Two-year Post-Doc: Critical Gender and Race Studies

Two-year Post-Doc Critical Gender and Race Studies Opportunity for teaching scholars from historically underrepresented groups

The Santa Clara University Women’s and Gender Studies (WGST) Department seeks a dynamic Inclusive Excellence Postdoctoral Fellow in the area of Critical Gender and Race Studies. Specifically, we seek a feminist teacher-scholar who conducts engaged social research at the intersection of gender and race, focusing primarily on the United States. Areas of research specialization could include but are not limited to: medicine and technology, health and reproductive justice, environmental studies, labor market segmentation, state and intimate violence, gender and immigration, systems of institutionalization (e.g., prisons, shelters, surveillance); science and technology studies, women of color feminisms, black feminisms, Latinx feminisms, critical gender and race theorizing, political economy and social movements, or digital culture. We particularly encourage applications from candidates whose work is interdisciplinary in nature.

''The goal of the Inclusive Excellence Postdoctoral Fellowship program at Santa Clara University is to support the early development of teaching scholars who are from historically underrepresented groups. ''This is a two year fellowship.

The Inclusive Excellence post-doc will teach Introduction to Women’s & Gender Studies, Women of Color in the U.S., courses in their area of specialty, and at least two of the following courses: Violence against Women; Gender, Technology, & Society; Body Politics; Introduction to LGBTQ Studies; Feminist Theory; Feminist Methods; Advanced Seminar; and Senior Capstone. The teaching load will be three courses during the first year and four during the second. Santa Clara University operates on the quarter system.

Santa Clara University is a comprehensive Jesuit, Catholic university located in California’s Silicon Valley, offering its 8,800 students rigorous undergraduate curricula in arts and sciences, business, and engineering, plus master’s, Ph.D., and law degrees. We offer an undergraduate major and minor in Women’s and Gender Studies

Application Information: https://jobs.scu.edu/postings/7911 Application Deadline: December 15, 2018 Department Chair: Linda Garber (lgarber@scu.edu)