Post by ConnColl on Mar 19, 2012 10:45:15 GMT -5
Connecticut College: Visiting Position in Gender, Race, Sexuality
The Connecticut College Department of Gender and Women's Studies invites applications for a one-year position, renewable for a second year, at the level of Assistant Professor, with appointment beginning July 1, 2012. The successful candidate will have teaching and research that demonstrates engagement of gender with race and sexuality as concepts and realities that have challenged feminist orthodoxies and contributed to intersectional analyses and movements. Focus of research should include the United States understood comparatively and transnationally. The person hired for the position should be able to teach "Introduction to Queer Studies," "Transnational Women's Movements," "Training in Transformation" (our field placement) and a first year seminar, "Reading Race, Reading Gender," as well as a course on her or his own research. In lieu of a sixth course, the person hired will serve as a "Fellow" in the College's Center for the Comparative Study of Race and Ethnicity, helping to develop programs (such as a speakers series, a film series, or workshops for the campus community) that engage intersectional movements and scholarship. We especially welcome candidates with a PhD (or who are ABD) in Gender and/or Women's Studies, but are open to candidates from other disciplines whose work is clearly engaged with issues of gender, sexuality and race, with particular expertise in United States.
Application letters, accompanied by a CV, three letters of recommendation, and a brief statement of the candidate's philosophy of teaching should be sent to Professor Mab Segrest, Chair, Department of Gender and Women's Studies, Connecticut College, 270 Mohegan Avenue, New London, CT 06320. Review of applications will begin April 6 and will continue until the position is filled. Along with hard copy, please also send the letter and your resume via email to pdallas@conncoll.edu. You may direct questions to Mab Segrest at mmseg@conncoll.edu.
Connecticut College is a private, highly selective institution with a demonstrated commitment to outstanding faculty teaching and research. Recognizing that intellectual vitality and diversity are inseparable, the College has embarked on a significantly successful initiative to diversify its faculty, student body and curriculum. The College seeks creative scholars excited about working in a liberal arts setting, with its strong focus on engaged teaching, participation in shared governance, and active involvement in an institution-wide advancement of diversity.
The full-time visiting faculty teaching load is three courses per semester. We value the contributions visitors bring to our community and encourage their active engagement with their departments and all aspects of campus life during the course of their appointment. Visiting faculty are initially participating members of the faculty and voting members in their second and subsequent years; their presence is welcome at all faculty meetings.
The successful candidate will join a small and growing department with a commitment to transnational feminist critical inquiry and scholar activism. GWS at Connecticut College began as a program in the 1970s and became a department in 1999. It includes an Associated Faculty of over 20 members. Connecticut College educates students to put the liberal arts into action as citizens in a global society. A private, highly selective institution in New London, Connecticut, midway between New York and Boston, the college is notable for its strong academic programs, friendly campus, and emphasis on broad interdisciplinary learning and research. With a student/faculty ratio of 10/1, students learn from their professors in classrooms, studios, labs, and across the residential campus and the globe.
Please visit our website, www.conncoll.edu for more information about the college and our faculty searches.
The Connecticut College Department of Gender and Women's Studies invites applications for a one-year position, renewable for a second year, at the level of Assistant Professor, with appointment beginning July 1, 2012. The successful candidate will have teaching and research that demonstrates engagement of gender with race and sexuality as concepts and realities that have challenged feminist orthodoxies and contributed to intersectional analyses and movements. Focus of research should include the United States understood comparatively and transnationally. The person hired for the position should be able to teach "Introduction to Queer Studies," "Transnational Women's Movements," "Training in Transformation" (our field placement) and a first year seminar, "Reading Race, Reading Gender," as well as a course on her or his own research. In lieu of a sixth course, the person hired will serve as a "Fellow" in the College's Center for the Comparative Study of Race and Ethnicity, helping to develop programs (such as a speakers series, a film series, or workshops for the campus community) that engage intersectional movements and scholarship. We especially welcome candidates with a PhD (or who are ABD) in Gender and/or Women's Studies, but are open to candidates from other disciplines whose work is clearly engaged with issues of gender, sexuality and race, with particular expertise in United States.
Application letters, accompanied by a CV, three letters of recommendation, and a brief statement of the candidate's philosophy of teaching should be sent to Professor Mab Segrest, Chair, Department of Gender and Women's Studies, Connecticut College, 270 Mohegan Avenue, New London, CT 06320. Review of applications will begin April 6 and will continue until the position is filled. Along with hard copy, please also send the letter and your resume via email to pdallas@conncoll.edu. You may direct questions to Mab Segrest at mmseg@conncoll.edu.
Connecticut College is a private, highly selective institution with a demonstrated commitment to outstanding faculty teaching and research. Recognizing that intellectual vitality and diversity are inseparable, the College has embarked on a significantly successful initiative to diversify its faculty, student body and curriculum. The College seeks creative scholars excited about working in a liberal arts setting, with its strong focus on engaged teaching, participation in shared governance, and active involvement in an institution-wide advancement of diversity.
The full-time visiting faculty teaching load is three courses per semester. We value the contributions visitors bring to our community and encourage their active engagement with their departments and all aspects of campus life during the course of their appointment. Visiting faculty are initially participating members of the faculty and voting members in their second and subsequent years; their presence is welcome at all faculty meetings.
The successful candidate will join a small and growing department with a commitment to transnational feminist critical inquiry and scholar activism. GWS at Connecticut College began as a program in the 1970s and became a department in 1999. It includes an Associated Faculty of over 20 members. Connecticut College educates students to put the liberal arts into action as citizens in a global society. A private, highly selective institution in New London, Connecticut, midway between New York and Boston, the college is notable for its strong academic programs, friendly campus, and emphasis on broad interdisciplinary learning and research. With a student/faculty ratio of 10/1, students learn from their professors in classrooms, studios, labs, and across the residential campus and the globe.
Please visit our website, www.conncoll.edu for more information about the college and our faculty searches.