Metropolitan State University is looking to fill two community faculty positions for their Spring 2012 courses, "Chicanos/Latinos in Minnesota" and "Politics of Resistance and Protest Movements". The Ethnic & Religious Studies Department prefers its teaching staff are able to instruct from the standpoint of one or more of the historic racial-ethnic communities in the United States (Asian American, African American, Latino, and/or Native American/North American Indigenous).
Community Faculty Positions at Metro State
ETHS 252 Chicanos/Latinos in Minnesota 2 credits
This course studies the history and experience of Chicanos and Latinos in Minnesota, including the origins of the Chicano/Latino community, social and political histories, and contemporary issues affecting Chicanos and Latinos in Minnesota. Focuses include immigration to the state, agricultural and urban labor and settlement patterns, contemporary immigrations streams, and community organizations developed to assist Latinas/os.
Saturday 9:00 am - 12:20 pm Saint Paul (6 Spring Saturday Meeting Dates in Jan and Feb 2012: Dates TBA)
ETHS 303 Politics of Resistance and Protest Movements 4 credits
There have been various efforts by communities to challenge the effects of discrimination and inequality in society. The creation and development of social resistance movements has been one such effort and is an important part of history. This class explores modern social movements and their relationship to racial and ethnic communities in the United States.
Monday 6:00 - 9:20 pm Midway
The Department prefers that its teaching staff are able to instruct from the standpoint of one or more of the historic racial-ethnic communities in the United States (Asian American, African American, Latino, and/or Native American/North American Indigenous).
Aureliano Maria DeSoto (PhD,Assistant Professor, Ethnic & Religious Studies) is the lead faculty on hiring for these positions. Any interested candidates should email her (aureliano.desoto@metrostate.edu). They are looking to make hiring decisions first thing in the fall term.
