Part Time Faculty Interest Pool - Native American Studies

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Portland Community College is accepting applications to be considered for Part-Time Faculty assignments in Native American Studies. The Department will review applications in this pool as the need arises for new part-time faculty in this area. This is NOT an announcement of a specific open position, but a Part-time Faculty Interest Pool, from which the department will identify applicants based on course assignment needs during the Academic Year.

Your application may be considered for substitute assignments as well as full term class assignments.

First – Academic Credential

NAS Instructors must possess appropriate academic credentials by holding one of the following degrees:

• A masters or doctorate degree in interdisciplinary Native American Studies
• A masters or doctorate degree in interdisciplinary Ethnic Studies with an emphasis on Native American Studies;
• A JD with an emphasis in American Indian Law;
• A masters or doctorate degree in a traditional academic discipline – Art, Music, Literature, Linguistics, Social Work, Public Health, Biology, Environmental Science, Geography, History, Political Science, Sociology, Women's Studies, Gender Studies, Philosophy, Anthropology, etc. – plus a clear record of academic coursework, teaching, and/or publication in the field of Native American Studies such as:

• Instructor of record for two or more college-level courses in NAS or equivalent;
• Primary author of two or more publications focusing on Native/Indigenous studies;
• Creator of published works of Indigenous arts; or
• At least two years formal study of an Indigenous language with a representative of a Native nation; or
• At least 16 quarter credits or the equivalent of upper division or graduate coursework in NAS or equivalent

Second – Cultural Relations and Engagement

Because it is important that NAS instructors are accountable to Native students and communities, NAS Instructors must have a demonstrated and documentable connection to, and an ongoing commitment to working with, Native American / Indigenous communities. Evidence of this should include a letter from someone who represents a Native community, for example:

• A Native nation / government (e.g., councilors from a Native government, employees of a Native nation); or
• An urban Native community organization (e.g., NAYA or NARA here in Portland, similar organizations in other cities, Native nation satellite communities); or
• An academic Native community (e.g., directors of NAS or the equivalent at universities, instructors of NAS or the equivalent, directors of Native American student development)

• Official transcripts are required to be submitted within 2 weeks of offer date for degrees required in the stated Instructor Qualifications.
• Instructors shall have earned required academic credentials at a regionally accredited US institution or a foreign institution having the equivalent of regional accreditation. Instructors with credentials from other countries will have their transcripts evaluated by agencies that have good standing with the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services to establish fulfillment of this standard.
• For more information on PCC's General Instructor Qualifications Policy I301 visit: (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)./

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