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Posted: 12-May-24
Location: New Brunswick, New Jersey
Salary: Open
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Other - Academic/Faculty
Internal Number: 227334
Position Summary:
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a leading national research university and the state of New Jersey's preeminent, comprehensive public institution of higher education.
Douglass College is a non-degree-granting program open to undergraduate students at any of the degree-granting schools of Rutgers University-New Brunswick.
The Global Village Learning Communities offer a year-long experience in a themed house. Students take two credit-bearing courses in the Fall and Spring, conduct research on a topic related to the theme, and engage with the larger New Brunswick community through service learning. There are five themes and courses offered for the 2024/2025 academic year: 1. Race, Gender, and Identity; 2. Sustainability and the Environment; 3. Global Health and medicine; 4. Africana- Gender & the Black Diaspora; and 5. La Casa – Latino/a/x & Caribbean Diasporas. Class is held on Mondays 5:40 P.M. to 7:00 P.M.
This course offers students an interdisciplinary and intersectional study, research, interpretation, and dissemination of knowledge concerning peoples of Africa and the African Diaspora. It is grounded in critically analyzing race, gender, sexuality, and class, with additional attention to Indigeneity, ethnicity, citizenship, nationality, religion, ability status, and other social categories. The course provides an expressly interdisciplinary environment for learning, drawing widely on academic traditions in the social sciences and the humanities. Students gain tools to critically analyze and engage our world and to enact change in their communities and professions.
Minimum Education and Experience:
- Ph.D. or Master's in Africana studies, sociology, anthropology, history or Ph.D. in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies or closely related field preferred.
- A strong understanding of global issues as it affects the African Diaspora.
- Commitment to and experience in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies.
- Demonstrated pedagogical experience in teaching practices dedicated to cultural exchange, community-building, equity and inclusion, and social justice in an increasingly complex and diverse world.
- 2-3 years of university level teaching experience including syllabus development and community building within and beyond the classroom setting.
City: New Brunswick
State: NJ
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Posting Number: 24FA0494
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About Rutgers University
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a leading national public research university and the state's preeminent, comprehensive public institution of higher education. Rutgers is dedicated to teaching that meets the highest standards of excellence; to conducting research that breaks new ground; and to turning knowledge into solutions for local, national, and global communities. As it was at our founding in 1766, the heart of our mission is preparing students to become productive members of society and good citizens of the world. Rutgers teaches across the full educational spectrum: preschool to precollege; undergraduate to graduate and postdoctoral; and continuing education for professional and personal advancement. Rutgers is New Jersey's land-grant institution and one of the nation's foremost research universities, and as such, we educate, make discoveries, serve as an engine of economic growth, and generate ideas for improving people's lives.
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