(NAME-MCE) Asst. Professor in GWS --Gender, Sexuality and Popular

[Gradilla, Alexandro]

Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:26:16 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Gutierrez, Elena" <elgut at uic.edu>

The Gender and Women's Studies Program at the University of Illinois at
Chicago (UIC) invites applications for a tenure track position as an
Assistant Professor in Gender, Sexuality and Popular Culture.  We seek a
candidate with a strong commitment to teaching and interdisciplinary
scholarship with an emphasis on some aspect of gender, queer theory, or
women's studies as they relate to contemporary popular culture. Candidates
with an intersectional perspective and who can teach core courses in GWS
will be strongly considered.

Applicants must have a Ph.D. at the time of appointment.  UIC is an
exciting urban campus in the City of Chicago with a stellar faculty and a
strong mission of engaged scholarship. We are also launching a new joint
PhD program in 2010 in partnership with the Departments of Latin American
and Latino Studies and African American Studies at UIC.  We look to hire a
new colleague who will be able to offer courses in this new graduate
program as well. Please submit a cover letter, vitae, writing sample and
three letters of reference to GWS Search Committee, c/o Ms. Geri James,
University of Illinois at Chicago, Gender and Women's Studies Program, 601
S. Morgan, M/C 360, Chicago, IL 60607.  To receive fullest consideration
applications should be submitted by December 1, 2008.  UIC is an Equal
Opportunity Employer.  Women, people of color, lesbian, gay, bi-sexual and
trans-gendered people are encouraged to apply.

The University of Illinois is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer

--
Elena Gutierrez
Associate Professor of Gender and Women's Studies
   and Latin American/Latino Studies
University of Illinois, Chicago
1802 UH (m/c 360)
601 S. Morgan
Chicago, IL 60607

phone: 312 996-9039
fax: 312 355-4478