---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Dustin Mulvaney <[email protected]> Date: Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 4:23 PM Subject: Fwd: Assistant professor position in feminist political ecology/sustainability studies To: [email protected]
FYI, Begin forwarded message: *From: *Anne C Bellows <[email protected]> *Subject: **FW: Assistant professor position in feminist political ecology/sustainability studies* *Date: *December 9, 2013 1:10:18 PM PST *To: *[email protected] *Reply-To: *Anne C Bellows <[email protected]> Hello all, please see job announcement in feminist political ecology/sustainability studies below. Anne C. Bellows, PhD Professor, Food Studies Syracuse University, David B. Falk College Department of Public Health, Food Studies, and Nutrition 304 Lyman Hall Syracuse, New York 13244 United States Email: [email protected] Office phone: 1-315-443-4228 Office fax: 1-315-443-2735 Homepage: http://falk.syr.edu/Faculty/BellowsAnne.aspx *From:* Marguerite Waller [mailto:[email protected]<[email protected]> ] *Sent:* Sunday, December 08, 2013 8:39 PM *To:* Anne C Bellows *Subject:* Assistant professor position in feminist political ecology/sustainability studies Dear Professor Bellows I write to ask your assistance in identifying potential candidates for a search we are conducting this academic year 2013-2014 for an Assistant Professor whose work focuses on Feminist Political Ecology/Sustainability Studies. The Department of Women’s Studies at UCR offers an interdisciplinary, transnational curriculum in feminist 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 5.5 tenure-track faculty, and 3 lecturers. Beyond our core faculty in humanities and social sciences, over 40 affiliated faculty across campus teach courses cross-listed with Women’s Studies or on gender/sexualities issues. The department offers a B.A. and a minor in Women’s Studies. We are proposing a Ph.D. program and developing an undergraduate B.S. A departmental name change to Gender and Sexuality Studies was recently approved by the Dean and is now under consideration by the relevant faculty committees. Our faculty engage in undergraduate and graduate teaching and work in collaboration with other departments. A Designated Emphasis for graduate students in LGBT Studies is currently being developed interdepartmentally. UCR benefits from the racial and ethnic diversity of our students, about a third of whom are the first members of their families to pursue higher education. Our faculty value interdisciplinary research and appreciate the diversity of women-based and feminist movements around the world. You can review our current newsletter and learn more about our faculty and curriculum on the departmental website at http://WomensStudies.ucr.edu. Thank you for your help in this search process. I would be grateful if you would circulate the attached search announcement to your students and colleagues. Please contact me if you wish to discuss any details of this search. Sincerely, Marguerite Waller Chair, Department of Women’s Studies 900 University Avenue Riverside, CA 92521 *[email protected] <[email protected]>* Tel +1 (951) 827-4379 *Search Announcement & Advertisement* *Assistant Professor of Feminist Political Ecology/Sustainability Studies* The Department of Women’s Studies at the University of California, Riverside invites applications for a tenure track position at the assistant professor level to teach undergraduate and graduate courses in feminist political ecology/sustainability studies, to begin July 1, 2014. This position supports the commitment of the department to curricular and research initiatives in sustainability studies that foreground relations between sex/gender systems and the systems and practices that are conducive or not to the pursuit of a livable world for all humans and non-humans in the present and future. The area of specialization is open, but preference will be given to interdisciplinary candidates whose work focuses on transnational issues and settings and is informed by feminist/queer methodologies and critical race theory. Candidates from a wide variety of disciplines, including but not limited to women’s and gender/sexuality studies, geography, environmental studies, ecology, anthropology, political science, science and technology studies, health studies, critical food studies, and ethnic studies are encouraged to apply. The appointment supports the department’s development of new curricular and research initiatives in diverse aspects of sustainability, including sustainable livelihoods, biodiversity, resource use, the political ecology of consumption, health, food, climate change, environmental degradation, histories of human-environment interaction, etc. The successful candidate will participate in the development of a new B.S. in Gender and Sexuality Studies and will collaborate with programs and initiatives across the campus in sustainability studies. A Ph.D. is required by the start of employment, along with evidence of an active research agenda. Salary commensurate with education and experience. EEO/AA employer. Interested candidates should send electronic applications, including a cover letter, curriculum vitae, research and teaching statements, at least three letters of recommendation, and writing sample to *https://aprecruit.ucr.edu/apply/JPF00051 <https://aprecruit.ucr.edu/apply/JPF00051>* or to the Department of Women’s Studies, Attention Victoria Cross, UC Riverside, 900 University Avenue, Riverside, CA 92521. Electronic application and submission of materials is strongly preferred. Review of applications will begin January 3, 2014 and will continue until position is filled. Questions about the position should be directed to Professor Chikako Takeshita, Chair, Women’s Studies Search Committee, [email protected]. =========== General AAG-CESG-L Information ============== By default, replies go to the entire list; or modify your "To:" field. You can manage your subscription and see the list archives at < http://lists.psu.edu/archives/aag-cesg-l.html>. 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