Gender and Women's Studies

Vandana Shiva Chair in Transnational Feminism

The Connecticut College department of gender and women's studies invites applications for the Vandana Shiva Endowed Chair position in transnational feminism, open rank, with an appointment beginning July 1, 2009.

We especially welcome candidates with PhDs in gender and women's studies, or in sociology, anthropology, history, political science, anthropology or a related social science field with specialization in gender. We seek a transnational feminist scholar dedicated to undergraduate teaching and research in a liberal arts college and with demonstrated potential for publication  - or, for advanced rank, significant publication - that advances methods in the discipline of gender and women's studies and uses theoretical approaches that recognize the critical dimensions of race, ethnicity, sexual orientation and definition, nationality, class, and cross-cultural diversity in women's experience.

The person should be able to share the required departmental courses (Introduction to Transnational Feminism, Transnational Women's Movements, Feminist Theory, and a senior seminar in Comparative Feminist Studies) and to teach a course in feminist social science research methods, as well as to teach courses drawing on her or his own expertise.

The successful applicant will join a small and growing department with a commitment to transnational feminist critical inquiry and scholar activism that draws students who enjoy being passionately engaged with their studies and their world as intellectuals, activists, artists and writers. GWS began as a program in the 1970s and became a department in 1999.  It includes an Associated Faculty of over thirty members, and this position is our second full line. The successful candidate will have interest and skills in program building and a strong commitment to diversity. The endowed chair comes with a research stipend. 

Connecticut College is a private, highly selective college with a strong commitment to the liberal arts tradition and an emphasis on broad interdisciplinary teaching and research.  The normal teaching load is five courses annually, and faculty members are expected to contribute to the College's general education program, which includes a first year seminar component. Salary is competitive. Tenure-track faculty receive a research stipend for their first two summers and a semester's leave at full salary after their third year if they are reappointed for the full probationary period. College benefits include insurance coverage for same-sex spouses and insurance and tuition benefits for children in lesbian and gay families; and Connecticut law provides for same-sex unions and for protection against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. New London is the urban center of southeastern Connecticut and is located in an urban corridor between New York City and New Haven to the west and Providence and Boston to the east. The College is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed by mission to developing diversity and sustaining a diverse faculty and staff.  Underrepresented groups and women are encouraged to apply.

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