POST-DOC in Women's Studies

[Norma Mendoza-Denton]

I know this is off-topic for the current discussion, but I would love to
see a linguist get this one:

Norma



>Andrew W. Mellon post-doctoral fellowship in Women's Studies at Smith
College
>
>The Smith College Women's Studies Program will offer a two-year Andrew
W.
>Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship beginning in the fall of 1999.
Successful
>candidates will have completed all requirements for the Ph.D. by June
1999.
> Fellows are expected to continue their research, participate in
faculty
>development projects, and teach two courses in the Program each year.
We
>seek a fellow with a commitment to interdisciplinary teaching in
women's
>studies and whose teaching and research interests will contribute to
either
>of our two new curricular initiatives in Queer Studies and Women of
Color
>Studies.
>
>The Women's Studies Program is a large interdisciplinary program,
offering
>over 40 courses annually, with about 20 participating faculty.  Recent
>faculty development projects have included a faculty seminar on queer
>theory, race, and masculinity, and a national conference on queer
activism/
>queer studies.  The Women's Studies Program is launching a new
>interdisciplinary journal, Meridians, that explores the intersections
of
>feminism, race, and transnationalism.  Smith College is the largest
women's
>college in the nation and the site of the renowned women's history
archive,
>the Sophia Smith Collection.  The Five College Women's Studies Research

>Center, located at Mount Holyoke College, brings scholars and activists
to
>the Connecticut River Valley and fosters connections among women's
studies
>faculty at Amherst, Mount Holyoke, Hampshire colleges, and the
University
>of Massachusetts.
>
>Send an informative letter of application (including an e-mail address
if
>you have one), a curriculum vitae, three current letters of
recommendation
>(dated 1996 or later, all letters will be treated as confidential
>documents), and evidence of successful teaching performance by April 2,

>1999. All materials should be sent to: Susan Van Dyne, Women's Studies,

>Smith College, Seelye 207b, Northampton, MA  01063.
>
>2/12/99
>