Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary
Area, ethnic and cultural studies teachers at colleges and universities do research on and lecture about peoples and cultures.
If you are interested in cultural development, ethnic groups, history, cultures and peoples, you may want to consider becoming an area, ethnic and cultural studies teacher at a college or university.
Teachers don’t just lecture and grade assignments. There days are filled with mentoring, research, writing papers for publication and much more. You will need a deep understanding of subjects like history, archaeology, languages, philosophy, sociology, anthropology, communications and management. Teachers of this subject relate these topics to peoples and cultures.
To do well in this field you will need a master’s degree and possibly a Ph.D., M.D. or J.D. Job opportunities for postsecondary area, ethnic and cultural studies teachers is are expected to increase quickly. The average annual income for these teachers is about $61,000.