Feminist Theory Tenure Track Open Rank Professor
- Employer
- University of California, Los Angeles
- Location
- Los Angeles
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- Position Type
- Tenured & Tenure-Track
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Institution Type
- Four-Year Institution
Job Details
Feminist Theory Tenure Track Open Rank Professor
University of California, Los Angeles
Requisition Number: JPF04940
Recruitment Period
Open September 13th, 2019 through Thursday, Oct 31, 2019 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Description
The Department of English invites applications for a faculty position in feminist theory, rank open. We are interested in hiring a scholar working at the leading edge of feminist and gender literary theory across genres, historical moments and cultural contexts, media, and performance. Areas of particular interest include but are not limited to: intersectionality; global comparatist and postcolonial approaches; biopolitics; affect and sensation studies; psychoanalysis; new materialisms; queer and trans; and critical race theory. We are looking for candidates with an interest in teaching the diverse intellectual genealogies of feminism and whose record of professional service reflect a commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion.
We welcome applications that link the study of literary feminism and gender to interdisciplinary research areas such as disability studies, environmental humanities, law and literature, media studies, food studies, medical humanities, digital humanities or urban humanities.
Junior candidates must have the PhD in hand by June 30, 2020; all candidates must submit the documents below to Abigail Martinez via UCLA Recruit by October 31, 2019.
Document Requirements:
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The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age or protected veteran status. For the complete University of California nondiscrimination and affirmative action policy, see: UC Nondiscrimination & Affirmative Action Policy, https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4000376/DiscHarassAffirmAction
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