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Assistant Professor Black Atlantic w/Caribbean Focus

The History Department at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, invites applications for a tenure track assistant professorship in the history of the Black
Atlantic, with a Caribbean focus, to begin in fall 2009, pending funding approval.

Comparative or transnational approaches to the region are desirable; chronological specialization is open. The successful candidate will join a department with strong programs in both African American history and the History of Atlantic Cultures and the African Diaspora. Applications are due by November 21, 2008, and should include a cover letter, vitae, three letters of recommendation and a writing sample.


Please send materials to Prof. Mia Bay, Black Atlantic History Search Committee, Department of History, 16 Seminary Place, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, N.J. 08901-1108. Rutgers is an AA/EOE.

Contact Info:
Prof. Mia Bay, Black Atlantic History Search Committee, Department of History,16 Seminary Place, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, N.J. 08901-1108

Work Study Office Assistance

We are always looking for work study students (graduate and undergraduate) to help with our office work. Please email Sarah O'Meara Gonzalez if you are interested (omeara@rci.rutgers.edu)

Graduate Research Assistant--Active Search for November 2008

Historian seeks NYC-based graduate student in the Humanities or Social Sciences with strong Spanish language interviewing skills for work as Research Assistant. Project involves diverse work related to latino/Puerto Rican labor history. Hours flexible. Please email Aldo Lauria Santiago if interested (alauria@rutgers.edu)

Graduate Program Assistant [position reposted as of Oct 20]

The Department of Latino and Hispanic Caribbean Studies will be hiring a Graduate Student as Program Assistant 
who can help the department organize its administrative and program/conference building tasks.  This includes 
support for our full time administrative assistant, conference planning, arranging reservations, task coordination, 
creation of databases, supervising undergraduate students and other staff, and managing data  collection, mailings 
and work flow. The candidate must have extensive administrative, technical, and communication skills. Some knowledge
of Spanish is preferred. In addition she/he must be able to work independently and develop on specialized initiatives
offered by faculty. Preferably, she/he will be familiar with Latino issues and communities in New Jersey. 

Requires at least a 10 hour per week commitment. 
Please email a statement of interest and CV to Sarah O'meara Gonzalez if interested. omeara@rci.rutgers.edu   

Part Time Instructors

We are looking for part time faculty capable of teaching mid-level and specialized courses in Latino and Caribbean studies.

Once a week format, evening hours available. Pay scale starts at $3400 per course. Ph.D. preferred, MA or advanced Ph.D. studies/abd required.

Contact Dept. Chair, Aldo Lauria Santiago, if interested (alauria@rutgers.edu) with course proposals. Courses scheduled approximately 9 months before start of semester.

We are particularly interested in courses on:

  • Advanced courses on Puerto Rico and Puerto Ricans
  • English-speaking Caribbean themes
  • Haitian studies
  • Caribbean Politics
  • Asians in the Caribbean Basin
  • African Diaspora in the Caribbean Basin
  • Caribbean Cinema//Latinas/os and Cinema
  • Women in/from the Caribbean
  • English-Caribbean-Origin Communities in the US
  • Cuban Studies themes
  • The Caribbean and European history, 1492-1898
  • History of the Dominican Republic
  • Caribbean Slavery
  • Caribbean archeology
  • Politics in Puerto Rico
  • Latinos and Education
  • The US/Mexico Border
  • Mexican American history/US Southwestern history
  • Latino Poverty and economic development
  • Latinos and African American comparative themes
  • Ethnography of Latin American Emigration
  • Latinos and Journalism/Media
  • Group Project Service-learning in NJ Latino Communities