Postdoctoral Fellowship in Sexuality Studies (Social Scientific Approaches) - NorthwesternUniversity

Application Deadline: November 29, 2021

The Sexualities Project at Northwestern (SPAN) invites applications for two two-year postdoctoral fellowships in Sexuality Studies, to run from September 1, 2022 through August 31, 2024. Applications are welcome from scholars who study sexuality from a social science perspective (broadly construed). Each Fellow’s appointment will be a joint one: in the Gender & Sexuality Studies Program and in another department relevant to the Fellow’s research interests. We are particularly interested in candidates who could affiliate with one of the following participating departments: African-American Studies, Anthropology, Communication Studies, History, Human Development and Social Policy, Linguistics, Performance Studies, Political Science, Religious Studies, or Sociology. That is, the Fellow must have relevant expertise in both Sexuality Studies and one of these other disciplines, and must be prepared to teach courses that reflect that combined expertise. Fellows will pursue a program of independent scholarship under the guidance of a faculty mentor and will teach two undergraduate courses (typically one seminar and one lecture course) over the course of each year. Northwestern is on the quarter system by which the Fellows’ two courses will be distributed across three academic quarters. Fellows will also be expected to be active participants in SPAN’s community of faculty and graduate students and, as applicable, in their affiliated department by attending talks and events, and by giving a public talk once each year. Finally, they will assist in the organization of on-campus educational activities such as the annual SPAN workshop. We currently anticipate that the Fellows will be expected to be in residence for each of the academic years of their appointment. It is also anticipated that all teaching will be conducted in person.

All application materials other than letters of recommendation must be received by 11:59 pm on November 29, 2021. The initial letter of recommendation is due no later than December 6, 2021. Given that your reference will not receive submission instructions until you submit your completed application, we urge you to submit your application well before the deadline.

Important additional information including salary, qualifications, FAQs, and submission instructions can be found on our website at: http://www.sexualities.northwestern.edu/funding-opportunities/postdoc-applications/.

Administrative questions not addressed on the webpage should be directed to Cassilyn Ostrander at sexualities@northwestern.edu. Substantive questions not addressed on the webpage may be sent to the Co-Directors of SPAN, Héctor Carrillo (hector@northwestern.edu) and Gregory Ward (gw@northwestern.edu). For more information about Programs and Departments at Northwestern, visit: https://offices.northwestern.edu/browse/A/academic.