Assistant/Associate Professor - Portuguese (Tenure Track)

Assistant/Associate Professor Position in PORTUGUESE

The Department of Portuguese at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth invites applications for a tenure-track position at the Assistant or Associate Professor level beginning in September 2025. The Department is particularly interested in candidates with a teaching and research focus in comparative Luso-Afro-Brazilian studies, including Portuguese, Brazilian, Lusophone African, and/or Portuguese American literatures and cultures. The Department collaborates closely with the Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture and the Ferreira-Mendes Portuguese American Archives at UMass Dartmouth and values engagement with diasporic communities of Portuguese, Brazilian and Cabo Verdean origin in our region.

The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth is in the beautiful ocean side community of Dartmouth, about an hour south of Boston, half-hour east of Providence, and half-hour west of Cape Cod. It offers a world class education to undergraduate and graduate students each year in over 40 undergraduate and 23 graduate programs offered by the College of Engineering, College of Nursing, Charlton College of Business, College of Arts and Sciences, College of Visual and Performing Arts, School of Law and School for Marine Science and Technology.

The College of Arts and Sciences and the Department of Portuguese value the ability to serve students from a broad range of cultural heritages, socioeconomic backgrounds, genders, abilities, and orientations. We seek a teaching faculty who values working in a collegial, collaborative environment, guided by a commitment to helping all students achieve their educational goals. The ideal candidate will embrace our values predicated on the primacy of student success and will support an inclusive, accessible, and equitable learning environment.

UMass Dartmouth has transformed the lives of 40,000 alumni and distinguishes itself as a vibrant, public research university dedicated to engaged learning and innovative research. It is the only Massachusetts Tier 1 national research university south of Boston and serves as a catalyst for the region.

Duties:

The successful candidate will have an active research agenda and will have produced a body of scholarship that is recognized for contributing to the growth of knowledge in their area of specialization. That candidate will implement inclusive, evidence-based teaching and learning approaches to ensure the academic success of a diverse student population; advise undergraduate and graduate (MA & PhD) students; contribute to university and professional service; foster interdisciplinary collaborations; and actively engage in college and university diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives. All faculty members are evaluated annually, as well as for contract renewal and for promotion and tenure, in four categories: 1) teaching and advising, 2) scholarship and professional activities, 3) university service, and/or 4) public service. Evaluation is mandatory in the categories of teaching and advising, and of scholarship and professional activities.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Doctoral degree in Portuguese or a closely related field at the time of appointment
• Ability to teach undergraduate courses in the Portuguese language, as well as graduate and undergraduate classes in the literatures and cultures of the Portuguese-speaking world
• A strong commitment to teaching excellence and scholarly research

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong candidates will have published peer-reviewed research in the field of Luso-Afro-Brazilian literary and cultural studies
• Significant teaching experience in higher education
• Administrative experience in academic settings
• Leadership roles in scholarly, cultural, or interdisciplinary centers
• Demonstrated commitment to efforts to increase the recruitment and retention of women and members of historically minoritized groups are encouraged

Applications from scholars historically underrepresented in the Humanities, including veterans and individuals with disabilities are also encouraged

Application Process:

Qualified applicants are invited to submit electronically a letter of interest, detailed curriculum vitae, concise statements on research plans, teaching philosophy, and diversity, and contact information for at least three professional references. Employment is contingent upon verification of background/credentials and work authorization.

UMass Dartmouth offers exciting benefits such as:

• 75% Employer-Paid Health Insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Life Insurance
• Long Term Disability
• State Pension Retirement Plan
• Optional Retirement Savings Plans
• Tuition Credit (Employee, Spouse, & Dependents)
• Twelve (12) paid holidays
• And More!

Benefits for Faculty Federation

Application Process:

Qualified applicants are invited to submit electronically a letter of interest, detailed curriculum vitae, concise statements on research plans, teaching philosophy, and diversity, and contact information for at least three professional references. Employment is contingent upon verification of background/credentials and work authorization.

The review of applications will be ongoing until the position is filled.