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Job: Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Feminist, Gender and Sexuality Studies; Fall 2015, Scripps College

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Job Posting: Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Feminist, Gender and Sexuality Studies

Beginning Date: Fall 2015

Institution: Scripps College

Application Deadline: 1 October 2014

Official Posting: (https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/3984)

Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Scripps College

Position ID: Scripps–FGSS–TTFGSS [#3984]
Position Title:  Tenure-Track
Position Type: Tenure-track faculty
Position Location: Claremont, California 91711, United States [map]
Subject Area:  Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Appl Deadline: 2014/10/01 (posted 2014/04/02, listed until 2014/10/02)
Position Description:   Apply    

 

SCRIPPS COLLEGE Claremont, CA. 91711 TENURE-TRACK ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN FEMINIST, GENDER AND SEXUALITY STUDIES Beginning Fall 2015 Scripps College, a women’s liberal arts college with a strong interdisciplinary tradition, invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professorship in the Department of Feminist, Gender and Sexuality Studies. The Department invites applications for a tenure-track appointment for Fall of 2015. We are seeking candidates who specialize in intersectional and/or transnational queer, feminist studies, with an emphasis on queer theory. We particularly welcome candidates with research areas that include—but are not limited to—critical race theory and sexualities’ studies, settler colonialism and indigenous studies, imperialisms, and postcolonial studies. The department also seeks a colleague who will build innovative pedagogical and research connections to antiracist, feminist social justice work within (either) local, regional, or transnational networks and communities. The Department is looking for a colleague who is also an innovative teacher with a strong commitment to undergraduate liberal arts education. The teaching load is five courses per year and advising on senior theses. Participation in the Core Curriculum in the Interdisciplinary Humanities program is expected. Ph.D. preferred. Please submit a letter of letter of application, CV, three letters of reference, teaching evaluations, and a writing sample of no more than 30 pages to AcademicJobsOnline. The Review of Applications will begin October 1, 2014. Preliminary interviews will be held at the Fall meetings of the National Women’s Studies Association, the American Studies Association and the American Anthropological Association. For more information, please contact the Chair of the Search Committee: Professor Piya Chatterjee Box # 4056 Scripps College 1030 Columbia Ave. Claremont, CA. 91711 Email: [email protected] Scripps College is one of seven members of The Claremont Colleges Consortium located 35 miles east of Los Angeles. In a continuing effort to build a diverse academic community and to provide equal educational and employment opportunities, Scripps College actively encourages applications from women and members of historically under-represented groups.

Application Materials Required:

Submit the following items online at this website:

  • Cover Letter
  • Curriculum Vitae
  • Research Statement
  • Teaching Statement
  • Publication List
  • Teaching Evaluations
  • Three Reference Letters (to be submitted by the reference writers at this site )
And anything else requested in the position description.

Further Info:

 
Scripps College
1030 Columbia Avenue
Claremont, CA 91711