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Full-Time Lecturer

At Indiana University, Bloomington, USA

Applicants should hold a PhD and possess a concentrated graduate academic background in research related to media studies, women, gender and sexuality studies, and critical race and ethnicity studies. Applicant should also demonstrate strong teaching ability at the collegiate level in Gender and Women’s Studies or a related field.

Possible Courses: The successful applicant will normally teach two sections of the lecture course G225: Gender, Sexuality & Popular Culture, and another class at a 300 or 400 level in his/her/their area of expertise. Please visit the IU Gender Studies website at www.indiana.edu/~gender to read course descriptions.

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Associate Director, Gender, Sexuality & Women's Studies Program

At University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA

The Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies Program (GSWS) in the School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania seeks an Associate Director. The Associate Director works closely with the Associate Director of the Alice Paul Center for Research on Gender, Sexuality, and Women (APC) and with the Director of GSWS/APC. The Associate Director oversees the daily operations of the Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies Program including: serving as Undergraduate Chair; recruiting and advising majors and minors; working to expand the major and build a strong GSWS community; ensuring there is a robust selection of GSWS-specific and cross-listed courses; and teaching two undergraduate GSWS courses per year. The Associate Director also oversees the GSWS Graduate Program, including: administering the Graduate Certificate program; helping organize graduate student events; ensuring there is a robust selection of GSWS graduate seminars. The Associate Director will also be responsible for helping to support and expand the number of Penn faculty teaching in the area of GSWS by creating pedagogical resources, supporting course development activities, and faculty mentoring; and to cultivate a strong alumni network, including programming and resources for GSWS alumni. The Associate Director will also assist in the general programming and administration of the GSWS Program and, where appropriate, the APC. This is not a tenure-track faculty position, but an administrative position with teaching responsibilities.

Applicants with a particular strength in LGBTQ Studies, feminism of color, and/or global feminism are particularly encouraged to apply. Applicants should submit a detailed letter of interest, including a statement of contributions to diversity the applicant will make, three letters of reference, as well as a curriculum vitae. Review of applications will begin on February 1, 2017.

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Assistant Professor of U.S. Women's History

At GWU- Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program, Washington, USA

he George Washington University Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies (WGSS) Program and the History Department invite applications for a full-time tenure-track joint position in United States Women’s History at the rank of beginning to advanced Assistant Professor to begin as early as fall 2017. The individual will help shape a strong WGSS program, while contributing to the U.S. History concentration in the History Department. Applicants will work on intersectional projects addressing the histories of racialized women in the 20th century United States and be able to teach feminist and/or critical race theory. The successful candidate will demonstrate an active research agenda, teach undergraduate survey courses in US Women’s History, teach graduate courses, and complement existing research and teaching strengths in global feminisms and intersectionality.

Applicants must have completed a PhD in history, Women’s and Gender Studies, or a closely related field by the date of appointment. Applicants must have a clear research agenda demonstrated by publications, works in progress, as well as promise of excellence in teaching.

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Research Analyst

At California Nurses Association, Oakland, CA, USA

National Nurses United (NNU), AFL-CIO, the nation’s largest nurses’ union and professional association, seeks experienced Research Analysts. NNU leads the Registered Nurse movement to transform the market-driven healthcare industry in the United States into a health care system driven by patient needs. NNU has negotiated the best Registered Nurse collective bargaining contracts in the nation and provided critical leadership in the AFL-CIO’s decision to endorse a single-payer healthcare system based on “updating and expanding Medicare benefits” for all Americans. Overview Research areas include the political economy of healthcare restructuring and the clinical and technological impacts of healthcare restructuring on both patients and the Registered Nurses who provide their care.

The ideal candidate will have the following qualities: • Strong commitment to social justice • At least one advanced degree • Econometric modeling experience highly desirable • Strong quantitative ability highly desirable • Experience in power structure research • Familiarity with corporate research and/or corporate campaigns • Strategic research skills • An understanding of market concentration and complex organizational issues • Background in evaluating and reviewing corporate statements The positions are based in the San Francisco Bay area and offer an excellent salary and benefits package that includes a pension and full family medical and dental coverage, including coverage for domestic partners.

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Assistant Professor - Diaspora Studies, Human Rights, and Transnational Migration

At Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, USA

Global and Intercultural Studies: Assistant Professor of Diaspora Studies, Human Rights, and Transnational Migration, focus on migration and mobility to teach introductory courses in the Department of Global and Intercultural Studies, in addition to advanced courses in the candidate’s area of specialization; advise students; maintain an active research agenda; and provide service to the institution.

The successful candidate will also contribute to some of the department’s other academic programs: Asian/Asian-American Studies; American Studies; Black World Studies; Latin American, Latino/a, and Caribbean Studies; International Studies; and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies.

Require: Ph.D. in one of the following: anthropology, economics, ethnic studies, gender studies, history, geography, literary studies, political science, philosophy, religion, interdisciplinary areas or related field by December 31, 2016 for re-appointment to second year. Strong candidates will be scholars with interdisciplinary teaching and research interests in the global forces and frameworks undergirding migration and mobility. Strong candidates also will be scholars whose work engages transnational and diaspora studies broadly defined, with an emphasis on the ways in which race, ethnicity, and/or gender have shaped the conditions of human migration, displacement, and settlement and impacted human rights issues. We encourage applicants whose interests intersect with the study of migration and mobility in historical or contemporary perspective from any number of angles, including (but not limited to) slavery, human trafficking, immigration, as well as the study of migration and refugees. We welcome details about how the applicant will contribute to the Global & Intercultural Studies Department and its co-major.

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ONE YEAR VISITING POSITION – WOMEN’S, GENDER, AND SEXUALITY STUDIES

At The College of Wooster, Wooster, USA

The Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program invites applications for a one-year visiting assistant professor of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies to begin in August 2017. The successful candidate will teach Introductory Women’s Gender, and Sexuality Studies, feminist methodologies, and an upper-level WGSS courses in the candidate’s specialty. Preference will be given to candidates who can teach in the areas of Transnational Feminism and/or Women of Color Feminism. The teaching load is 3-3, which will include advising senior Independent Study thesis projects. Candidates should hold a Ph.D. or be ABD in Women’s/Gender/Sexuality/Feminist Studies (WGSFS) at the time of appointment, or hold a degree in another field with a graduate certificate or significant interdisciplinary training in WGSFS. Prior teaching is desirable and applicants should provide evidence of their ability to teach introductory and upper-level courses in WGSS. The College of Wooster enrolls a diverse student body (19% domestic students of color and 10% international students); applicants should demonstrate their ability to work with diverse student populations.

The College of Wooster is an independent college of the liberal arts and sciences with a commitment to excellence in undergraduate education. The College values diversity, strives to attract qualified women and minority candidates, and encourages individuals belonging to these groups to apply. Wooster seeks to ensure diversity by its policy of employing persons without regard to age, sex, color, race, creed, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, or political affiliation. The College of Wooster is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Employment is subject to federal laws requiring verification of identity and legal right to work in the United States as required by the Immigration Reform and Control Act. The College of Wooster is a drug-free workplace.

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Associate/Full Professor Women''s and Gender Studies

At Merrimack College, Andover, MA, United States

The Women’s and Gender Studies Program at Merrimack College invites applications for a tenured Associate or Full Professor to begin Fall 2017. The successful candidate’s scholarship and teaching will focus on gender, sexuality/LGBTQ studies, as well as media and popular culture. We seek candidates who are well-versed in feminist theory, critical race theory, and media/film studies. Ability to teach global gender issues/feminisms and ethnic studies a plus.

Teaching load is three courses per semester, including the introductory Gender and Society course, as well as upper level courses that bring an intersectional approach to the study of sex and gender or of gender and popular culture/film/media. Applicants should have a commitment to experiential learning and social justice. The successful candidate will join a growing program that emphasizes interdisciplinarity and community.

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Lecturer - Transnational Feminism

At Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, United States

The Women's and Gender Studies Program (WGS) at Northern Arizona University (NAU) invites applications for one or more Lecturer position with primary teaching and research interests in transnational and/or indigenous feminism. We particularly encourage applications from candidates whose work focuses on an innovative and rigorous interdisciplinary approach to teaching about the Global South and/or Indigeneity. Applicants with disciplinary emphases on one or more themes such as, Islam, gender, and sexuality; reproductive justice and sexual, queer, and/or trans politics; sexuality and settler colonialism; indigenous feminism; gender and diaspora are strongly encouraged to apply. The Women's and Gender Studies Program offers a Bachelor’s Degree, WGS Minor, a Queer Studies Minor, and Graduate Certificate. These positions are teaching focused, non-tenure eligible, at the rank of Lecturer. These positions are expected to be continuing, with potential for promotion. Renewal is contingent on performance and department need.

The successful candidate is expected to teach core and elective classes at the undergraduate and graduate levels within the WGS program. Rotation of possible course offerings may include introductory classes such as; Women, Gender and Ethnicity; Transnational Feminisms; Introduction to Feminist Theories and Methods; upper division thematic classes in the candidate’s area of specialization; graduate seminars on Feminist Theories and topics class. WGS seeks faculty who are committed to student success through teaching practice informed by scholarship, and those who will actively participate in program-building, and contribute to the intellectual and administrative life of the unit.

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