Job description
Los Angeles, CA
The Department of Asian and Asian American Studies at Loyola Marymount University invites applications for a three-year Teaching Postdoctoral Fellowship beginning August 2025.
We seek candidates specializing in Asian Studies, with expertise in one or more of the following areas: history, cultural studies, women and gender studies, media studies, human geography, cultural anthropology, transpacific and global Asia studies. We expect a candidate who can contribute to departmental curricular needs and collaborate with interdisciplinary scholars within and beyond the department.
The successful candidate will be expected to develop and teach courses at both introductory and advanced levels in the Asian and Pacific Studies Program and help grow the number of majors and minors in Asian and Pacific Studies. Applicants must demonstrate excellence in teaching and strong scholarship or scholarly potential.
A Ph.D. in fields consistent with the position is required by the time of appointment, and the doctoral degree must have been conferred within the last ten years.
The teaching load for this position is 3-3 per year, with an expectation to advise students and to provide service to the department, the college, and the university.
How to apply
Applicants should apply through LMU Workday Portal: Materials requested are – (1) a letter of application, (2) curriculum vitae, (3) a statement of teaching philosophy, (4) student teaching evaluations (quantitative and qualitative), (5) a set of sample syllabi, (6) writing samples (article or chapter length), (7) graduate school transcripts, and (8) three letters of recommendation (one of which must explicitly address the candidate’s teaching ability).
Letters of recommendation must be submitted by the recommender directly to [email protected].
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis starting March 30, 2025, until the position is filled.
Questions may be directed to Edward Park, Chair, Department of Asian and Asian American Studies at [email protected].
Faculty Regular Reasonable expected salary: $68,640.00 Loyola Marymount University, a Carnegie classified R2 institution in the mainstream of American Catholic higher education, seeks outstanding applicants who value its mission and share its commitment to inclusive excellence, the education of the whole person, and the building of a just society. LMU is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing an environment free from discrimination and harassment as defined by federal, state and local law. We invite all persons in the full diversity of their being, life experience, and beliefs to apply. (Visit www.lmu.edu for more information.)
