Ethnic Studies Instructor Tenure-Track Madera Community College

Ethnic Studies Instructor (Full-Time, Tenure-Track)

Campus:
Madera Community College

Start Date:

08/05/2026

At Madera Community College we value the ability to serve students from a broad range of cultural heritages, socioeconomic backgrounds, genders, abilities and orientations. We prioritize applicants who demonstrate they understand the benefits a diverse student population brings to a community college. The successful faculty member will be an equity‑minded individual committed to student success by collaborating with faculty, classified staff, administration, students and community partners who are also dedicated to closing equity gaps.

An equity‑minded individual is a person who:

• Understands the importance of holding ourselves accountable as educators for closing equity gaps and engaging in equitable practices;
• Reframes inequities as a problem of practice and views the elimination of inequities as an individual and collective responsibility;
• Encourages positive race‑consciousness and embraces human difference;
• Reflects on institutional and teaching practices and aims to create a culturally responsive teaching environment;
• Strategically builds buy‑in and participation among colleagues for equity‑related initiatives.

Madera Community College seeks faculty members who value mentorship and working in a collegial, collaborative environment, guided by a commitment to helping all students achieve their educational goals. Divisions strongly encourage collaboration across disciplines to create inclusive, integrated, and interdisciplinary learning experiences. Faculty members are expected to be knowledgeable about, and willing to use, different learning and teaching methods appropriate to the students they serve.

Faculty members should be open and willing to participate in culturally relevant professional development that will help them prepare for the population of students who attend Madera Community College.

• Teaching a variety of courses in Ethnic Studies as assigned;
• Creating curriculum in Latinx or Chicano Studies;
  African American Studies;
  Asian American Studies or American Indian Studies, as applicable;
• Coordinating and collaborating with other discipline faculty at Madera Community College and within the District;
• Maintaining currency in the Ethnic Studies discipline;
• Serving as faculty advisor for student groups as applicable;
• Working with campus and community organizations to complement and enhance the Ethnic Studies Programs;
• Serving on and attending department, college, and district committees as needed;
• Participating in program development and expansion of Ethnic Studies courses, including connections with industry and Career and Guided Pathways;
• Participating in curriculum development and review, including program review, student learning outcome development and assessment to improve student learning;
• Identifying and recommending potential adjunct faculty to teach classes;
• Assisting in evaluating adjunct instructors;
• Teaching assignments in a variety of instructional settings and times, including evening and/or weekends, online or off‑campus and large group instruction classes as needed; and
• Otherwise fulfilling all of the duties and responsibilities of instructors as required by Administrative Regulation 7122.

• Evidence of responsiveness to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students, as these factors relate to the need for equity‑minded practice within the classroom;
• Master’s degree in Ethnic studies, or a Master’s in American Studies/Ethnicity, Latino Studies, La Raza Studies, Central American Studies, Latin American Studies, Cross Cultural Studies, Race and Ethnic Relations, Asian‑American Studies, or African‑American Studies; or
• Master’s in one of the disciplines included in the interdisciplinary area and upper division or graduate coursework in at least one other constituent discipline; or
• The equivalent education and/or experience (requires an equivalency). (
  
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