San Francisco State University
Tenure-Track Assistant Professor - Interdisciplinary Feminist Studies
Institution Type: | College / University |
Location: | California, United States |
Position: | Assistant Professor |
San Francisco State University, Department of Women and Gender Studies invites applicants for a tenuretrack Assistant Professor position in interdisciplinary feminist studies beginning August 2017.
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.
Women and Gender Studies at SFSU is a growing department that offers an undergraduate major and minor, and a graduate Master's degree. Viewing the production of knowledge about gender as itself political, the department seeks, in its research, teaching, and community building, to explore both gender's embeddedness in current forms of injustice as well as its past and emergent potential for transformative politics. For more information on the department, please see http://wgsdept.sfsu.edu/about.
Qualifications:
Candidates should have a Ph.D. in gender/women/feminist studies, sexuality studies, Ethnic Studies or a related field. Ph.D.s in all disciplines are also welcome to apply; we are looking for an interdisciplinary scholar.
Candidates should have a strong background in the relational study of gender and sexuality, particularly as these formations coconstitute understandings of race, nation and citizenship.
Candidates must demonstrate the ability to teach courses in the areas of feminist disability studies, trans identities and communities, or other related areas of specialization. Candidates must also demonstrate the ability to teach courses in our core curriculum, for instance, Introduction to Women and Gender Studies.
Candidates are preferred who have teaching and/or research experience with a large student body, many of whom are nontraditional students, first generation students, and students from economically disadvantaged communities.
Responsibilities: The position requires graduate and undergraduate teaching in core Women and Gender Studies curriculum, as well as teaching courses in the candidate's field of specialization. The position also requires mentoring and advising graduate and undergraduate students, developing an active ongoing scholarship program in one's area of specialty, an active publication record, and ongoing committee and service assignments. Detailed position description is available at http://wgsdept.sfsu.edu/.
Rank and salary: Assistant Professor salary commensurate with qualifications and experience. The CSU provides generous health, retirement and other benefits. The faculty at the CSU are collectively bargained.
Application process:
Submit letter of intent/interest, a current CV and names and contact information of three references. Letters of recommendation, writing sample, syllabi, and teaching statement upon request at a later date.
Submit all materials by mail to Julietta Hua, Chair; attn. Search Committee; Dept of Women and Gender Studies; 1600 Holloway Ave; San Francisco CA 94132 or online towgsearch@sfsu.edu; subject line: [last name] WGS TT Search Application by November 14, 2016.
San Francisco State University is a member of the California State University system and serves a diverse student body of 30,000 undergraduate and graduate students. The University seeks to promote appreciation of scholarship, freedom and, human diversity through excellence in instruction and intellectual accomplishment. SFSU faculty are expected to be effective teachers and demonstrate professional achievement and growth through research, scholarship, and/or creative work.
San Francisco State University is an Equal Opportunity Employer with a strong commitment to diversity. We welcome applicants of all ethnic, racial and gender identities, sexual orientations as well as people with disabilities. We particularly encourage those who may be from historically underrepresented groups.
A background check (including a criminal records check) must be completed satisfactorily before any candidate can be offered a position with the CSU. Failure to satisfactorily complete the background check may affect the application status of applicants or continued employment of current CSU employees who apply for the position.
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Primary Category: | Women, Gender, and Sexuality |
Secondary Categories: | None |
Posting Date: | 09/27/2016 |
Closing Date | 11/26/2016 |