College of New Jersey, Women’s and Gender Studies, Transnational/Global Feminisms
Sep 28, 2008 → Dec 05, 2008
College of New Jersey, Women’s and Gender Studies, Transnational/Global Feminisms
The College of New Jersey invites applications for a tenure-track, assistant professor position in Women’s and Gender Studies, starting in Fall 2009. Requirements include a Ph.D. in Women's Studies or Ph.D. in a relevant field with a graduate certificate or equivalent credential in Women’s Studies at the time of employment; a strong commitment to teaching; and a record of scholarship. Research interests may include: regional and global women’s movements, postcolonial and transnational feminisms, or global critical race feminisms, with a strong emphasis on the Global South or indigenous or diasporic communities.
Women’s and Gender Studies is a well established program that offers a major and minor, and is affiliated with a well recognized undergraduate women’s leadership program. Duties of the position include teaching introductory and advanced courses in Women’s and Gender Studies, maintaining a strong record of scholarship, advising and mentoring students, creating new courses, and contributing to interdisciplinary initiatives.
The Women’s and Gender Studies Program is housed within the School of Culture and Society, a liberal arts school devoted to the humanities and social sciences, to interdisciplinary and international study, to research for undergraduates, and to community-engaged learning and community-based research.
The College, one of the most selective public colleges in the nation, aspires to offer a premier public undergraduate educational experience. Primarily residential and undergraduate, it has 5,900 FTE students and 350 full-time faculty. The beautiful 258-acre campus is located between Princeton and Trenton, in the midst of the metropolitan region from Washington to Boston, and close to New York City and Philadelphia. For further information about the College, please visit our website
To enrich education through diversity, the College of New Jersey is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Women and members of minority groups are encouraged to apply. Please send letter of application with vita, letters of recommendation:
Juda Bennett, Search Committee Chair,
Women’s and Gender Studies Program,
The College of New Jersey, PO Box 7718,
Ewing, NJ 08628-0718
E-mail
Applications will be accepted until the position is filled, but for full consideration, applications should be postmarked by November 1, 2008.