Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Black Feminist Studies
Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Black Feminist Studies
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$ 71500 - 80500
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Western Washington University with over 15000 students in seven colleges and the graduate school is nationally recognized for its educational programs students and faculty. The campus is located in Bellingham Washington a coastal community of 90000 overlooking Bellingham Bay the San Juan Islands and the North Cascades Mountain range. The city lies 90 miles north of Seattle and 60 miles south of Vancouver British Columbia. Western has additional sites in Anacortes Bremerton Everett Port Angeles and Poulsbo. Western is recognized nationally for its successes such as being named one of the top public mastersgranting institutions in the Pacific Northwest for 25 years in a row by U.S. News & World Report.
Western Washington University is committed to achieving excellence through advancing inclusive success increasing our Washington impact and focusing on transformational education grounded in the liberal arts and sciences and based on innovative scholarship research and creative activity. Westerns greatest strength is the outstanding students faculty staff and alumni/ae who make up its community. Western supports an inclusive governance structure for all and provides a learning and working environment in which everyone can thrive. In pursuit of this excellence individual employees are expected to establish and maintain productive and effective inclusive working relationships amongst diverse populations including staff faculty administration student and external constituents. Further individual employees are expected to have the ability to operationalize sustainability concepts (economic societal environmental) into all aspects of performing their job duties.
The Department of Women Gender & Sexuality Studies at Western Washington University invites applications for a fulltime tenuretrack position at the rank of Assistant Professor specializing in Black Feminist Studies beginning September 2025. This position is for a scholar who centers the knowledge production of women of color in ways that challenges historical inequities state violence and/or regimes of incarceration by encouraging Black Feminist Thought visions of political and social transformation and/or Black feminist collective organizing. Applicants from any discipline in the Humanities or Social Sciences will be accepted with a preference for candidates with a Ph.D. in Women Gender and Sexuality Studies or related interdisciplinary fields. We seek applicants with a wellestablished record of research and teaching that engages Black feminist themes in the field from a philosophical racial queer trans and/or comparative perspective.
The successful applicant will be expected to teach core and advanced undergraduate courses in the Department of Women Gender & Sexuality Studies. This includes teaching at least one of our three core courses: Introduction to Women Gender & Sexuality Studies; Introduction to Feminist Theory; and Introduction to Queer and Sexuality Studies.The candidate will also have the opportunity to teach upperlevel classes including our required Queer Research Methods class and the Senior Seminar.Responsibilities for the position include teaching 2 courses per quarter 222 load); exemplary instruction; an active and successful research agenda; and service to the department college university and profession through a range of activities. The successful candidate will be expectedto provide equitable and inclusive learning environments for all students as they fulfill their teaching and mentoring responsibilities.
The Department of Women Gender & Sexuality Studies at Western Washington University pursues praxis and critical inquiry that makes sense of how gender affects our world and shapes social political and cultural formations through feminist and queer scholarship teaching and activism. We are dedicated to teaching undergraduate majors and minors how to use critical thinking to bridge intersectional feminist theories and social justice practice.Our program values and promotes interdisciplinary analysis through a variety of lenses including feminism gender race ethnicity disability sexuality and queer and trans identityin transnational and multicultural contexts.
- Ph.D. in Women Gender & Sexuality Studies or Ph.D. in Black Studies Ethnic Studies or other relevant field in the humanities and/or social sciences or ABD. If ABD all degree requirements must be completed by June 15th of the first year of employment.
- Specialization in Black Feminist Studies.
- A commitment to excellence in scholarship and a strong record of research productivity commensurate with their experience.
- Demonstrated ability to teach Women Gender & Sexuality Studies from the introductory to the advanced undergraduate level.
- An ability to work effectively with diverse students including a demonstrated ability and commitment to cultivating learning environments that are equitable and inclusive of students with diverse social identities and backgrounds.
- Ability to work effectively with diverse colleagues including a demonstrated ability and commitment to healthy communication and collaborative work practices.
- Demonstrated commitment to collaborative and communityengaged research.
Salary
Commensurate with experience and qualifications. The anticipated starting salary range for assistant professor appointment tenuretrack is generally between $71500 $74500 with placement within the positions salary range being based on qualifications and professional experience. The entire salary range for the assistant professor position is $71500 $80500 with the upper end of the salary range typically being achieved through collectively bargained salary adjustments.Relocation assistance may be available per University guidelines. Salary and Startup funds are to be determined upon being offered the position.
Bargaining Unit
United Faculty of Western Washington
Application Instructions
To be considered for the position application materials must be submitted via WWUs PageUp Westerns online employment management system. Candidates should upload the following as part of a complete application:
- Letter of application that specifically addresses the qualifications.
- CV
- Writing sample or sample publication maximum 30 pages.
- Graduate transcripts
- Names and contact information of three professional references. Do not send letters of recommendation; recommendations will be required and these will be requested of candidates referees via the PageUp system
- If ABD include verification of status from graduate school office advisor or department chair.
Finalists may be asked for evidence of successful teaching including student course evaluations. For questions about the position application process or department contact Dr. Rae Lynn SchwartzDuPre
Western Washington University (WWU) is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer committed to assembling a diverse broadly trained faculty and staff. Women minorities people with disabilities and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. In compliance with applicable laws and in furtherance of its commitment to fostering an environment that welcomes and embraces diversity WWU does not discriminate on the basis of race color creed religion national origin sex (including pregnancy and parenting status) disability age veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or expression marital status or genetic information in its programs or activities including employment admissions and educational programs. See WWUs Policy onEnsuring Equal Opportunity and Prohibiting Discrimination and Retaliation. Inquiries may be directed to the Office of Civil Rights and Title IX Compliance Title IX and ADA Coordinator Western Washington University Old Main 126 (MSHigh Street Bellingham WA 98225; 360.650.3307 (voice) or 711 (Washington Relay);
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Employment Type
Full Time
