Employment Opportunities Assistant Teaching Professor, Japanese Cultural Studies (Non-Tenure-Track) Bookmark this Posting Print Preview | Apply for this Job Posting Details Position Information Position Title Assistant Teaching Professor, Japanese Cultural Studies (Non-Tenure-Track) Department Asian Studies Program Posting Number F260102 Posting Link https://www.ubjobs.buffalo.edu/postings/64251 Employer State
Faculty Appointment Term Term Position Type UUP Faculty Bargaining Unit 08 - UUP Posting Detail Information Fiscal Year 2026-2027 Position Summary The University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, invites applications for a 10 month full-time, non-tenure-track qualified rank teaching position in Japanese Cultural Studies. The appointment will be made in the Asian Studies Program in the College of Arts and
Sciences. The position is designed for an educator whose primary professional commitment is undergraduate teaching, curriculum development, and student engagement, and who is interested in making a sustained contribution to this interdisciplinary program.The position requires teaching up to four interdisciplinary courses per semester in humanities and/or social sciences. The successful candidate will teach
established undergraduate courses as well as develop new courses that contribute to the Asian Studies curriculum. A particularly important responsibility will be teaching large-enrollment courses on Japanese anime and popular culture. Other courses include, but are not limited to, a survey of Asian literature and a first-year seminar on Japan Studies. The position is especially well suited to a candidate with
demonstrated success teaching Japanese anime, manga, film, media, and other forms of Japanese popular culture to undergraduates, including students from a wide range of disciplinary backgrounds.The Assistant Teaching Professor will be responsible for sustaining and expanding the program’s undergraduate curriculum through effective, student-centered teaching and the development of new courses that prepare students for
professional careers in Asia or with Asian businesses and communities. These courses could address topics such as Japanese media and popular culture, literature, history, urban societies, gender and sexuality, religion, politics, migration, labor, technology, food, and other subjects related to Asian Studies. We welcome candidates who can bring broad knowledge of Japanese culture to an interdisciplinary undergraduate
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