Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary

Education and TrainingO*NET 25-1062.00United States

Teach courses pertaining to the culture and development of an area, an ethnic group, or any other group, such as Latin American studies, women's studies, or urban affairs. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

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Median annual earnings: $84,440
Projected change: +9.1%
Typical education: Doctoral degree or more
Employment: 1.78M jobs

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The work

What area, ethnic, and cultural studies teachers, postsecondary do

Tasks reported for this occupation, ordered by how often they come up in the role.

Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.
Evaluate and grade students' class work, assignments, and papers.
Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as race and ethnic relations, gender studies, and cross-cultural perspectives.
Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.
Keep abreast of developments in the field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, and participating in professional conferences.
Compile, administer, and grade examinations, or assign this work to others.
Plan, evaluate, and revise curricula, course content, course materials, and methods of instruction.
Conduct research in a particular field of knowledge and publish findings in professional journals, books, or electronic media.
Maintain regularly scheduled office hours to advise and assist students.
Maintain student attendance records, grades, and other required records.
Collaborate with colleagues to address teaching and research issues.
Advise students on academic and vocational curricula, and on career issues.
Select and obtain materials and supplies, such as textbooks.
Perform administrative duties, such as serving as department head.
Supervise undergraduate or graduate teaching, internship, and research work.
Serve on academic or administrative committees that deal with institutional policies, departmental matters, and academic issues.
Compile bibliographies of specialized materials for outside reading assignments.
Write grant proposals to procure external research funding.
Participate in campus and community events, such as giving public lectures about research.
Incorporate experiential or site visit components into courses.
Participate in student recruitment, registration, and placement activities.
Act as advisers to student organizations.

Pay and outlook

What the job pays and where it is heading

Annual earnings range

Reported earnings by percentile, United States

10th percentile: $49,147
25th percentile: $62,814
50th percentile: $84,440
75th percentile: $118,952
90th percentile: $175,749

The gold marker shows the median. Half earn more than $84,440 and half earn less.

Employment outlook

2025 to 2035 projection

+9.1%faster than average

20251,782,325 jobs

2035 projected1,944,527 jobs

162,202 more positions over the decade, before replacement hiring.

Preparation

Education levels

What people currently working in the career hold. These are not entry requirements.

Doctoral degree or more: 64.5%
Master's or Professional degree: 35.3%
High school diploma or less: 0.2%

Skills

Skills employers ask for

Technical skills appearing most often in job postings for this occupation.

Social Sciences
Ethnic Studies
Talent Management
Pedagogy
African-American Studies
Latin American And Latino Studies
Africana Studies
Sociology
Anthropology
Liberal Arts
Student-Centred Learning
Curriculum Development
Lecturing
Gender Studies
Political Sciences
Native American Studies
Online Teaching
Cultural Studies
Statistics
Linguistics

How the work gets done

Core competencies

Broad capabilities associated with strong performance in this occupation.

Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively.
Instructing: Teaching others how to do something.
Writing: Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
Learning Strategies: Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
Active Learning: Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
Complex Problem Solving: Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
Social Perceptiveness: Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
Time Management: Managing one's own time and the time of others.
Judgment and Decision Making: Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
Monitoring: Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
Persuasion: Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.
Systems Analysis: Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
Service Orientation: Actively looking for ways to help people.
Systems Evaluation: Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.
Coordination: Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
Management of Personnel Resources: Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
Operations Analysis: Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design.

In the market

Job titles and employers

Recent job postings in United States

Common job titles

01Lecturers in Gender Studies201 postings
02Faculty Lecturers80 postings
03Adjunct Faculties72 postings
04Lecturers62 postings
05Gender Studies Faculties59 postings
06Ethnic Studies Faculties58 postings
07Ethnic Studies Teachers47 postings
08Ethnic Studies Lecturers36 postings
09Communication Lecturers32 postings
10Postdoctoral Fellows30 postings
11Interdisciplinary Engineers26 postings
12Lecturers in Hospitality23 postings
13Assistant/Associate/Full Professors22 postings
14Faculty Professors22 postings
15Lecturers in Women's and Gender Studies22 postings
16Lecturers of Women's Studies22 postings
17Language and Culture Assistants21 postings
18Non-Tenure Track Faculties20 postings
19Professors of Gender Studies19 postings
20Lecturers in Accounting18 postings

Top employers

01California State University-Chancellors Office114 postings
02DePaul University91 postings
03California State University-Fullerton84 postings
04California State University-Fresno82 postings
05Herc79 postings
06The University of Texas at Austin48 postings
07The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley31 postings
08California State University-San Marcos27 postings
09California State University-Los Angeles26 postings
10San Diego State University25 postings
11University of California22 postings
12Princeton University20 postings
13The University of Texas at Dallas20 postings
14Edjoin.Org19 postings
15Harvard University18 postings
16Rutgers University18 postings
17Sam Houston State University18 postings
18Santa Clara University18 postings
19Ohlone College17 postings
20University of California-Santa Cruz17 postings

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