Assistant Professor in Transgender Studies Approaches to Literatures, Media, and Cultures of the Global South, Department of English and Program in Womens and Gender Studies
Georgetown University: Main Campus: College of Arts & Sciences: English
Location: Washington, DC
Open Date: Sep 30, 2024
Deadline: Aug 01, 2025 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time
Description
The Department of English and the Program in Women’s and Gender Studies at Georgetown University invite applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor to begin in August 2025.
We are looking for candidates whose work is in Trans Studies as it relates to literary, media, and cultural production in or from the Global South. We welcome applicants with a research and teaching focus on transnational and/or diasporic cultures; migrants and migration; post- and/or anti-colonialism.
The teaching load is 2 courses per semester, split equally between units, with teaching responsibilities at both the undergraduate and graduate level. Additional responsibilities include service appropriate for jointly-appointed faculty. This is an interdisciplinary position, but the tenure home will be in the English Department.
The English Department at Georgetown University houses faculty who specialize in the study of the literary, historical, cultural, and digital and who also work across multiple interdisciplinary units such as Black Studies, American Studies, Creative Writing, Disability Studies, Environmental Studies, Film and Media Studies, Global Medieval Studies, Public Humanities, Urban Studies, Women’s and Gender Studies, and Writing Studies. The successful candidate will build on the Department’s existing strengths and enhance its commitment to engaged scholarship. We welcome applicants whose work addresses multiple audiences and tackles issues of public concern.
The Program in Women’s and Gender Studies at Georgetown is a multi-disciplinary and interdisciplinary program that specializes in critical, feminist, and cross-cultural understandings of women, gender, and power in a global context. Focusing on the interactions and intersections of race, class, (dis)ability, gender, and sexuality, the Women’s and Gender Studies program fosters knowledge about gender and sexuality in all their diversity and encourages the critical interrogation of traditional academic disciplines. Our faculty specialize in performance studies, queer studies, Black feminisms, biopolitics, sexual politics, transracial and transnational studies, ableism, cultural politics, gender-based violence, public policy, and feminist theory. Our program is home to award-winning teachers, scholars, and activists.
Qualifications
A Ph.D. in Women’s and Gender Studies, English, or a complementary interdisciplinary field is required prior to appointment start date. Candidates must show a strong promise of excellence in teaching as well as research.
Application Instructions
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1. Cover Letter
2. CV
Applications completed by November 15, 2024, will receive full consideration. We will contact applicants whose candidacy we wish to pursue further with a request for three letters of recommendation, a writing sample, and sample syllabi, which will be due on December 9. We aim to conduct Zoom interviews before December 21.
For questions related to this position, please contact: Nadia E. Brown, Professor of Government and Director of Women’s and Gender Studies, nb865@georgetown.edu
The projected salary pay range is $84,910 – 94,344. Compensation is determined by a number of factors including, but not limited to, the candidate’s individual qualifications, experience, education, skills, and certifications, as well as the University’s business needs and external factors.
Qualifications
Application Instructions
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