Macalester College, Educational Studies

Position ID:

Macalester-EducationalStudies-POSTDOC [#29012]

Position Title:

Postdoctoral Fellow in Indigenous Studies in Education

Position Type:

Postdoctoral

Position Location:

Saint Paul, Minnesota 55105, United States of America

Subject Area:

Education / Critical Indigenous Studies

Appl Deadline:

2024/12/01 11:59PM help popup

(posted 2024/10/23, listed until 2025/01/25)

Position Description:

The Educational Studies Department at Macalester College is seeking a full-time Postdoctoral Fellow in the area of Indigenous Studies in education. We seek candidates who study education through inter/trans-disciplinary critical philosophical, historical, political, and/or sociocultural perspectives. We are particularly interested in hiring a colleague whose scholarship, teaching, advising, and service draw from justice-based, liberatory, and transformational knowledge systems that address the broad material educational conditions faced by the least-advantaged youth and communities, both historically and today. Candidates should have, or be in the process of completing an earned doctorate in a foundational education discipline (e.g., Sociology of Education, Educational Psychology, Curriculum & Instruction, Educational Philosophy) or other applicable disciplines and fields with a particular emphasis on education.

Within these disciplines, successful candidates will focus on Indigenous education. This focus could include several emphases, including but not limited to: Histories of Indigenous education Indigenous pedagogies Land-based pedagogies/ environmental sustainability Post-colonial or decolonial studies in education

Ideal candidates would have experience teaching in formal and/or non-formal education settings. We would welcome and support candidates who utilize community-engaged or participatory methodologies in their teaching and scholarship (find more information on community-engaged scholarship at Macalester, here).

Teaching responsibilities will follow a 2/1 schedule and include one foundational course in Educational Studies (e.g., Race, Culture & Ethnicity in Education, Educational Psychology, School & Society), one intermediate level course (e.g. Teaching & Learning Methods, Research Methods for Education & Advocacy), and one topics course based on the candidates’ research and other interests. Candidates will join a faculty that has a range of expertise in Educational Studies spanning from curriculum and instruction, to public policy, to research methods that reflect department guiding principles of integrative theory, engaged inquiry, youth/community-centered praxis, pluralism and equity, and social advocacy.

Required Qualifications: Candidates should have, or be in the process of completing, an earned doctorate in a foundational education discipline (e.g., Sociology of Education, Educational Psychology, Curriculum & Instruction, Educational Philosophy) or other applicable disciplines and fields.

To apply, electronically submit the following to Academic Jobs Online: A letter of application describing your research, teaching experience, and interest in being part of the Macalester community C.V. Graduate school transcript Pedagogical statement describing your philosophy and approach to teaching 1 writing sample (e.g., publication, research proposal) List of three references including contact information References will be contacted to provide letters of recommendation for short-listed applicants.

Applications received by December 1, 2024 will receive first consideration.

Application Materials Required:

Submit the following items online at this website to complete your application:

Cover letter
Curriculum Vitae
Teaching statement
Graduate School Transcript
Writing Sample
Three references (actual letters acceptable but not required, just names and email addresses )

And anything else requested in the position description.

Further Info:

https://www.macalester.edu/native-indigenous-initiative/

6516966028

1600 Grand Ave.
St. Paul, MN 55105