Memorial University, Department of Women’s Studies
Sep 03, 2009 → Nov 27, 2009
Department of Women's Studies POSITION#: VPA-WSTD-2009-001
The Department of Women’s Studies invites applications for a tenure track position in Indigenous, Aboriginal and/or First Nations studies. An expertise in transnational and/or postcolonial feminisms would be an asset. Geographical focus is open. The Department of Women’s Studies currently offers an undergraduate Major and Minor and Master of Women’s Studies. As well as interdisciplinary collaboration among colleagues in Arts, Business, Community Health, Education, Engineering, Human Kinetics and Recreation, Science, and Nursing, the department has strong connections with community organizations. The successful applicant will have a Ph.D. in Women’s Studies or an allied discipline, with a demonstrated commitment to Women’s Studies/Gender Studies/Feminist Studies; demonstrated achievement in teaching and research; ability to teach required undergraduate courses in Women’s Studies (including Introduction to Women’s Studies); ability to teach graduate level courses in Women’s Studies and to supervise graduate students.
Letters of application should be accompanied by a current curriculum vitae, a writing sample, a
teaching dossier, three letters of reference. Applications should be forwarded to:
Head, Department of Women’s Studies,
Memorial University, St. John’s, NL,
Canada, A1C 5S7.
For further information, please email head, with
subject: “Women’s Studies Position.”
NOTE: All applications should quote the appropriate position number as listed in each case. Deadline November 10, 2009.
Memorial University is the largest university in Atlantic Canada. As the province’s only university, Memorial plays an integral role in the education and cultural life of Newfoundland and Labrador. Offering diverse undergraduate and graduate programs to nearly 18,000 students, Memorial provides a distinctive and stimulating environment for learning in St. John’s, a safe, friendly city with great historic charm, a vibrant cultural life, and easy access to a wide range of outdoor activities. With over 185 regular faculty members in 16 academic departments and a wide variety of interdisciplinary major, minor and diploma programs, the Faculty of Arts offers breadth, depth and diversity. Counting around 5000 students with declared majors or minors, and with strong graduate programs, the Faculty is committed to providing solid teaching and research support to new appointees. The Faculty of Arts houses, among other units, the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER), ISER Books and the Digital Research Centre for Qualitative Fieldwork. It is also home to outstanding archival collections, including the Maritime History Archive, the Folklore and Language Archive and the Native Language Archive. Memorial’s Queen Elizabeth II Library has excellent holdings with the most extensive collection of journals in the region. Please see Memorial
Tenure-Track positions will normally commence July 1, 2010, subject to budgetary approval, and will be made at the rank of Assistant Professor (with the exception of the Head in the Department of Political Science which will be made at the rank of Associate Professor or Professor). All positions normally require a completed doctoral degree in the appropriate discipline. A completed earned doctorate is required for the appointee to receive the rank of Assistant Professor and to be in a tenure-track position. (If a successful candidate has not completed an earned doctorate, he/she shall be appointed to a regular term, non-renewable three-year appointment at the rank of Assistant Professor. If the candidate completes all the requirements for the doctorate during the first 24 months of the term appointment, he/she shall begin a tenure-track appointment following completion of the requirements of the degree).