Assistant Professor of Italian American Studies (Paul and Ann Rubino Endowed Professorship)

The College of Arts and Sciences at Loyola University Chicago seeks qualified candidates, discipline open, for a tenure-track appointment at the assistant professor level for the Paul and Ann Rubino Endowed Professorship of Italian American Studies beginning Fall 2025. We seek candidates with strong research and teaching profiles in Italian American Studies who can contribute to the College’s undergraduate and graduate programs. The tenure home of the successful candidate will be determined by the doctoral discipline of the candidate, with possibilities including the departments of English, History, Modern Languages and Literatures, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, and Theology. 

The Rubino Professorship includes funds to coordinate an annual fall guest lecture by a visiting scholar in Italian American Studies, support student activities in Italian American Studies throughout the academic year, and direct student research, including during the summer as part of the College’s Undergraduate Summer Research Experience (USRE) program. The successful candidate will be joining a College of Arts and Sciences that has over 450 full-time faculty, nearly 8,000 students, 20 academic departments, and 38 interdisciplinary programs and centers. For more information about the College of Arts and Sciences, please visit its website at https://www.luc.edu/cas/.

This search is part of a College-wide, multiyear hiring initiative to attract outstanding researchers and teachers who are reflective of our diverse student body, committed to interdisciplinarity, dedicated to the pursuit of external grants, and appreciative of a Jesuit, Catholic education. As a University that is situated in the world-class, multicultural City of Chicago with a vibrant Italian American community and dedicated to mentoring a diverse student body, many of whom come from underrepresented and underserved populations, we especially encourage applications from candidates from underrepresented groups.

The position involves teaching undergraduate courses as well as graduate courses, depending on whether the home academic department has an M.A. and/or Ph.D. program. The candidate will be expected to teach courses focused on the Italian American experience for at least 50% of their teaching load as well as general courses within their discipline. The successful candidate will pursue a strong program of research and publication within Italian American Studies, including the pursuit of external grants. They will engage in service at the department level or above and be active in the Italian American community.

Loyola University Chicago is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer with a strong commitment to hiring for our mission and diversifying our faculty. The University seeks to increase the diversity of its professoriate, workforce and undergraduate and graduate student populations because broad diversity – including a wide range of individuals who contribute to a robust academic environment – is critical to achieving the University’s mission of excellence in education, research, educational access and services in an increasingly diverse society. Therefore, in holistically accessing the many qualifications of each applicant, we would factor favorably an individual’s record of conduct that includes experience with an array of diverse perspectives, as well as a wide variety of different educational, research or other work activities. Among other qualifications, we would also factor favorably experience overcoming or helping others overcome barriers to an academic career or degrees.