Currently, there are no open positions at CUNY SLU.
Distinguished Lecturer – Urban Studies (2 Positions)
Location: School of Labor and Urban Studies
Full/Part Time: Full-Time
Regular/Temporary: Regular
The Department of Urban Studies at the CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies (SLU) invites applications to fill two Distinguished Lecturer positions to begin at the start of the Fall 2024 semester.
Distinguished Lecturers are experienced practitioners who will teach credit-bearing courses in degree programs, and who hold a full-time, non-tenure track position with a maximum appointment period of seven years, subject to annual reappointment. We seek candidates who will be able to draw on their own ample professional experiences to teach courses and to mentor students as they develop professional goals and career paths. Candidates must have a commitment to teaching and mentoring a diverse student population.
Candidates must have a proven record of research and publication on topics related to Urban Studies. We seek candidates who demonstrate expertise and experience in at least one or more of the following: urban public policy and community power analysis, economic democracy and community development, legislative and executive decision-making, constituency mobilization, and the assessment of social class, movements, and interest group capacities for achieving policy reform. The person filling this position could teach courses in the Public Administration and Public Policy Certificate, the Community Leadership Certificate, the Workplace Democracy and Community Ownership Certificate, as well as in the Urban Studies BA and MA degrees.
Assistant or Associate Professor – Urban Studies (Tenure Track – 2 Positions)
Location: School of Labor and Urban Studies
Full/Part Time: Full-Time
Regular/Temporary: Regular
The Department of Urban Studies at the CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies (SLU) invites applications for two tenure-track positions at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor to begin at the start of the Fall 2024 semester or as soon thereafter as is practical in succeeding semesters.
The positions will be located within the Urban Studies Department, and the successful candidate will have shared teaching and programmatic responsibilities with the Leadership for Democracy and Social Justice Institute. Candidates must have a proven record of research and publication, with preference to scholars with demonstrated expertise in social movements, social and economic change, economic democracy and Community development, and community and/or labor organizations. We welcome candidates with scholarship in the fields of urban studies, geography, sociology, political science, anthropology, ethnic studies, and related academic fields. Candidates who can demonstrate meaningful engagement in social justice and labor organizing and/or social movements are especially encouraged to apply. The successful candidate will be expected to teach undergraduate and MA courses on social movements, power and strategy for social change, community and labor organizations, community development, public policy, and research methods, as well as take on significant leadership role in departmental and school service. Candidates must have a commitment to teaching and mentoring a diverse student population.
These faculty positions are made possible by a partnership among the CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies (SLU), the Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership, City College of New York, and with substantial support for the position provided by Leadership for Democracy and Social Justice, the recently launched CUNY institute focused on training and supporting early and mid-career social justice leaders nationally. The successful candidate will play a role in the intellectual development of and instruction in the Leadership for Democracy and Social Justice Institute.