Assistant Professor of Art History; African, Black, Afro-Latinx, Afro-Caribbean​/African Diasporic Period

Job no: 562760
Work type: Instructional Faculty – Tenured/Tenure-Track
Location: Long Beach
Categories: Unit 3 - CFA
- California Faculty Association, Faculty
- Fine/Performing Arts, Tenured/Tenure-Track, Full Time

California State University, Long Beach ( CSULB ) is a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) and an Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institution (AANAPISI). CSULB earned the prestigious Seal of Excelencia in 2023, joining a distinctive group of colleges and universities who have been recognized for its commitment to Latine/x student success. CSULB is committed to serving diverse students and has established and actively supports the Black Excellence Collegium, dedicated to promoting Black excellence and advancing Black Student Success, and El Concilio for Latinx Success at the Beach, whose mission is to build capacity and promote inclusive service across initiatives and efforts for the benefit of all students.

The President’s Equity and Change Commission is dedicated to achieving inclusive excellence in our community and culture and throughout the university. CSULB’s Beach 2030 University Action Plans prioritize engaging all students; expanding access to higher education; promoting intellectual achievement; building community; and cultivating resilience.

• PhD in Art History or closely related field(degree at time of application or official notification of completion of the doctoral degree by August 1, 2027).
• Demonstrated competency in teaching a variety of upper- and lower-division courses in African and/or African Diasporic art and/or architecture (inclusive of Black, Afro-Latinx, Afro-Caribbean or other African Diasporic traditions from any period or periods from antiquity to the present)
• Demonstrated commitment to addressinginclusiveperspectives in art history
• Demonstrated effectiveness in scholarly research in African and/or African Diasporic art history
• Demonstrated potential for working with Art History MA graduate students in seminars and in thesis development
• Demonstrated commitment to working successfully with a diverse student population, including low socioeconomic and first-generation students

• Demonstrated potential for effectiveness in teaching material relating to African,Black, Afro-Latinx, Afro-Caribbean and/or other areas of African Diasporic arts and visual cultures or another area of specialization in lower-and upper-division courses
• Demonstrated potential to teach Writing and Methodology and special topics seminars
• Experience in collaborating with museums and galleries and contributing to the area’s Museum Studies program
• Demonstrated excellence in research, scholarly and creative activities, and publication record
• Demonstrated potential for leadership. Experience successfully working with populations demographically and/or socioeconomically similar to the CSULB student body
• Experience mentoring or supporting students using inclusive and culturally relevant teaching strategies in a diverse classroom. Interest and/or experience collaborating with museums, galleries, or other cultural institutions through teaching, scholarship, or service

• Teach lower-division art history survey courses related to area(s) of scholarly expertise; teach upper-division and MA-level courses relating to African and/or African Diasporic art and/or architecture and/or another area of specialization;developnewcurriculumrelated to area(s) of scholarly expertise
• Responsible for directing Art History MA graduate students engaged in research and thesis development
• Serve as Art History Program Head and Art History Graduate Student Coordinator…