Assistant Professor: Mexican American Studies

Colegas,

I hope this letter finds you well and doing great work for our students and communities.

I am writing to let you know that we are hiring for a tenure-track position in Mexican American Studies (MAS) here at San José State University, beginning in Fall 2008.  We are looking for a colleague who will complement the expertise of the faculty in the department.  For this reason we are open to Chicana/o Studies scholars who do work in any number of areas, including:  the humanities, cultural studies, environmental studies, community development, health, or other specializations.

MAS at SJSU offers many unique opportunities to its faculty.  We have a Master’s program and an increasingly diverse undergraduate student population with a high percentage of undergraduate Latina/o students, many of them the first in their families to go to college.  We are located in the heart of downtown San José and are less than an hour from San Francisco, Oakland and dozens of rural communities with high concentrations of Latinas/os.

Below, I have included a brief description of the position with additional background on the department and a link to the website with the complete job posting.

Please share this information with others who you think may be interested in applying and feel free to contact me with any questions you might have.

Thanks!
Marcos
408/924-5584
pizarro@email.sjsu.edu

Assistant Professor
Mexican American Studies
SJSU

The Mexican American Studies Department (MAS) at San José State University seeks a tenure-track Assistant Professor. The oldest graduate program in Chicana/o Studies in the US, MAS offers an undergraduate minor and a Master’s degree and prepares students for careers in a number of fields, as
well as for doctoral study in Chicana/o Studies and other academic fields.

SJSU is located on the southern end of the San Francisco Bay in downtown San José (Pop. 945,000).  A member of the 23-campus CSU system, San José State University enrolls approximately 30,000 students, a significant percentage of whom are students of color.

The successful candidate will have a Ph.D. with academic preparation in the social sciences or humanities with an emphasis in Chicana/o Studies and Chicana/o-Latina/o communities, and experience in Chicana/o-Latina/o community research and engagement,  The complete job position is attached
and can be found at: http://fa.sjsu.edu/employment/MAS_013031.pdf

For full consideration, send a letter of application, curriculum vitae, a statement of teaching interests/philosophy and research plans, and at least three original letters of reference with contact information (include the Job Opening ID [JOID# 013031] on all correspondence) by December 1, 2007 to:

Marcos Pizarro, Chair
Mexican American Studies Department
San José State University
1 Washington Square
San José, CA  95192-0118

SJSU is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer committed to the core values of inclusion, civility and respect for each individual.

Mission & Goals
The Mission of the Mexican American Studies Department is to serve SJSU students and diverse communities through an interdisciplinary Chicana/o Studies Program that is based on principles of Social Justice.  The program prepares students to critically examine and address intellectual traditions and contemporary issues resulting from race, class, and gender intersections in Chicana/o-Latina/o and other communities.

The overall goal of the MAS Department is to prepare students to critically assess the conceptualization of race and ethnicity, as it relates to and is challenged by Chicana/o communities.  Students develop critical thinking skills and a comparative analysis between Chicana/o and other communities.  In the end, students integrate major issues and theories from MAS courses and apply them to current problems as they plan for post-graduate work.