Amherst College
Posted: September 22, 2009
Description:
The Amherst College Department of Women’s and Gender Studies seeks to appoint a full-time Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor (tenure-track or tenured) to begin in the fall of 2010. “Images and Textualities” suggests a focus on interactive media, such as written or printed texts, pictures (including art) or film; the Global South is defined as Africa, the Middle East, Asia or Latin America. The teaching load is two courses per semester. All members of the Women’s and Gender Studies department participate in teaching required departmental courses, offer both lower and upper division courses in their area of expertise, and oversee honors theses. College-wide emphasis on writing encourages us to favor applicants with an interest, if not actual experience, in teaching writing. Strong commitments to scholarship and to undergraduate teaching, especially to working with a diverse student body, are essential.
Deadline:
Candidates whose application file is complete (including the three outside letters of recommendation) on or before November 15, 2009, will be assured full consideration.
Minimum Requirements:
The person hired must have completed her/his PhD, in a humanities discipline, by the time of appointment.
Preferred Qualifications:
A degree from an interdisciplinary program such as Women’s Studies, Ethnic Studies, Black Studies, Cultural Studies, Film/Media Studies or the various Area Studies would be acceptable provided the person's main expertise is in the humanities. We would also entertain applications from social scientists with a strong humanities focus, though our already existing strengths in history and political science preclude hiring in those two fields.
Documents Required:
Applicants should submit the following materials electronically to wags@amherst.edu: a letter of application that outlines the candidate’s scholarly and teaching interests; a curriculum vitae; and a one-page description of an interdisciplinary course (either upper or lower division) that the candidate would like to teach that fits broadly into the topic-area of Gender, Images and Textualities in the Global South (writing samples should not be sent at this time). Candidates should also arrange for three (3) letters of recommendation to be sent either electronically to wags@amherst.edu or in hard copy to: Media Search, Department of Women’s and Gender Studies, Box 2257, Amherst College, Amherst, MA 01002-5000.
Contact Information:
Inquiries may be directed to Amy Ford, Academic Coordinator, Women’s and Gender Studies Department, wags@amherst.edu.
Additional Information:
We expect to interview our shortlist at the MLA convention in Philadelphia, PA (Dec. 27-30, 2009).