Jobs/Fellowships

 New Job & Fellowship Opportunities

Resident Teacher-Scholar at Berea College’s bell hooks Center

Berea College, home of the new bell hooks center, invites teacher-scholars to apply for a one- to three-

year residency (11 months each year) to begin August 2021. Responsibilities include: teaching two to

three courses each year in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies or in Berea’s General Education

program; making feminism available, as dr. hooks writes, “for everybody,” by critically engaging dr.

hooks’s papers in the Berea College Special Collections and Archives, and by supplementing these

resources with personal interviews and other research focused on her works; and regularly sharing their

research with the campus community and beyond. The teacher-scholar will work closely with the center

Director and Chair of Berea College’s Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Department to support

curricular alignment with dr. hooks’s teachings and center programming of national esteem. In addition,

the teacher-scholar will work with a postdoctoral fellow to organize the first two bell hooks center

symposia in Summer 2023 and Summer 2024. Required: a Ph.D. in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality

Studies or a related field; at least three years of post-graduate teaching experience; and a strong record

of scholarly publication. Experience with conference planning preferred. Appointment is for one year

with the possibility of renewal for one or two additional years based on satisfactory performance.

Applicants should submit: (1) a cover letter detailing the applicant’s teaching experience and the classes

they might teach at Berea; their research program, including plans to engage dr. hooks’s work while at

Berea; and their experience, if any, with conference programming; (2) curriculum vita; (3) a writing

sample; (4) a teaching portfolio, including a statement of teaching philosophy, sample syllabi, and

evidence of teaching excellence; (5) a one-page diversity statement describing how the applicant’s

scholarship and teaching promotes diversity, equity and inclusion, as well as the applicant’s plans to

contribute to the College’s Great Commitments (found at https://www.berea.edu/the-great-

commitments/); (6) graduate transcripts; and (7) three letters of recommendation to:

https://tinyurl.com/h27nchc. Review of candidates will begin May 15, 2021 and will continue until the

position is filled.

Postdoctoral Fellow at Berea College’s bell hooks center

Berea College, home of the new bell hooks center, invites applicants for a one- to three-year

postdoctoral fellowship (11 months each year) to begin August 2021. In addition to engaging dr. hooks’s

works in ways that advance their own research and scholarship, the fellow will take the lead in designing

and planning, in collaboration with the bell hooks Teacher-Scholar in Residence, two symposia to be

hosted by the bell hooks center in Summer 2023 and Summer 2024. The fellow will also provide overall

support to the center Director and Chair of the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Department,

while teaching two to three courses each year in the department or in Berea’s General Education

program. Required: completion of a Ph.D. in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies or a related field

prior to the beginning of the fellowship. Experience with conference planning preferred. Appointment is

for one year with the possibility of renewal for one or two additional years based on satisfactory

performance.

Applicants should submit (1) a cover letter that details how the applicant’s teaching and research

experience align with dr. hooks’s works; their plans to further this research and pedagogy while at

Berea; an indication of what courses they might teach; and their experience, if any, with conference

programming; (2) a curriculum vitae; (3) a statement of teaching philosophy; (4) a one-page diversity

statement describing how the applicant’s scholarship and teaching promotes diversity, equity and

inclusion, as well as the applicant’s plans to contribute to the College’s Great Commitments (found at

https://www.berea.edu/the-great-commitments/); (5) graduate transcripts; and (6) three letters of

recommendation to: https://tinyurl.com/24cd7s42. Review of candidates will begin May 15, 2021 and

will continue until the position is filled.

UMN DRC Access Consultant Job Opening

About this position:
Access Consultants arrange for reasonable accommodations for students with disabilities and/or health conditions to ensure access to courses, programs, facilities, services, and activities on campus. Access Consultants provide ongoing consultation and support to instructors and departments and work in collaboration with campus partners to facilitate access.

Required qualifications include:
BA/BS with 4 years of relevant experience in the areas of facilitating access for people with disabilities and working with students in higher education
Demonstrated experience in, and an ongoing commitment to, working effectively with and across diverse communities, including specific experience with one or more of the following identities/communities: people of color, including underrepresented groups and new immigrant populations; American Indians; people with both visible and invisible disabilities; women; people of various gender and sexual identities and expressions; and first-generation students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds


Application Instructions:
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External applicants may use the following link:
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https://hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/int/338610

The job code for this position is 338610.

Post-Doc Position in Indigenous Knowledge at Arizona State

Visiting Assistant Professor of Gender Studies

2-Year Postdoctoral Fellowship in Gender and Sexuality Studies, University of British Columbia

Adjunct Opportunity at Carleton College for grad students

Carleton College is looking for someone to teach 2-3 courses next year in the area of LGBTQ studies. More specifically, this person would teach Foundations of LGBTQ studies (an introductory level course) and 1-2 other courses of their choice (as long as they focused on LGBTQ studies). They will be replacing a colleague who will be on sabbatical next year. For information and to apply, reach out to Meera Sehgal at msehgal@carleton.edu

Assistant Editor position at Cultural Critique for AY 2021-2022

One position available: 25% PhD Candidate Graduate Research Project Assistant (9529) for AY 2021-2022 (with a start date of August 30, 2021 ­­and an end date of May 29, 2022) to work with the editors of the journal Cultural Critique (co-edited by Cesare Casarino, Maggie Hennefeld, John Mowitt, and Simona Sawhney). There is a possibility of continuation based on the needs of the journal, funding, and satisfactory performance.

The successful candidate must be a graduate student at the University of Minnesota who has achieved ADS status by the beginning of the Fall 2021 semester, meaning that s/he has finished all course work, passed preliminary examinations, and completed 24 thesis credits. Previous editorial experience is helpful.

Project assistants are responsible for submitting each issue of the journal to the University of Minnesota Press. Shared duties include formatting accepted essays, managing copyedited manuscripts, organizing proof corrections and advising authors on image copyrights. Other principle shared duties involve organizing the double-blind peer review process; communicating with authors and reviewers of submitted articles as well as with members of the editorial board and personnel at the Press; cataloguing submitted articles; responding to routine inquiries concerning the business of the journal and its companion book series; organizing monthly meetings of the journal’s editors; soliciting and adjudicating book reviews; and compiling a list of books received, to be published in each issue.

Please note that project assistants are required to fulfill their weekly duties throughout the entire semester, including university breaks (Winter/Spring). During the summer months, one project assistant position is available, at reduced hours (summer positions are not guaranteed and do not include fringe benefits).

Compensation: $23.88 per hour, plus fringe benefits, including tuition waiver (50% waiver @ 25% appointment). 25% appointment is for ten hours per week. Duties will be shared with a second project assistant, Dylan Mohr, who holds a 50% appointment for AY 2021-2022. Applicants must be registered graduate students of the University of Minnesota during the full term of employment.

To apply: Send a letter of interest and CV via email to the editors at cultcrit@umn.edu addressing your skills relative to the duties described above. Indicate all other University support you have secured for AY 2021-2022. **Please note that your application cannot be considered without this information.**

Your application must be received by May 16, 2021.
Please note that employment will begin on August 30, 2021.