Department of History
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Assistant Professor
Fall 2025
The Department of History at California State University, Fullerton, invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position in Native American Studies with an appointment to begin Fall 2025.
California State University, Fullerton (CSUF) is a minority-serving institution, affirmative action, and equal opportunity employer. CSUF is firmly committed to increasing the diversity of the campus community and the curriculum and fostering an inclusive environment within which students, staff, administrators, and faculty thrive. Candidates who can contribute to this goal through their teaching, research, advising, and other activities are encouraged to identify their strengths and experiences. Individuals advancing the University’s strategic diversity goals and those from groups whose underrepresentation in the American professoriate has been severe and longstanding are particularly encouraged to apply.
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Position
CSUF faculty are committed scholar-teachers whose primary responsibilities include offering and developing courses ranging from undergraduate surveys to upper-division courses and graduate-level seminars in their areas of specialization. Specific courses that this person could teach include, but are not limited to, The California Experience, American Social History, The Multiracial History of America, and Native American History. The successful candidate will have an active research agenda that focuses on Indigenous epistemologies and methodologies. Candidates whose work focuses on Native American histories are encouraged to apply. Areas of expertise may include cultural and/or political sovereignty, gender, oral traditions, public memory and preservation, and community histories.
The successful candidate will demonstrate the potential to produce scholarly works commensurate with the requirements for tenure and promotion. Faculty are expected to contribute to and participate in the life and development of the department, advise students, serve on committees, and participate in the broader university and disciplinary communities.
Required Qualifications
- Ph.D. in History or related field (e.g., Native American Studies, Ethnic Studies, American Studies) with an emphasis in Native American Studies or a related field; Ph.D. required by time of appointment.
- A strong foundation and training in Native American histories
- A commitment to providing high-quality education
- Potential for and/or demonstrated ability to teach students with diverse backgrounds at the undergraduate and graduate level
- Potential for and/or evidence of scholarship related to Native American histories
Preferred Qualifications
- A research agenda that focuses on Indigenous epistemologies and methodologies
- Experience working collaboratively with local community organizations
- knowledge of indigenous languages relevant to their research, teaching and community engagement
- Community-based research, project-centered teaching, public/digital humanities, and/or a research and teaching trajectory that centers social justice
- Demonstrated commitment to equity and inclusion in teaching, scholarship, and/or service.
- Expertise in one or more of the following areas: cultural and/or political sovereignty, gender, oral traditions, public memory and preservation, and community histories
The College and Department
The Department of History is one of nineteen departments housed within the College of Humanities and Social Sciences (H&SS). The department is looking to expand course offerings that explore ethnic, gender, and environmental themes as well as a new curricular category called “History in Action” that seeks to engage students in the hands-on approaches and applied uses of history. Should the candidate have an interest or background in community-based research, project-centered teaching, public/digital humanities, and/or a research and teaching trajectory that centers social justice, they would find a welcoming department and college that could support such efforts.
H&SS is the largest college at CSUF, offering 23 undergraduate degrees, 38 minors, and 15 graduate degrees. Our mission is to educate students to be culturally, globally, socially, historically and environmentally astute, civically responsible alumni able to navigate an increasingly complex and interconnected world. Three primary initiatives in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences - CoJET, Passage to the Future, and IBII - showcase our core pillars of civic engagement, social justice, and global awareness. Our faculty-based Collective for Justice, Equity & Transformation (CoJET), consists of H&SS faculty fellows whose expertise addresses equity, diversity, justice, community and organizational transformation. Faculty teaching our Passage to the Future courses help position our students for future success by helping them connect H&SS experiences and knowledge to career paths. The Institute of Black Intellectual Innovation (IBII) is a cross-campus and community-minded initiative to institutionalize the support and inclusion of Black people, culture, creative arts, and intellectual history at California State University, Fullerton and throughout Orange County.
Compensation
The Assistant Professor (Academic Year) classification salary range is $6,221 to $13,224 monthly (12 monthly payments per academic year). The anticipated hiring range is $7,924 to $8,067 per month.
Salary offered is commensurate with experience and qualifications. In addition, the California Equal Pay Act prohibits employers from paying its employees less than those of the opposite sex and/or another race or ethnicity for substantially similar work (https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/california_equal_pay_act.htm).
Summer research grants, moving expenses, start?up funds, and a reduced teaching load may be available.
CSUF Benefits
An excellent comprehensive benefits package includes health/vision/dental plans; spouse, domestic partner, and dependent fee?waiver; access to campus child?care; and a defined?benefit retirement through the state system and optional tax sheltering opportunities. For a detailed description of benefits, please visit https://hr.fullerton.edu/total-wellness/.
CSU Policies
The person holding this position is considered a ‘mandated reporter’ under the California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act and must comply with the requirements set forth in CSU Executive Order 1083, revised July 21, 2017, as a condition of employment.
A background check (including a criminal records check) must be completed satisfactorily before any candidate can be formally offered a position with the CSU. Failure to satisfactorily complete the background check may affect the application status of applicants or the continued employment of current CSU employees who apply for the position.
Reasonable accommodations will be provided for qualified applicants with disabilities who self?disclose.
Notice of Non-Discrimination based on Gender or Sex and Contact Information for Title IX Coordinator (http://www.fullerton.edu/titleix/about/notice.php).
In accordance with the California State University (CSU) Out-of-State Employment Policy, the CSU is a state entity whose business operations reside within the State of California. It requires hiring employees to perform CSU-related work within the State of California.
Applications close: Open until filled