Assistant Professor, College of Arts and Sciences-Latinx History, Vancouver CampusAvailable Title(s):270-NN_FACULTY - Assistant ProfessorBusiness Title:Assistant Professor, College of Arts and Sciences-Latinx History, Vancouver CampusEmployee Type:FacultyTime Type:Full timePosition Term:9 Month - SummerPosition Details:Assistant Professor, College of Arts and Sciences-Latinx History, Vancouver CampusWSU Vancouver has an open nine-month tenure-track Assistant Professor in Latinx history with a focus on Food and Environmental Justice.Summary of DutiesThe Department of History at the Vancouver, WA campus of Washington State University (WSU) invites applications for a permanent, full-time, nine-month, tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor in Latinx history in the United States (or its immediate borderlands) with research expertise in some combination of agriculture, labor, food systems, race and ethnicity, racism, structures of inequality, migration, or environment. Applicants should provide evidence of a well-defined research program. Applicants must demonstrate commitment to underrepresented communities through research, service, teaching, public history projects, and/or community engagement. It is anticipated that the successful candidate will begin August 16, 2024.Job duties• The workload of this position is 40% research, 40% teaching, and 20% service.• Teach two courses per semester (a 2-2 load). Teach upper and lower division undergraduate and graduate courses in United States, Chicana/o/x, Latina/o/x, labor, and/or immigration history and develop courses in their area of research specialization.• Contribute to the department's graduate program and to the undergraduate Roots of Contemporary Issues course.• Maintain an active research program.• Participate in service at the departmental, college, university, and campus level.Required Qualifications• Completed PhD in history or closely related field at time of appointment.• Evidence of a well-defined research agenda within Latinx history.• Demonstrated teaching experience or potential for successful teaching and instruction.• Demonstrated record of or potential for commitment to underrepresented communities and to campus and university diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.Candidates with equity focus who do community-engaged scholarship:WSU is committed to building a diverse, equitable, and inclusive university community. The university recognizes that fostering an inclusive environment for all, with particular attention to the needs of historically marginalized populations, is vital to the pursuit of excellence in all aspects of our institutional mission. Towards continually strengthening this commitment, we seek candidates whose research, teaching, and/or service has prepared them to be an integral contributor to the continued advancement of inclusion, diversity, equity, and access here at WSU.This position is part of a faculty cluster hire initiative in the scholarship and teaching about racism and social inequality in the Americas, with a particular focus this round on Food and Environmental Justice. The university is particularly interested in hiring scholars who are deeply connected to and integrated into the communities that they study, as a means to build on our strong tradition of engaged and applied scholarship at WSU. We anticipate that this appointment will help to build bridges across the region through public outreach and civic engagement that helps to contextualize issues of race, racism, and food justice in our historical moment.Application instructions:Applicants must attach multiple documents at the time of application. Please read the entire posting description and follow the instructions below to apply