Assistant Professor of Women and Gneder Studies - San Francisco State University

The Women and Gender Studies Department at San Francisco State University invites applicants for an approved tenure track position at the Assistant Professor level to begin in fall 2014, subject to financial ability.

Position Description:
The Women and Gender Studies Department at SFSU seeks to hire a junior scholar with expertise in transnational feminist methodologies whose research addresses one or more of the following fields:

·       Science and technology studies

·       Disability studies

·       Indigenous feminisms

·       Health inequalities and the environment

The successful candidate will have a PhD in Women and Gender Studies or experience in the discipline. This scholar must teach from a perspective that emphasizes the mutually constitutive nature of categories of difference, and their course offerings should complement and extend our strengths in transnational feminist cultural studies and interdisciplinary social sciences. 

Candidates should send the following:

·       Cover letter

·       A curriculum vitae

·       Names of three recommenders

·       (Requests for letters of recommendation [no more than two years old], writing sample, syllabi,

teaching evaluations, and teaching philosophy will be made after the first round of review) 

Please mail documents (no email applications) to:

Hiring Committee
Department of Women and Gender Studies San Francisco State University
1600 Holloway Ave
San Francisco, CA 94132

Review of applications will begin November 14, 2013.