Under the Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the American Indian Studies Program seeks two Postdoctoral Fellows for the 2010-2011 academic year.  This fellowship program provides a stipend, a close working association with AIS faculty, and assistance in furthering the fellow's development as a productive scholar.  Applicants should have an ongoing research project that promises to make a notable contribution to American Indian and Indigenous Studies.  While fellows will concentrate on their research, they may choose to teach one course in American Indian Studies.  Furthermore, fellows are encouraged to participate in the intellectual community of the American Indian Studies Program.  The fellowship stipend for the 2010-2011 academic year is $42,000, including health benefits.  An additional $5,000 will be provided for the fellow's research, travel, and related expenses.  Candidates must have completed all Ph.D requirements by August 15, 2010.  Preference will be given to those applicants who have finished their degreed in the past five years.  This one year fellowship appointment period is from August 16, 2010, to August 15, 2011.

Candidates should submit a curriculum vitae, a thorough description of the research project to be undertaken during the fellowship year, two samples of their scholarly writing, adn two letters of recommendation to Robert Warrior, Director, American Indian Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1204 West Nevada Street, Urbana, Illinois 61801-3818.  Applicants received by January 22, 2010 will receive full consideration.  The review process will continue until the fellowships are filled.  For further information, contact Mathew Sakiestewa Gilbert, Chair, Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellowship Committee, American Indian Studies:  Phone: 217-265-9870, Email tewa@illinois.edu, or visit the Program's website www.ais.illinois.edu/