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Job Status :   Full Time, Contract
Company :   The University of Connecticut
Posting Date :   November 3
Closing Date :   OPEN
Relevant Experience :   0 Year(s)
Number of Positions :   1
Location :   Storrs, Connecticut
Category :   Academia and Education
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Reference Number :   2016193

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The University of Connecticut

Assistant Professor - Geography & Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Position Summary:  The University of Connecticut (UConn) is entering a transformational period of growth supported by the $1.7B Next Generation Connecticut (http://nextgenct.uconn.edu/) and the $1B Bioscience Connecticut (http://biosciencect.uchc.edu/) investments and a bold new Academic Plan: Path to Excellence (http://issuu.com/uconnprovost/docs/academic-plan-single-hi-optimized_1).  As part of these initiatives, UConn has hired more than 450 new faculty at all ranks during the past three years.  We are pleased to continue these investments by inviting applications for faculty positions in the Department of Geography and the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program at the rank of tenure-track assistant professor as a joint appointment to begin August 2016.  

UConn Geography (geography.uconn.edu) has 18 faculty, five of whom have joint appointments with other units, and is poised to expand further as the university consolidates its position as the best public university in New England and one of the top 20 public universities nationwide.  With traditional strengths in economic and urban geography, location theory, and GIScience, the department is developing in new directions in human geography, environmental-society interactions, and the environmental sciences. Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (http://wgss.uconn.edu/) has 13 faculty, all but three of whom hold joint appointments. The program has four primary strengths:  art, culture, and history; health, science, and technology; sexualities; and transnational feminism and globalization. 

The successful candidate will have a strong record of research productivity, external funding, effective teaching, and professional service. The successful candidate will be expected to contribute to research & scholarship through extramural funding, high quality publications, impact as measured through citations, and national recognition as through honorific awards.  In the area of teaching, successful candidate will share a deep commitment to effective instruction at the undergraduate and graduate levels, development of innovative courses and mentoring of students in research, outreach and professional development.  Successful candidates will also be expected to broaden participation among members of under-represented groups; demonstrate through their research, teaching, and/or public engagement the richness of diversity in the learning experience; integrate multicultural experiences into instructional methods and research tools; leadership in developing pedagogical techniques designed to meet the needs of diverse learning styles and intellectual interests. We are particularly interested in individuals whose work will capitalize on one or more of the strengths of the Geography or WGSS programs as well as build linkages between these programs and other departments and programs at UConn.  The successful candidate will teach two courses per semester, pursue rigorous research programs, and contribute to both graduate and undergraduate teaching.

Minimum Qualifications:  Ph.D. in Geography; Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies; or other related discipline by August 23, 2016. Equivalent foreign degrees are acceptable. Scholarly focus should be on the spatiality of gender and/or sexuality with a strong foundation in feminist and/or queer studies.  We invite applications across the full range of feminist research on issues of space, place, and environment and are open to specializations in a variety of subfields that will complement or strengthen our programs.  Examples of areas of scholarly specialization include, but are not limited to: gender and sexuality in health and medical geography; sustainability, climate change, and human-environment interactions; comparative studies at the regional, national, international, or transnational levels; intersections of race, gender, and sexuality; and diaspora, refugee and enclave communities.

Preferred Qualifications: Teaching experience in women’s, gender, and sexuality studies and feminist geography. 

Appointment Terms:  This is a full-time, 9-month, tenure-track position with an anticipated start date of August 23, 2016.  The successful candidate's primary academic appointment will be at the Storrs campus with the possibility of assignment at one of UConn’s regional campuses. Salary is competitive and will be commensurate with background, qualifications, and experience.

To Apply:  Select “Apply Now" to be redirected to Academic Jobs Online to complete your application.  Please submit the following: cover letter, curriculum vitae, a statement describing research and teaching interests, commitment to diversity statement, and selected scholarly publications. Additionally, follow the instructions in Academic Jobs Online to direct at least three reference writers to submit letters of recommendation on your behalf.  Review of applications will begin on December 31, 2015 and continue until the position is filled.  Employment of the successful candidate is contingent upon the successful completion of a pre-employment criminal background check. (Search # 2016193)

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