Assistant Professor - Military Veterans

Home to the arts, social sciences and humanities disciplines and programs, the College of Liberal Arts is the largest college in the University of Minnesota and comprises 31 academic departments, and over 20 interdisciplinary research centers and administrative/support units. CLA has over 1,300 faculty and staff spanning research, teaching, advising, outreach, and administrative functions. CLA units reside in over twenty buildings on the East Bank and West Bank of the Twin Cities campus. CLA enrolls nearly 13,000 undergraduate students, over 40% of the undergraduate enrollment on the Twin Cities campus, 1,400 graduate students, and has an annual all-funds budget of $290 million.

CLA is a destination for curious, compassionate individuals who are committed to making our increasingly interdependent and diverse global community work for everyone. That foundational commitment begins in our CLA Constitution . CLA is committed to increasing enrollment of underrepresented and under-resourced students, diversifying our faculty across all disciplines, recruiting, and retaining a diverse staff, and promoting the expression and exploration of diverse perspectives and viewpointsâ"so that we all gain the background knowledge and analytical skills we need to understand and respect differences.

The Department of Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies (GWSS) at the University of Minnesota invites applications for two Two-Year Term Assistant Professor positions for 2024-25 and 2025-26. We prioritize applicants with expertise and grounded engagement across one or a combination of the following fields: Black, Indigenous, or Chicanx/Latinx Feminisms. We invite applicants with interconnecting research interests in the following areas: science and technology studies; critical disability studies; queer and trans studies, including queer/trans of color critique; affect; digital humanities; the environment; water and food security; migration; animal studies; or settler colonialism. Ideal candidates will be those forging innovative and productive connections across methods, fields, disciplines, and time- and place-specific contexts in the social sciences and humanities. Preference will be given to candidates who have conducted teaching and research in two or more of these areas in novel ways, and approach them in a transnational framework, including through conversations in African Studies, Caribbean Studies, and/or Latin American Studies. A Ph.D. or equivalent terminal degree in Gender and Sexuality studies or in a related social sciences or humanities field is required. Preference will be given to candidates with a demonstrated commitment to intersectional and transnational feminist pedagogies, with a strong commitment to teaching a diverse undergraduate student body in a large research university.

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Both successful candidates will teach a 3/2 load, with the option of departmental service and involvement in departmental programming. These are two-year fixed term positions, designed to cover instructional needs occasioned by retirements and sabbatical leaves.

A Ph.D. or equivalent terminal degree in Gender and Sexuality studies or in a related social sciences or humanities field is required. Preference will be given to candidates with a demonstrated commitment to intersectional and transnational feminist pedagogies, with a strong commitment to teaching a diverse undergraduate student body in a large research university.