Africana Studies or Latinx Studies

The Department of Studies in Race, Colonialism, and Diaspora (RCD) at Tufts University is seeking a part-time Lecturer to teach between one and four courses during the 2026-2027 academic year in areas of either Africana Studies or Latinx Studies or the intersection of the two.

The ideal candidate will demonstrate a commitment to transformative pedagogy and an ability to teach introductory and upper-level courses that align with the department's mission to critically examine race, colonialism, and diaspora in both local and global contexts.

ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT

The Department of Studies in Race, Colonialism, and Diaspora (RCD) offers seven possible areas of concentration: Africana Studies, American Studies, Asian American Studies; Colonialism Studies; Latinx Studies; Native American and Indigenous Studies; and Race, Colonialism, and Diaspora Studies. Our programs engage the critical, comparative, and interdisciplinary analysis of societies and cultures in the United States and around the world. The RCD department offers rigorous, scholarly curricula for the study of race, colonialism, transnational migration, and struggles for social justice and cultural sovereignty, with attention to class and other kinds of social difference and hierarchy.

The department furnishes students with the necessary tools to interrogate contemporary and historical social inequalities. And beyond the classroom, RCD studies prepare students to negotiate their place as leaders in continually changing local and global communities.

The RCD's programs are interlocking in nature, combining topics and methods drawn from the humanities and social sciences and foregrounding analytical, thematic, theoretical, and political affiliations. Students majoring in the department develop depth in one of three areas of concentration (Africana Studies, American Studies, or Race, Colonialism, and Diaspora Studies) while gaining a comparative understanding of the vast inter-regional constellation of studies in race, colonialism, and diaspora. Students can also minor in Africana Studies, Asian American Studies, Colonialism Studies, Latinx Studies, Native American and Indigenous Studies. Our curricula enable students to connect studies of race, ethnicity, colonialism, empire, and migration in the United States to studies of colonial processes around the world.

RCD studies are guided by the fundamental intellectual mandate of social justice, providing a curricular home for engaged scholarship addressing the most urgent, historically-rooted, social questions of our time.

Candidates should hold a doctorate in a relevant field or be an advanced Ph.D. student (ABD) and be able to provide evidence of excellence in teaching, including evidence of creative pedagogical practice that reflects knowledge of current methodologies and evidence of a commitment to designing curricula that address issues of equity and justice with a focus on marginalized communities.

All applications are submitted via Interfolio at apply.interfolio.com/184308 . The application must include: a cover letter, CV, sample syllabi, a teaching statement, and contact information for three recommenders submitted through Interfolio. Review will start immediately and continue until the position is filled. Questions may be directed to Robert Hitchner, at robert.hitchner@tufts.edu.

All offers of employment are contingent upon the completion of a background check.