Employment Type: Permanent Faculty
Vacancy ID: FAC0005250
Salary Range: Dependent on Experience and/or Qualifications
Position Summary/Description:
The Teaching Assistant Professor position will work with both the Department and the UNC -CH African Studies Center to create and offer a full complement of Yoruba language courses (elementary through advanced levels), as well as teach content area courses on topics pertaining to historical and contemporary developments among Yoruba peoples and cultures in Africa and the larger diaspora. The current department teaching load is three courses per semester. The position will also include service to the department which includes, but is not limited to, student advising and mentoring, committee assignments, and participation in departmental and campus activities that advance the study of Yoruba language and culture.