Assistant Professor in Chicano and Latino Studies

Department Of Chicano and Latino Studies

 

 

Faculty Employment Opportunity

Job no: 543845

Work type: Instructional Faculty – Tenured/Tenure-Track

Location: Sonoma

Categories: Tenured/Tenure-Track, Full Time, Instructional Faculty – Tenured/Tenure-Track, Unit 3 CFA – California Faculty Association

 

Tenure-Track Assistant Professor

Starting August 2025 (subject to budgetary approval)

Department of Chicano and Latino Studies and Spanish Program in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at Sonoma State University seek a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Latinx Studies, with a focus on the diverse, multilingual educational contexts between Mexico/Central America and the United States, particularly California, and the broader cultures of the larger Spanish-speaking world, beginning Fall 2025. Native or near native fluency in Spanish is required, with a Ph.D. in Spanish or Latinx Studies or related field in hand by the time of appointment, and coursework and/or teaching experience in Latinx Studies and/or Ethnic Studies and Spanish. The successful candidate will be a teacher-scholar with skills, expertise and research in Latinx, Afro Latinx, Indigenous, or diaspora cultures, with an emphasis on education (particularly Spanish heritage language education, sociolinguistic diversity, bilingualism) among Latinos in the US. The candidate will teach and develop lower-division and upper-division courses with the opportunity to create innovative classes in their area/s of expertise and interest within the Spanish Program and in Chicano and Latino Studies.

Our Commitment

Sonoma State University is a federally-designated Hispanic Serving Institution, as such we are committed to achieving the goals of equal opportunity and we endeavor to employ faculty and staff reflecting the linguistic, ethnic, and cultural diversity of the region and state.

Guided by our core values as a university: diversity, sustainability, community engagement, and adaptability, Sonoma State University (SSU) offers an education that fosters intellectual, social, and personal growth. SSU is a public liberal arts and sciences university. As the only member of the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges in the state of California, we are committed to preparing students for a life of active citizenship and public service. We have a vibrant campus life characterized by a lively co-curriculum that fosters broad-based intellectual and artistic opportunities in which the campus as a whole is actively engaged.

Sonoma State University is committed to creating a community in which bias and intolerance have no place.  It is our expectation that all students, faculty, and staff work together to honor this commitment and hold each other accountable to create an open and inclusive environment.

We are committed to facilitating spaces in which all can grow by building on our students’ assets as they explore new knowledge. These efforts include fostering creativity, critical thinking, collaboration, experimentation, empathy, and communication. The successful candidate will be one who can collaborate with faculty, staff, administration, and students to achieve these goals. We are especially interested in candidates committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Faculty Responsibilities

In addition to teaching and scholarship, faculty are expected to engage in service to the University, profession, and community.  These responsibilities include:  advising students, participation in campus and system-wide communities, maintaining office hours, working collaboratively and productively with colleagues, and participating in traditional academic functions.

Sonoma State is committed to the Teacher/Scholar model and places an emphasis on faculty support of undergraduate research and other professional opportunities for students. Faculty are also expected to foster our commitment to the CSU Graduation Initiative 2025 through excellent teaching, advising, and mentoring. Potential applicants are encouraged to review the University’s Reappointment, Tenure, and Promotion Policy.  During the first two years of the probationary period the instructional assignment will be reduced by two courses per academic year for probationary faculty members, in order to assist in establishing their programs of research, scholarship, and/or creative activities, and carrying out other activities that would suppor