Assistant Professor - Native American Scholarship and Performance - Department of Music
Position overview Anticipated start: July 1, 2022 Application Window
Open January 13th, 2022 through Friday, Feb 18, 2022 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)

Position description
The Department of Music and the Native American Studies Program in the Department of Ethnic Studies at the University of California, Berkeley invite applications for a tenure-track appointment at the rank of Assistant Professor in Native American Scholarship and Performance.

We seek applicants with experience in musical ethnography and practice in Native communities in North America specializing in one or more of the following research areas: sovereignty, indigenizing the academy, sound studies, environmental studies, climate change, traditional and contemporary musical practices, law and cultural policy, philosophy, queer studies, relational ontologies, technologies and indigenous music industries. We are especially interested in candidates who employ Indigenous methodologies and who have experience working in Native communities.

UC Berkeley is dedicating six new faculty positions to establish the university as an international center of excellence in Native American and Indigenous Studies. Building upon substantial existing campus assets—including an undergraduate major and graduate program in Native American Studies and strengths in Native American languages and literature, indigenous archaeology and cultural anthropology—the goal is to make UC Berkeley the pre-eminent institution of higher education in the field.

The successful candidate will hold a joint appointment in the Department of Ethnic Studies (Native American Studies program). The joint appointment promotes exchange and mutual support between Native American Studies scholars, creating opportunities for joint research projects and collaborative undergraduate and graduate teaching. Further information about the NAS program is available at the NAS Program web link.

The Department encourages applications from candidates who will contribute to diversity and equal opportunity in higher education through their teaching, research, and service. We recognize that a diverse workforce is essential for maintaining legitimacy as a public university dedicated to serving the needs of our increasingly diverse state. The Department is committed to addressing the family needs of faculty, including dual career couples and single parents. For information about potential relocation to Berkeley, or career needs of accompanying partners and spouses, please visit http://ofew.berkeley.edu/new-faculty.

NAS Program: https://ethnicstudies.berkeley.edu/areas-of-study/area/native-american-studies/

Department: http://music.berkeley.edu/
Qualifications Basic qualifications (required at time of application)
PhD (or equivalent international degree), or enrolled in PhD or equivalent international degree-granting program at the time of application.
Preferred qualifications
PhD is preferred.
Application Requirements Document requirements

• 
  Cover Letter
  
• 
  Curriculum Vitae
  
• 
  Writing sample, not to exceed 12,000 words
  
• 
  Statement on Contributions to Advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion - Statement on your contributions to diversity, equity, and inclusion, including information about your understanding of these topics, your record of activities to date, and your specific plans and goals for advancing equity and inclusion if hired at Berkeley (for additional information go to https://ofew.berkeley.edu/recruitment/contributions-diversity).
  

Reference requirements

• 3 letters of reference required

Apply link: https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF03275
Help contact: musichr@berkeley.edu
Campus Information
Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging are core values at UC Berkeley. Our excellence can only be fully realized by faculty, students, and academic and non-academic staff who share our commitment to these values. Successful candidates for our academic positions will demonstrate evidence of a commitment to advancing equity, inclusion, and belonging.

The University of California, Berkeley is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, or protected veteran status. For the complete University of California nondiscrimination and affirmative action policy see: http://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4000376/NondiscrimAffirmAct

In searches when letters of reference are required all letters will be treated as confidential per University of California policy and California state law. Please refer potential referees, including when letters are provided via a third party (i.e., dossier service or career center), to the UC Berkeley statement of confidentiality (http://apo.berkeley.edu/ucb-confidentiality-policy) prior to submitting their letter.

As a condition of employment, you will be required to comply with the University of California SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) Vaccination Program Policy https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/5000695/SARS-CoV-2_Covid-19. All Covered Individuals under the policy must provide proof of Full Vaccination or, if applicable, submit a request for Exception (based on Medical Exemption, Disability, and/or Religious Objection) or Deferral (based on pregnancy) no later than the applicable deadline. For new University of California employees, the applicable deadline is eight weeks after their first date of employment. (Capitalized terms in this paragraph are defined in the policy.)
Job location Berkeley, CA

To apply, visit https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF03275







Copyright ©2022 Jobelephant.com Inc. All rights reserved.

Posted by the FREE value-added recruitment advertising agency jeid-871a3b1b3e1e3942b7966293f75d3dde