Assistant Professor of Indigenous Bilingual Education

The LLSS Department invites applications for an Assistant Professor position to become part of the Bilingual Education and TESOL (BETESOL) program.

The candidate’s research and teaching experience will reflect preparation in language education and indicate a specialization in New Mexico Indigenous (Puebloan) Language Education, as well as familiarity with community needs and goals of New Mexico on Bilingual Education, specifically for Indigenous language teachers, scholars, and schools, by contributing to and furthering deeper understandings on language teaching practices and collaboration with communities, diverse cultures, and their intersection with power, social justice, and indigenizing frameworks.

The successful candidate will have completed all requirements for the Ph.D. in Indigenous Language Education or related fields before Fall 2027. The successful candidate will teach a reduced course load (1/2 or 2/1) in their first two years, before assuming a full course load (2/2) at the graduate and undergraduate levels, including introductory content courses (e.g., Research in Bilingual and Second Language Classrooms and Communities; Teaching the Native American Child; Language and Education in Southwest Native American Communities;

Education

Across Cultures in the Southwest), LLSS core curriculum (e.g., Issues in Language, Literacy, Sociocultural Studies; and Dissertation Seminar), and preservice educator preparation courses (e.g., Teaching Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students). Moreover, LLSS faculty also teach doctoral courses required in the core curriculum. The candidate will support the teaching of BETESOL courses that are integrated with the American Indian Education program and design courses aligned with their expertise.

Interested applicants should apply and submit documents via UNMJOBS. The best consideration is November 9, 2026. UNM is the premier research university in the state of New Mexico.

UNM is a Carnegie Very High Research Activity Institution and a federally designated Hispanic Serving Institution, the only flagship university in the US with most students who are Hispanic/Latino or Native American.