FW: job announcement

[Trechter, Sara]

> DEPARTMENT OF WOMEN'S STUDIES
> UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA RIVERSIDE
> RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA 92521
>
> February 10, 2000
>
> Dear Colleague:
>
> As Chair of the Department of Women's Studies, I would appreciate it if
> you
> would bring the following position description to the attention of
> interested persons in your department and related programs.
>
> COMPARATIVE SEXUALITIES
>
> The Department of Women's Studies at the University of California,
> Riverside invites applications at the assistant professor level for a
> full-time, tenure-track position beginning July 1, 2000 or July 1, 2001.
> We
> are seeking an innovative scholar engaged in interdisciplinary,
> cross-cultural studies of sexuality in relation to issues of gender,
> class,
> race, and nationality/ethnicity. The successful candidate will teach core
> and elective courses on gender and sexuality, sexuality and culture, and
> women and culture.  Social science background preferred, including
> anthropology and history. We seek a scholar whose research compares
> sexualities within and beyond the United States. Ph.D. must be in hand at
> time of appointment.  Please send Curriculum vitae, three letters of
> recommendation, written samples of scholarship, evidence of teaching
> ability, and other supporting materials. Deadline for completed
> applications is April 1, 2000 to: Chair, Comparative Sexualities Search
> Committee, Department of Women's Studies, University of California,
> Riverside, Riverside, CA  92521. The University of California is an EEO/AA
> employer.
>
> Departmental Sketch
>
> The Department of Women's Studies at UCR has a focus on international
> feminisms in theory and practice, gender in relation to other dimensions
> of
> social stratification, and post-, neocolonial, and transnational practices
> of gender and sexuality.  Currently the department has two dedicated lines
> as well as partial line assignments on a rotating basis with faculty in
> other departments. There are 30 affiliated faculty across campus who teach
> courses cross-listed with Women's Studies or on gender/sexuality issues;
> there is considerable faculty strength in the humanities wing of Women's
> Studies. The department offers a B.A. and minor in Women's Studies. While
> the department does not yet have a graduate program, our faculty engage in
> graduate teaching and work with graduate students in cooperation with
> other
> UCR departments. UCR benefits from the racial and ethnic diversity of our
> students, many of whom are the first members of their families to pursue
> higher education.
>
> Our faculty values interdisciplinary research and appreciates the
> diversity
> of women-based and feminist movements around the world. The Department's
> research arm, Women in Coalition, houses such initiatives as the Rural
> Women's Empowerment Project, which brings together social activists and
> women's studies scholars in the U.S., Mexico, and India. UC Riverside is
> scheduled for major growth over the next decade. The advertised position
> would be 100% in Women's Studies and is the first in this new expansion;
> other lines are planned for the Department.
>
> Sincerely,
> Christine Ward Gailey
> Professor and Chair, Department of Women's Studies
> Department of Women's Studies
> Phone: (909) 787-6427  //  Fax: (909) 787-6386
> christine.gailey at ucr.edu