Open Rank Professor in American Indian and Indigenous Studies
Company: University of California - Santa Barbara
Location: Santa Barbara
Posted on: May 17, 2025
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Job Description:
Position overview
Position title:
Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor
Salary range:
The posted UC salary scales set the minimum pay determined by rank
and/or step at the time of appointment. See Table 1 for the salary
ranges. Off-scale salaries and other components of pay, i.e. a
salary that is higher than the published system-wide salary at the
designated rank and step, are offered when necessary to meet
competitive conditions. A reasonable estimate for this position is
$100,000 - $150,000 at the Assistant level and $120,000 - $300,000
at the Associate/Full Professor level.
Percent time:
100%
Anticipated start:
Fall 2025 or thereafter
Position duration:
Initial 8 year appointment for Assistant level appointments;
tenured for Associate/Full level appointments.
Application Window
Open date: October 14, 2024
Most recent review date: Tuesday, Dec 10, 2024 at 11:59pm (Pacific
Time)
Applications received after this date will be reviewed by the
search committee if the position has not yet been filled.
Final date: Monday, Jun 30, 2025 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but
those received after the review date will only be considered if the
position has not yet been filled.
Position description
The University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) invites
applications for an Open Rank Professor position (Assistant,
Associate, or Full rank) in the area of American Indian and
Indigenous Studies, to be located in a department in the Division
of Mathematics, Life, and Physical Sciences (MLPS). We invite
applications in any of the following fields and areas of expertise,
including but not limited to: geography, environmental studies,
statistics and applied probability, earth sciences, biology, marine
science, ecology, botany, traditional ecological knowledges,
natural resource management, data sovereignty, and Indigenous
sciences (oceanography, astronomy, physics, navigation), ecology
and Indigenous engineering, psychology, social psychology,
neuroscience, public health, arctic studies, or other relevant
fields. We also invite applicants from institutions that engage in
scholarly research and advancement of the field of indigenous
studies. While the appointment is expected to be in a department in
MLPS, a joint or cross-divisional appointment can be
considered.
This position is part of a coordinated recruitment of scholars in
the three divisions of the College of Letters and Science:
Humanities and Fine Art, Social Sciences, and Math, Life, and
Physical Sciences. It builds upon a substantial and dynamic cadre
of recently appointed early career faculty across the divisions and
disciplines meant to expand and strengthen American Indian and
Indigenous Studies (AIIS) at UCSB. This expansion is the result of
a core group of faculty and community members (known collectively
as the American Indian and Indigenous Collective) who devoted many
years to program building in this area.
Responsibilities of faculty members generally include the
development of an actively funded research program of the highest
quality, teaching at undergraduate and/or graduate levels,
recruitment, supervision and mentorship of graduate students, and
participation in university service and professional activities. In
addition to scholarly and pedagogical contributions to their home
department(s), successful candidates will have a record that
demonstrates their potential to advance and build the national
profile of the American Indian and Indigenous Studies (AIIS)
program on campus. This includes working with interdisciplinary and
inter-divisional faculty and students, as well as with community
members to promote and sustain an innovative and intellectually
expansive community for American Indian and Indigenous-centered
research, curriculum, and initiatives at UCSB. We are seeking a
candidate who values working collaboratively towards community
building and has the leadership skills and experiences to help
develop AIIS at UCSB. The University is especially interested in
candidates who can contribute to the diversity and excellence of
the academic community through research, teaching and service as
appropriate to the position. This position is open until
filled.
Background on American Indian and Indigenous Institutional
History
The AIIC (American Indian and Indigenous Collective) continues the
vision initiated by generations of student organizing,
student-driven research and community building at UCSB. UCSB's
American Indian and Indigenous Student Association (AIISA) was
founded over fifty years ago, just 25 years after the university
itself. The American Indian and Indigenous Studies Minor was
instituted 20 years ago, and 12 years ago American Indian and
Indigenous graduate students initiated and founded the AIIC
(American Indian and Indigenous Collective) Research Focus Group
(RFG). Under the aegis of an AIIC umbrella, initiatives and
programs serving UCSB and Native and Indigenous communities at
large were sustained and developed. These include STANDS (Students
Taking Action for Native Dreams and Success), a student-initiated
college outreach program focused on junior high and high school
American Indian and Indigenous students. Also, an American Indian
and Indigenous Gardens Alliance was established in consultation and
collaboration with local Indigenous Chumash community members and
UCSB Native students in 2015 and continues today. Community
sustaining activities affiliated with the gardens such as the
Native Families project, the Native Arts Collaborative, and
University/Community partnership with the AIIGA continue to emerge
from the AIIC umbrella. In response to student demand the AIIS
minor was expanded in 2018 to include several course options within
Environmental Studies that focus on Traditional Ecological
Knowledges, Sustainability, and Indigenous Environmental Justice.
The most notable development reaching beyond the UCSB campus is the
annual AIIC Symposium, which celebrated its 11th year in 2024. The
AIIC RFG and the symposium graduate student visionaries want to
provide opportunities for all students and community members to
forge relations and scholarship with Native and Indigenous
relatives near and far by sharing knowledges, stories, and
communities. Pre-pandemic in-person attendance was and is
consistently over 125 and virtual participation reached over 450
global participants in 2022.
UCSB's AIIC Academic Council, established in summer 2016, is a
product of this ceaseless work. In June 2016 at the request of
Native (graduate and undergraduate) student activists, a meeting
was held with UCSB senior administrators to demand the
reinstatement and expansion of academic and student services and
programs for American Indian and Indigenous students at UCSB. At
that time the AIIC Academic Council was created to serve as a
liaison body between UCSB administration and the Native student
community. The AIIC AC's establishment and commitment to consensus
decision making fosters shared constituent and community governance
and involvement. The Academic Council includes the participation of
eight recently hired early career scholars across the divisions in
the College of Letters and Science, senior UCSB faculty in the
field, graduate and undergraduate students, and community members.
In tandem with the opening of an AII Center on campus, an
AIIC-Academic Council plan for a Major in AIIS is currently under
review and revision. A template for establishing a department is
also under review. Please visit the UCSB American Indian and
Indigenous Studies website for more information.
Acknowledgements and Commitments
The AIIC Academic Council and its members acknowledge the
traditional custodians of these lands and waters and are committed
to working collaboratively with tribes, bands, councils,
committees, and families among the local Chumash Peoples and other
Native and Indigenous Peoples of lands currently known as the
Americas and beyond. We seek counsel, direction and partnering with
those who have cared for these lands and waters across millennia.
UCSB currently sits on a distinguished traditional place of
learning, known to have drawn Peoples from distances for thousands
of years in safety, community, and sharing, not only of resources
but also of knowledge. In partnership with Chumash Elders and
scholars and Native and Indigenous Peoples and scholars from the
Americas and beyond, we listen to and learn from place-based
understandings of land, language, culture, and peoples, thereby
shifting epistemological perspectives in ways that strengthen and
intertwine current disciplinary practices.
Qualifications
Basic qualifications (required at time of application)
PhD at the time of application, in any area related to geography,
environmental studies, statistics and applied probability, earth
sciences, biology, marine science, ecology, botany, traditional
ecological knowledges, natural resource management, data
sovereignty, and Indigenous sciences (oceanography, astronomy,
physics, navigation), ecology, and Indigenous engineering,
psychology, social psychology, neuroscience, public health, arctic
studies, or other relevant fields within Mathematical, Life, and
Physical Sciences.
Preferred qualifications
Original and significant research in fields that advance American
Indian and Indigenous studies
Demonstration of effective teaching and mentoring
Expression of an innovative vision of the future of American Indian
and Indigenous Studies
Evidence of committed professional, campus, and community
leadership
Evidence of generative, reciprocal relationships with Indigenous
peoples and communities.
Ability to enhance equity and diversity through teaching,
mentorship, research, and service
Application Requirements
Document requirements
(Optional)
(Optional)
Reference requirements
Apply link:
https://recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF02863
Help contact: alex.radde@ltsc.ucsb.edu
About UC Santa Barbara
As a condition of employment, the finalist will be required to
disclose if they are subject to any final administrative or
judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that
they committed any misconduct, are currently being investigated for
misconduct, left a position during an investigation for alleged
misconduct, or have filed an appeal with a previous employer.
Additionally, you will be required to comply with the University of
California Policy on Vaccination Programs, as may be amended or
revised from time to time. Federal, state, or local public health
directives may impose additional requirements.
The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All
qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment
without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation,
gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected
veteran status, or other protected status under state or federal
law.
Job location
Santa Barbara, CA
Keywords: University of California - Santa Barbara, Whittier , Open Rank Professor in American Indian and Indigenous Studies, Education / Teaching , Santa Barbara, California
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