Diversity Scholars Fellow - Center Study Of Culture, Race And Ethnicity

Position: DIVERSITY SCHOLARS FELLOW - CENTER FOR STUDY OF CULTURE, RACE AND ETHNICITY
Job Description

The Provost's Office at Ithaca College invites applications for Diversity Scholars Predoctoral Fellowships. The Fellowships are for the academic year (August 16, 2026 - May 31, 2027) and are non-renewable. Scholars will receive a $43,260 stipend, $5,000 in travel/professional development support, relocation reimbursement, office space, health benefits, and access to Ithaca College and Cornell University libraries. Scholars will teach one course in the fall semester and one course in the spring semester;

will receive teaching focused mentoring and professional development by senior faculty; will be expected to participate in one official function per semester; and must partake in an exit interview.

The Center for the Study of Culture, Race, and Ethnicity (CSCRE) seeks candidates whose teaching and scholarship focuses on Native American and Indigenous Studies.

Ithaca College is located within the unceded territory of the Gayogo̱hó:nǫˀ (Cayuga), one of the six Nations of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. CSCRE, and Ithaca College more broadly, has a pedagogical imperative to offer courses in Indigenous studies that strive to create opportunities for students to critically examine local Indigenous contexts with as much immediacy and local engagement as possible.

Strong candidates will demonstrate ways their teaching and scholarship align with elements of our program's student learning objectives in Native American & Indigenous Studies:

Identify key concepts, debates, histories, and methodologies within the field of Native American & Indigenous Studies.

Examine historic and contemporary forms of Indigenous sovereignty both locally and globally, and how they challenge settler colonialism and other systemic forms of oppression.

Recognize the ways that Indigenous cosmologies and worldviews shape understandings of key topics such as land, kinship, language, gender and gender expression, sexuality, religion, and nationhood.

Analyze how Indigenous peoples have organized to resist, survive, and thrive through both community action and scholarly inquiry.

Demonstrate knowledge of the relationships between Indigenous and racial/ethnic movements for liberation.

Applicants must be enrolled in an accredited program leading to a Ph.D. degree at a U.S. institution; display evidence of a commitment to a career in teaching at the college or university level; demonstrate a dedication to equitable classroom practices; display evidence of a scholarly agenda; and be authorized to work in the United States. Candidates who have demonstrated a commitment to minoritized communities in their teaching, service and/or research are strongly encouraged to apply.

Prior to August 15, 2026, applicants must be advanced to candidacy at their home institution, with an approved dissertation proposal. Preference will be given to candidates who are in the last year of dissertation writing and who have not completed most of their writing at the beginning of the fellowship year.

To Apply:

Interested applicants must apply online (link application here) and include (1):
Unofficial transcript from an accredited Ph.D.

- granting institution; (2) a cover letter detailing the candidates teaching pedagogy and interest in a career in teaching; description of research agenda and a timeline for finishing the dissertation; and how they will contribute to the curriculum of the chosen department; (3) a CV; (4) a syllabus for a course you propose to teach; and (5) the contact information of two references.

To ensure full consideration applications should be received by November 10th, 2025. Applications will not be considered complete until all materials are in.

Visa sponsorship is not provided for this position.

Ithaca College is committed to building a diverse academic community and encourages members of underrepresented groups to apply. Experience that contributes to the diversity of the college is appreciated.

All bargaining unit faculty members shall be covered by the collective bargaining agreement between Ithaca College and Services Employees International Union, Local 200 United. Full time bargaining unit employees are all limited term faculty…