• Job Description

  Req#: 44648
  We seek applicants who are dedicated to serving The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley’s student body as an Assistant Professor of African American Literature and Culture beginning in the 2025-2026 academic year.
  
  
  The search is open to all subfields and periods. Professors in the Department of Literatures and Cultural Studies will teach courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels, with an opportunity for reduced teaching load commensurate with research activity. UTRGV is a Carnegie R2 institution with R1 aspirations. We are especially interested in candidates whose research and teaching interests are positioned in and/or intersects with other genres and fields, such as transatlantic Black studies, gender studies, disability studies, Latinx studies, Caribbean studies, French-phoneme literature, popular culture studies, Asian American studies, and/or Native American/Indigenous Peoples studies. The successful applicant will teach courses in African American literature and culture and will have the opportunity to grow and develop courses within the English program and develop new classes conceptualized thematically and/or through an interdisciplinary lens. The successful applicant will maintain an active research agenda and contribute to the Department of Literatures and Cultural Studies and UTRGV’s strategic goals. The teaching load and research requirements shall be commensurate with an emerging R1 university.
  
  
  
  About UTRGV:
  UTRGV serves the Rio Grande Valley and beyond via an innovative and unique multicultural education dedicated to student access and success. By championing leading research, healthcare, and application of university discoveries, we support sustainable development, community engagement, and well-being. The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) is committed to building and sustaining a highly qualified and talented faculty to pursue excellence in everything that we do, including teaching, research, and service.
  
  
  Drawing on our unique identity as the leading Hispanic-Serving Institution in a bilingual and bicultural environment, UTRGV will promote student access and success by building from strength in education and creating a vibrant campus experience. By 2027, we will accelerate transformation in the Rio Grande Valley and beyond by driving meaningful advancements in research and creative works, expanding access to high-quality and affordable healthcare, and fostering authentic community engagement and integration.
  
  
  UTRGV is a distributed campus, one university spanning four counties and multiple locations. Our purpose is to be a university for the entire Rio Grande Valley and beyond. Over 91% of the students enrolled at UTRGV identify as Hispanic, making UTRGV one of the top 3 universities with the highest percentage of Hispanic students. For additional information, please visit UTRGV website .

• About the company

  The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley is a public research university with multiple campuses throughout the Rio Grande Valley region of Texas and is the southernmost member of the University of Texas System.

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