Wellesley College-Assistant Professor of American Studies & Women’s and Gender Studies

The Departments of American Studies and Women’s and Gender Studies at Wellesley College invite applications for a full-time tenure-track position at the level of assistant professor in the field of Queer and Trans Studies to begin July 2025.  In particular we seek a candidate whose work and teaching centers questions of race and Queer of Color Critique. The ideal candidate would be an excellent teacher with a breadth of interests appropriate to a liberal arts undergraduate institution as well as a strong commitment to interdisciplinary scholarship.

This position involves a four course per year teaching load. Please submit only in electronic form the following: a letter of application, a c.v., description of research interests, statement of teaching experience, writing sample, and three letters of recommendation (the online application will request names/email addresses so that recommenders or dossier services may submit the letters directly), to https://www.wellesley.edu/about-us/working-at-wellesley.

Deadline: The committee will begin its review on September 15, 2024.  If circumstances do not allow you to submit materials through our online application system, please email us at working@wellesley.edu.

Wellesley College is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer, and we are committed to increasing the diversity of the college community and the curriculum. Candidates who believe they can contribute to that goal are encouraged to apply.