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Job Description

Teach courses pertaining to the culture and development of an area, an ethnic group, or any other group, such as Latin American studies, women's studies, or urban affairs. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

Job Details

• The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 25-1062.00
• The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 84,590.00
• The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 0.00
• Currently, there are 9,060 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary”.

Also Known As…

• Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary
• Women's Studies Professor
• Professor
• Modern Greek Studies Professor
• Lecturer
• Ethnic Studies Professor
• Black Studies Professor
• Associate Professor
• American Studies Professor
• Adjunct Instructor of Women's Studies
• Women's Studies Lecturer
• Sociology Professor
• Religious Studies Professor
• Philosophy Professor
• Latin American Studies Professor
• Latin American Studies Director
• Humanities and Languages Professor
• History Professor
• Gender Studies Professor
• Ethnology Teacher
• Ethnology Professor
• Ethnic Origins Teacher
• English Professor
• Department Chair
• College Professor
• College or University Faculty Member
• Classics Professor
• Associate Professor of History
• Assistant Professor of Latin American Studies
• Assistant Professor of History
• Assistant Professor
• Asian Studies Program Chair
• Asian Studies Professor
• Africana Studies Professor
• African Studies Professor

Tasks for “Assistant Professor”

• Maintain regularly scheduled office hours to advise and assist students.
• Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.
• Keep abreast of developments in the field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, and participating in professional conferences.
• Compile, administer, and grade examinations, or assign this work to others.
• Supervise undergraduate or graduate teaching, internship, and research work.
• Participate in campus and community events, such as giving public lectures about research.
• Provide professional consulting services to government or industry.
• Write grant proposals to procure external research funding.
• Compile bibliographies of specialized materials for outside reading assignments.
• Evaluate and grade students' class work, assignments, and papers.
• Participate in student recruitment, registration, and placement activities.
• Collaborate with colleagues to address teaching and research issues.
• Incorporate experiential or site visit components into courses.
• Act as advisers to student organizations.
• Maintain student attendance records, grades, and other required records.
• Conduct research in a particular field of knowledge and publish findings in professional journals, books, or electronic media.
• Serve on academic or administrative committees that deal with institutional policies, departmental matters, and academic issues.
• Perform administrative duties, such as serving as department head.
• Plan, evaluate, and revise curricula, course content, course materials, and methods of instruction.
• Advise students on academic and vocational curricula, and on career issues.
• Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.
• Select and obtain materials and supplies, such as textbooks.
• Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as race and ethnic relations, gender studies, and cross-cultural perspectives.

Related Technology & Tools

• MP3 digital voice recorders
• Poster printers
• Digital calculators
• Multimedia projection equipment
• Laser facsimile machines
• Laptop computers
• Photocopying equipment
• Digital video cameras
• Webcams
• Carousel slide projectors
• Television monitors
• Multi-line telephone systems
• Compact disk CD players
• Wireless microphones
• Computer projectors
• Interactive whiteboard controllers
• Desktop computers
• Opaque projectors
• Conference telephones
• Handheld microphones
• Computer laser printers
• Overhead data projectors
• Student response systems
• Videoconferencing equipment
• Liquid crystal display LCD projectors
• Computer data input scanners
• Microphone podiums
• Universal serial bus USB flash drives
• Digital video disk DVD players
• Projector screens
• Tablet computers
• Compact digital cameras
• Interactive whiteboards
• Liquid crystal display LCD televisions

• Sakai CLE
• Collaborative editing software
• Email software
• DOC Cop
• Learning management system LMS
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Office
• Web browser software
• iParadigms Turnitin
• Calendar and scheduling software
• Desire2Learn
• Microsoft PowerPoint
• Data entry software
• Microsoft Outlook
• Microsoft Word
• Image scanning software
• Google Docs
• Blackboard Learn
• Course management system software