Monthly Archives: September 2016

University of North Carolina-Wilmington Assistant Professorship in Philosophy

Deadline: November 22

Length: Tenure-track

Comments: AOS: applied ethics. “Preference will be given to candidates with additional competency in either Critical Race Theory or Feminist Theory.”

URL: https://jobs.uncw.edu/postings/6292

Barnard University Assistant Professorship in American Studies

Deadline: October 21 (posted on HigherEdJobs 9/27)

Length: Tenure-track

Comments: “Applicants should have a PhD in American Studies or a relevant field in hand and should specialize in some combination of the following fields: race, ethnicity and indigeneity, gender and sexuality studies, critical theory, media and visual culture, and/or the history of American social activism.”

URL: https://careers.barnard.edu/postings/2449

DePaul University Assistant Professorship in Women’s and Gender Studies

Deadline: November 21 (posted on Vitae 11/17)

Length: Tenure-track

Comments: “Applicants should be prepared to teach core liberals arts courses, including a first year seminar, an interdisciplinary sophomore seminar on multiculturalism in the U.S., and/or a seminar in experiential/service learning involving Chicago communities.” “We especially invite applicants with expertise in Women of Color Feminisms as well as Queer Theory and Transgender Studies. Preference will be given to candidates with formal graduate background and teaching experience in women’s, feminist, gender, and/or sexuality studies and with demonstrated relevant scholarly productivity and research/teaching competencies.”

URL: https://facultyopportunities.depaul.edu/postings/997

San Francisco State University Assistant Professorship in Interdisciplinary Feminist Studies

Deadline: November 14

Length: Tenure-track

Comments: “The department seeks individuals with expertise in either (a) critical disability or crip studies or (b) transfeminisms (encompassing transgender, transsexual, genderqueer topics), each with a specialization in race, colonialism and nationalism. We particularly seek scholars whose research challenges parameters of the normative, and whose work engages with the mutually constitutive production of differences.”

URL: http://csucareers.calstate.edu/Detail.aspx?pid=58470

University of Texas-Austin Tenure-Track Assistant Professorship in Race and Gender in the Built Environment

Deadline: UT site says “early December”; HNet.org says “12/25”

Length: Tenure-track

Comments: Part of “new initiative on Race, Gender, and the U.S. Environment.” “The selected faculty member can choose to affiliate with any of the programs within the school, which include interior design, architecture, urban design, landscape architecture, sustainable design, historic preservation, and community and regional planning.” “The successful candidate will hold a Ph.D. or advanced professional degree complemented by current research and/or creative practice that demonstrates a rigorous pursuit of issues associated with race and/or gender in the U.S. built environment.”

URL: https://apply.interfolio.com/38042

Columbia University Open Rank Professorship in Religion and LGBTQ/Queer Studies

Deadline: Ovember 1

Length: Tenure-track

Comments: ” Candidates with a strong record of teaching and/or scholarship in LGBTQ/queer studies are particularly encouraged to apply. Specialization, period, and discipline are open and may include historically informed, comparative, and globally engaged approaches to the study of religion.”

URL: https://academicjobs.columbia.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/frameset/Frameset.jsp?time=1475076347576

German Historical Institute Pre- and Postdoctoral Fellowships in the History of Family and Kinship

Deadline: December 1

Length: 6 to 12 months

Comments: “Potential projects could focus on (but are not limited to) the following areas: multi-ethnic/transnational families, kinship networks, collective or group biography, intergenerational relations, or the history of family roles. It is essential that the proposed research projects make use of historical methods and engage with the relevant historiography.”

URL: http://www.ghi-dc.org/fellowships-programs/fellowships-grants/fellowship-in-the-history-of-family-and-kinship.html?L=0

Miami University of Ohio Assistant Professorship in Global Intercultural Studies

Deadline: October 15 (review begins — posted on miamioh.edu site 9/24)

Length: Tenure-track

Comments: Seeking “Africanist social scientist with specialization in development in sub-Saharan Africa.” “The successful candidate will also contribute to some of the department’s other interdisciplinary academic programs: Asian/Asian-American Studies; American Studies; Black World Studies; Latin American, Latino/a, and Caribbean Studies; and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies.” Must have “PhD (by date of appointment) in African Studies, History, Cultural Anthropology, Geography, Political Science, Gender Studies, Sociology, or a closely related field.” “Consideration will be given to candidates who use approaches that include study of NGOs, feminist or critical gender theories, field-based methods, and competency in an indigenous, non-colonial African language.”

URL: http://miamioh.hiretouch.com/job-details?jobID=3366

Middle Tennessee State University Assistant/Associate Professorship in Global Studies

Deadline: November 7

Length: Tenure-track

Comments: “We are particularly interested in candidates with teaching and research interests in areas such as social inequality, ethnic/racial/gender justice, contested spaces, women/gender/sexuality issues, migration, human trafficking, humanitarian intervention, or similar topics.”

URL: https://mtsujobs.mtsu.edu/postings/3994

Berea College Assistant Professorship in Political Science

Deadline: November 2

Length: Tenure-track

Comments: “Responsibilities include teaching introductory Political Science courses, advanced courses in Comparative Politics and International Relations, and courses in an interdisciplinary General Education program.” “It is desirable that the candidate contribute to one or more of the following programs: African and African American Studies, Asian Studies, Economics, History, Peace & Social Justice Studies, Women’s & Gender Studies, and Sustainability and Environmental Studies.”

URL: Berea Poli Sci job