Assistant Professor in Global Economy, Miami University

Miami University (located in Oxford, Ohio) has recently announced two relevant positions for global historians, one of which is in Global Economy and Inequality. The Department of Global and Intercultural Studies, notes a recent announcement, seeks a candidate

to teach introductory courses in the Department of Global and Intercultural Studies, in addition to advanced courses in the candidate's area of specialization; advise students; maintain an active research agenda; and provide service to the institution.  

The successful candidate will also contribute to some of the department's other academic programs: Asian/Asian-American Studies; American Studies; Black World Studies; Latin American, Latino/a, and Caribbean Studies; International Studies; and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies.  [Their] research and teaching focuses on one of more of the following: economic, environmental, social, and/or political inequality in the global capitalist system and/or in socialist economies.  Additionally, strong candidates will be scholars whose work engages economic development theory, including postcolonial critiques, uneven geographies, inequitable political economies, environmental justice, intercultural and interdisciplinary approaches to global capitalism, globalization and gender, and transnational activism. We welcome details about how the applicant will contribute to the Global & Intercultural Studies Department and its co-major.  

Interested? Applicants may, the advertisement notes, "submit [a] letter of interest and cv to this link.  Direct inquiries may be made to Dr. Jana Braziel.  Screening of applications begins November 30, 2015 and will continue until the position is filled.  References and additional materials (teaching philosophy, writing sample, etc) may be requested at a later date."

Miami University's advertisement notes that while candidates may assume the position without a doctorate in hand, successful applicants will require a PhD in hand by by December 31, 2016 to qualify for for re-appointment to second year.