PRODiG+ Fellow, History

SUNY Cortland; City of Cortland (NY); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Retirement program options

Paid family leave and/or parentalleave

Tuition reimbursement

Access to Student Life Center

Alternate work schedules

Job summary

SUNY Cortland's History Department invites applications for a two-year postdoctoral PRODiG+ Fellowship beginning Fall 2027. The Fellow will teach, research, and contribute to DEI initiatives in a comprehensive college setting, with potential transition to a tenure-track position.

The program supports mentoring on balancing teaching and research, with opportunities across undergraduate majors, graduate online programs, and cross-campus collaboration.

Qualifications

• Eligibility to work in the United States without visa sponsorship.
• PhD in History or a related field from an accredited institution.
• Demonstrated experience with diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• Specialization in 19th century U.S. history.

Responsibilities

• Teach a reduced load of courses for the two-year program.
• Provide academic advising and mentoring to students.
• Develop an active research agenda.
• Engage in service within the department and campus community.

Skills

DEI experience

College teaching

History research

Education

PhD in History

Job description

Position Details

Position Information

• Budget Title: Diversity Fellow Instructor/Assistant Professor
• Campus Title: PRODiG+ Fellow, History
• School/Division: Academic Affairs, Division of
• Department: History
• Faculty Sub-Type: FT Faculty
• Salary Level: A6
• Salary Range: $65,000
• Salary Determination
• Position Effort: Full-Time
• If Part-Time, enter FTE:
• Is this a temporary position?: No
• If Temporary, enter End Date:

Position Summary

The SUNY Cortland History Department is accepting applications fora two-year (12-month) postdoctoral fellowship beginning in Fall2027. This position is offered as part of the PromotingRecruitment, Opportunity, Diversity, Inclusion and Growth plus(PRODiG+)postdoctoral Program. PRODiG+ is designed with two primary goals:(1) increasing the number and share of excellent diverse facultycommitted to advancing the ideals of diversity, equity, andinclusion; and (2) strengthening the pipeline for retention andsupport of those faculty. Additional information on the PRODiG+Fellowship can be found at https://www.suny.edu/prodig-plus/fellowship/. Throughout the fellowship, the successful candidate will receivementoring on how to thrive as a faculty member at a comprehensivecollege, balancing the demands of teaching and research. Thefellowship is expected to transition into a tenure-track positionafter two years, provided the fellow achieves performancemilestones during the fellowship. The successful candidate will become a part of our dynamic andexpanding History Department supporting nearly 200 students in oneof our two undergraduate majors in history and our innovative dualmajor degree in History/Adolescence Education in Social Studies,and more than 60 graduate students in our thriving on-line M.A. inhistory program and our new M.S.T. Adolescent Education in SocialStudies program. The PRODiG+ fellow will join a growing department of faculty whoare dedicated teachers, productive scholars, and engaged members ofthe campus community

Salary: $65,000

What makes SUNY Cortland a great place to work?

• Our positions provide predictable salary progressions, and manyoffer permanency.
• Generous benefits include health, dental, and vision insurance,various retirement program options, paid family leave and/orparental leaves, flexible spending and dependent care accounts,long term disability and tuition reimbursement.
• SUNY Cortland prioritizes work-life balance and well-being inall forms. The university’s state-of-the-art Student Life Center isfree for employees to use, with membership options for families.Alternate work schedules are available with a supervisor’sapproval.
• Professional development opportunities exist through training,continuing education programs, tuition reimbursement and conferencetravel, based on funding.
• Cortland County and surrounding areas offer easy access toarts, entertainment, outdoor recreation and much more. ExperienceCortland dives deep into the region’s offerings

Major Responsibilities

Teaching

• Teach a reduced load of 9 credits per year for the durationof the two-year program.
• Maintain regular office hours and provide academic advising andmentoring to students, at a reduced load, in support of anequitable and diverse scholarly environment.

Scholarship/Research

• Develop an active research agenda.

Service

• Engage in a reduced service load within the department, school,college, and community.

Functional and Supervisory Relationships

• Reports to the academic department chair.
• Works closely with department faculty.

Required Qualifications

• Be eligible to work in the United States without a visasponsorship (Note: if you currently need sponsorship or will needit in the future to maintain employment authorization, you do notmeet the eligibility requirements for this position);
• Have a PhD in History, or a related field, from an accreditedinstitution completed prior to start date;
• Demonstrate personal, academic, and/or work experience engagingwith diversity, equity, and inclusion and/or a commitment tofacilitating and enhancing diversity, equity, and inclusion effortsin the campus community. Such experience may include, but is notlimited to, an academic/scholarly track record focused ondiversity, equity, and inclusion; work, volunteer/unpaid/communityservice; or related experience/expertise in serving underserved orvulnerable areas and/or populations.
• The department seeks candidates whose research and teachingfields complement, without duplicating, existing strengths.
• Candidates must have expertise in the follow area: 19th centuryU.S. history.

Preferred Qualifications

Preference will be given to candidates who:

• Are current SUNY students, alumni, and/or Fellows.
• Are candidates from a low-income background (e.g.,Pell-eligible as undergraduates), were first-generation collegestudents (students whose parents have not earned a bachelor’sdegree), or who have overcome adversity, are AmeriCorps alumni, orare veterans; and
• Have prior experience teaching History at the collegelevel
• Have graduate-level training in the field of History

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