginning July 2023. We are looking for a candidate who specializes in Contemporary Islam in the Americas. Scholars working on critical approaches to gender and/or race are particularly encouraged to apply. We are interested in applicants from Religious Studies and allied disciplines whose research and teaching complement the interests and strengths of our interdisciplinary department. https://academics.depaul.edu/faculty-jobs/Pages/position-detail.aspx?dpusearchbyid=464820
Furman University (Greenville, SC). Assistant, Associate, or Professor of Chinese. Deadline: 01 Nov, 2022. TT/FT. The Department of Asian Studies at Furman University invites applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of assistant, associate, or professor of Chinese to begin August 2023. The successful candidate will join one of the largest Asian Studies departments among liberal arts undergraduate institutions, with a vibrant, interdisciplinary program and a strong commitment to inclusive excellence. We especially seek applicants with expertise in the fields of language pedagogy or linguistics. We also welcome experts in topics including contemporary cultural studies, film or performing arts, translation studies, gender and sexuality or race and ethnicity. Candidates must demonstrate experience, excellence, and enthusiasm in Chinese language instruction, with a preference for candidates who have training in pedagogical methods.https://furman.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/Furman_Careers/job/Main-Campus/Assistant--Associate--or-Professor-of-Chinese_R001878

Any news on this one?[]

University of Georgia (Athens, GA). Assistant Professor of Asian American and Pacific Islander Literary Studies. Deadline: 14 November 2022. TT/FT. https://www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/287197
update: request for Zoom interview 11/29
Job talk scheduled
Has anyone heard from them? (3/17)
University of Oregon (Eugene, Oregon, USA). TT Assistant Professor in Global Studies (Global Political Economy focus). Disciplinary field is open. Deadline October 15. The Department of Global Studies at the University of Oregon seeks a full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor in Global Political Economy to start in Fall 2023. We seek a scholar who holds a Ph.D. in a relevant social science, humanities, or interdisciplinary program by the time of appointment and whose expertise addresses one or more of these areas in qualitative and/or quantitative perspective: economic globalization and its political and social impacts; international political economic institutions and processes; debt, dependency, and the legacies of colonization; and the relationships between global political economy, human development, and development strategies and policies. We are especially interested in candidates who take critical, interdisciplinary, and decolonial approaches to the global political economy; and whose teaching and research complement core foci in our department, including food systems, education, global health and wellbeing, and environment and climate change. https://careers.uoregon.edu/en-us/job/529427/assistant-professor-of-global-studies
Amherst College (Amherst, MA) The Department of English at Amherst College invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track appointment in the fields of Asian American, Pacific Islander, or Asian diasporic literature, media, and culture. This position, which begins on July 1, 2023, is part of a three-position cluster hire across the college in Asian American studies. The successful candidate will be appointed and evaluated in the Department of English, but will also join an interdisciplinary community of faculty (both continuing and new) whose teaching and research concern Asian Americans and/or Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders. https://apply.interfolio.com/110895
- Updates: Amherst first round zoom interview invitation, 10/21
George Washington University (Washington, DC) The Department of American Studies and the Department of English at George Washington University seek applications to fill a joint tenure-track position in Asian American and Pacific Islander Studies at the rank of assistant professor beginning in Fall 2023. We welcome all areas of specialization, including history, literature, film, media studies, new media studies, cultural studies, and visual studies. https://www.gwu.jobs/postings/96078
- Update: Request for Zoom interview 11/28
- Campus visits scheduled
Brooklyn College (Brooklyn, NY) Brooklyn College of the City University of New York (CUNY) invites applications for a full-time, entry-level, tenure-track Assistant Professor position in the Department of History, with a research and teaching focus on the History of Asian Peoples in Diaspora, and a particular attention to the Americas. An interest in and background for teaching courses concerning Islamic religious belief and practice would be welcome but is not required. https://cuny.jobs/brooklyn-ny/assistant-professor-asian-peoples-in-diaspora-history/29759682F06746989C674074C53C3FB5/job/
- 1/9 any news?
- 2/8 Updates?
Chapman University (Orange, CA) Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, at Chapman University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Asian American Studies, beginning August 2023. Wilkinson College seeks candidates who can offer courses in, and direct, the new undergraduate interdisciplinary minor in Asian American Studies. Desirable secondary area emphases include any of the following: Hawaiian/Pacific Islander Studies, LGBTQ, Disability Studies or Health Humanities. https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/23216
- 1/9 - Any news?
- 1/12 - heard from a friend that interview requests sent
- 2/8 - Anyone get updates from Chapman after the first round interview?
Cornell University (Ithaca, NY) Cornell University's Asian American Studies Program invites applications for the position of Assistant or Associate Professor (full-time tenure-track) in Asian American literary studies. The appointment will begin July 1, 2023. Ph.D. required. The candidate will hold a joint appointment in the Asian American Studies Program and the Department of Literatures in English. The candidate must demonstrate a commitment to research and teaching in the field of Asian American Studies. We are open to all fields and areas of specialty within Asian American literary studies and are especially enthusiastic about candidates with expertise in Asian American poetics, film/media studies, queer/feminist studies, critical refugee studies, Southeast Asian American studies, critical Pacific Island studies, Asian-Latinx studies, and Afro-Asian studies. We welcome candidates working in comparative, interdisciplinary, and/or transnational frameworks. https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/22792
- Update: emailed interview request 11/22
- 12/22 - any news of campus visits?
CSU Long Beach Assistant Professor of Asian American studies https://jobs.chronicle.com/job/37363455/assistant-professor-of-asian-american-studies
- 1/9 - Any news?
- 2/8 Updates?
- 2/9 - Haven't heard anything
Northwestern University (Evanston, IL) The Program in Asian American Studies at Northwestern University invites applications for a full-time, open-rank, and open-field tenure track hire at the Assistant, Associate, or Professor level in Asian American Studies, to begin September 1, 2023. We seek a scholar trained in any humanities or social sciences field but are especially interested in those trained in interdisciplinary programs including Ethnic Studies, Asian American Studies, Pacific Islands Studies, Indigenous Studies, and/or American Studies who work also addresses the following themes and areas: Asian American/Indigenous Relations; Pacific Islander Diaspora Studies; Arab American Studies/Muslim American Studies; and/or Critical Refugee Studies. https://facultyrecruiting.northwestern.edu/apply/MTYxMw==
- Request for materials 11/28
Oberlin College (Oberlin OH). Assistant Professor of Comparative American Studies in the Area of Asian American Studies.Desired specializations include Asian American history, immigration, urban history/studies, comparative approaches to race and ethnicity, and/or critical geography as well as interdisciplinary research methods. Deadline: Nov. 11 2022 TT/ FT https://jobs.chronicle.com/job/37336530/assistant-professor-of-comparative-american-studies-in-the-area-of-asian-american-studies/
- Update: campus visits scheduled
University of Illinois, Chicago The Global Asian Studies Program (GLAS) at the University of Illinois, Chicago is seeking candidates for a tenure-track position as an Assistant Professor in Asian Diaspora and Visual Cultures beginning Fall 2023. This hire is part of a Provost Cluster Initiative on “The Racialized Body” focusing on the ways that contemporary and historical notions of race, racial ideology, and racial politics are manifested in how “the body” is represented, inhabited, and regulated. For the position in Visual Culture, we seek scholars whose research examines how visual technologies and/or artifacts have been central to the production, consumption, and/or regulation of the Asian or Asian American body in the context of nation-building, empire, and diaspora. We welcome candidates with interdisciplinary and comparative projects informed by Cultural Studies, Performance Studies, and/or Art History that focus on the body in or outside of the U.S. context. Areas of research may include any number of visual mediums, ritual/spectacle, or technologies of seeing, including film, television, photography, digital cultures, architecture, painting, sculpture, fashion, dance etc. This is a 100% appointment in GLAS. Deadline: December 15, 2022 https://uic.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/1/home/requisition/1573?c=uic
- Request for reference letters 12/29/22, no word since then
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign The Department of Asian American Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign invites applications for a full-time tenure stream faculty position as an Assistant/Associate/Full Professor. We seek an interdisciplinary scholar trained in the social science and humanities disciplines or interdisciplinary programs. We are interested in scholars whose research includes at least one of these areas: law and society, immigration, environmental studies and justice, politics and activism, carcerality and abolition, racial and social inequalities, anti-Asian racism and violence, indigeneity, gender and sexuality, mental health and well-being, or alternative modes of care and healing. Successful candidates are expected to teach effectively at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, establish and maintain an active and independent research program, and provide service to the department, the university and multiple publics. Deadline: Nov. 1 2022 https://asianam.illinois.edu/news/2022-09-21/department-asian-american-studies-seeks-full-time-faculty-member
- Any updates 12/6?
- Yes, heard that requests for more materials were sent out in November
University of Maryland (College Park, MD) The Department of English at the University of Maryland, College Park invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor specializing in Asian American and Pacific Islander literature and culture to begin in August 2023. Appropriate secondary fields may include critical race theory; Indigenous and Pacific studies; Global Asian studies, women’s, gender and sexuality studies; queer theory and performance and media studies. The successful candidate must have a PhD in English or a related field by July 1, 2023. Successful candidates will be expected to publish actively; teach two courses per semester; direct dissertations, comprehensive exams, capstone projects, and honors theses; and offer service to the Department, the College, and the University. https://ejobs.umd.edu/postings/99986

update: request for letters 11/14, request for Zoom interview 11/28

University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA) The Department of English at the University of Southern California seeks an assistant professor of transpacific studies, a growing field that focuses on the circulation of culture, capital and ideas in the Pacific and between Asia, the Americas and other Anglophone contexts, to start August 2023. Our department wishes to build on the existing strength of faculty working on transpacific studies across several departments at USC as we search for a junior scholar who will contribute to English and Creative Writing's strengths in literature, media and popular culture, genre studies, and gender and sexuality studies, as well as to possibly increase our commitment to indigenous studies. Given our department's emphasis on the porousness between scholarship and creative writing, we also encourage applications from scholars who write in other genres, and for public audiences (from criticism to creative non-fiction, fiction and poetry). https://usccareers.usc.edu/job/los-angeles/assistant-professor-of-english/1209/36570986144?fbclid=IwAR1Qy0rePIyJ3lMDEKkfFqnsEL4AtXR2VhlN9Fjf-QaZPv5WscSBFoGi9jI
- request for zoom interviews 12/2
Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in the Social Sciences. The Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (HASS) cluster at the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) seeks applicants for full-time lecturer/senior lecturer position in the Social Science fields. Appointments will be made on an initial 3-year contract with the possibility of renewal. Applicants should have a Ph.D. in a Social Science discipline with a proven track record of effective teaching and research in any area of the social sciences, broadly defined. The ideal candidate will complement and enhance our existing faculty strengths in sociology, anthropology, geography, economics, psychology, political science, and history. We particularly encourage applications from scholars who are engaged in interdisciplinary research and who have experience in broad-based social science teaching including both classic and contemporary works. The successful candidate will (1) teach and develop our team-taught undergraduate Social Science core course, an interdisciplinary course that examines foundational works from a diverse range of social science disciplines and (2) design and deliver Social Science elective courses in the candidate’s area of specialization. The ideal candidate will contribute to teaching and curriculum devlopment in our Design, Technology and Society (DTS) minor program, a design-focused variation of Science, Technology and Society (STS) studies that emphasizes critical analysis of the social dimensions of design processes and projects. Please go to: https://hass.sutd.edu.sg/faculty-openings/
Boston University Tenure-track position at the level of Assistant Professor, beginning in Fall 2023, in the history of Asian American, Pacific Islander, and/or Asian Diasporic peoples in the Americas, of any period including but not limited to the 19^th and 20^th centuries. Responsibilities include teaching undergraduate and graduate core courses and in fields of specialization. Ph.D. in hand by beginning of employment. Applicants should submit a cover letter detailing teaching and research interests, a C.V., and three letters of recommendation to https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/22400. We encourage candidates to address in these mateeir past and future contributions to diversity and inclusion in their teaching, research, and other professional activities. Further documentation may be requested of short-listed applicants. Deadline: 1 Nov. 2022. Preliminary virtual interviews will be conducted before the Winter Break with campus visits anticipated immediately following the break.
University of Maryland, Baltimore County (Baltimore, MD) Tenure track Assistant Professor position in Korean, beginning August 2023. Deadline: November 18, 2022. We seek outstanding candidates with a teaching and research concentration in Korean cultural studies, Korean linguistics, Applied Linguistics or Second Language Acquisition (with a focus on Korean), who would also advance the MLLI department's fruitful research in intercultural communication from the perspective of cultural studies, language acquisition and pedagogy, linguistics, literature, and sociology. https://main.hercjobs.org/jobs/17641866/assistant-professor-in-korean and https://apply.interfolio.com/116045 [update: the HERC link was deactivated on 10/26/2022; both HERC and Interfolio links are active as of 10/27/2022]
Rutgers University the Department of English at Rutgers (New Brunswick) seeks a tenure-track assistant professor in Asian American / Comparative Asian Literatures. We are particularly interested in candidates with transnational, diasporic, or transpacific approaches. Successful candidates must have the Ph.D. in hand (in English or a related field) by Fall 2023 and be ready to take on duties including undergraduate and graduate teaching and research. Rutgers English is home to a top-tier graduate program and a large and dynamic undergraduate major; our faculty and student population reflects the rich diversity of New Jersey. The assistant professor will be based in the English Department but will also benefit from our thriving Global Asias initiative (https://sites.rutgers.edu/global-asias/), a cross-disciplinary collaboration that focuses on trans-regional approaches to Asia and its diasporas, rather than single-region or national approaches. This initiative supports broad networks of teaching and research across New Brunswick and across the Rutgers campuses. It allows students and scholars to consider the impact of Asia and its diasporas historically, culturally, politically, and intellectually, and the changing meanings of the Asian geographical framework, bringing together students and scholars focusing on Asian-American Studies with those focused on South Asia, Southeast Asia, East Asia, and other regions. Submit application letter, dissertation abstract, curriculum vitae, three letters of recommendation (or a dossier), and a writing sample to the attention of Meredith McGill no later than November 1. Minimum Education and Experience: Successful candidates must have the Ph.D. in hand (in English or a related field) by Fall 2023
- Any updates?
- 12/9 - Any news on this one? Nothing here.
- zoom interview request for 12/19 (x2)
San Francisco State University. San Francisco State University, Department of Asian American Studies offers an exciting opportunity for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Asian American Studies beginning in August 2023. We seek a colleague whose teaching and research interests include expertise in Asian American History and/or Asian American Political Science/Public Policy. We are especially interested in qualified candidates with a demonstrated commitment -- through their research, teaching, and service -- to the diversity and excellence of our academic community, department, and program.
- 1/9 - Any news?
- 2/8 Updates?
- 2/9 - Haven't heard anything yet
Nova Southeastern University (Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA). Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature with emphasis in Asian Studies, Asian Literature, Asian/Pacific American Literature, and/or an East Asian Language. Ability to teach digital humanities and/or medical humanities a plus. Deadline: Ongoing. Submit CV and Cover Letter to https://nsucareers.nova.edu/en-us/job/503146/faculty-rank-tbd-humanities-997511.
Wofford College (Spartanburg, SC). Wofford College invites applications for a one-year visiting assistant professor in Asian and/or Pacific Islander studies, Indigenous studies or Latinx studies in the college’s Department of English Language and Literature. We are particularly interested in applicants whose pedagogy and scholarship show a commitment to diversity, equity and justice. Deadline for full consideration: April 14. NT/FT. https://www.wofford.edu/wofford.edu/documents/administration/human-resources/job-posting-pdfs/visiting-assistant-professor-of-english.pdf

Jobs with 2023 Application Deadlines[]

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Can anyone shed some light on the size of the applicant pool for Asian American Lit jobs? How many applications were received for any of these positions?

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