The Gender and Women's Studies Program at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) invites applications for a non-tenure track Lecturer position to begin in August 2011. The successful candidate should have a Ph.D. in Gender/Women's Studies or a closely related interdisciplinary field at the time of appointment, demonstrated experience teaching gender and women's studies courses, a specialization in social change/activism, and demonstrated experience managing student learning communities or campus organizations. The teaching load is 6 courses per year, including but not limited to the introductory course and a course on women, gender, and activism. Beyond the teaching, the responsibilities of the position include development and management of a student learning community sponsored by the Gender and Women's Studies Program. This is a great opportunity for those interested in cultivating active learning environments for a diverse community of students engaged in social change/justice activism.
UMBC is a dynamic mid-sized public research university that values undergraduate teaching and student mentoring. With over 12,000 undergraduate and graduate students, the campus reflects the wealth of diversity of the Baltimore-Washington region's peoples and opportunities. The Gender and Women's Studies Program at UMBC is an interdisciplinary academic unit committed to expanded understanding of how gender and its intersections with race, nation, class, religion, and sexuality, make a difference in individual lives and in the practices and institutions of human societies and cultures. The program has three faculty lines and more than 20 affiliate faculty. It enrolls approximately 60 undergraduate students divided among its undergraduate major, minor, certificate, and post-baccalaureate certificate programs and is one of the seven participating departments in the Language, Literacy, and Culture, Ph.D. program. UMBC is especially proud of the diversity of its student body and we seek to attract an equally diverse applicant pool for this position. We have a strong commitment to increasing faculty diversity.
Please submit a letter of interest, CV, a writing sample, teaching portfolio (including statement of teaching philosophy, sample syllabi, sample assignments, and teaching evaluations) and arrange for three letters of reference to be sent separately Applications are due November 20, 2010. Send materials to Dr. Carole McCann, Lecturer Search Committee Chair, Gender and Women's Studies Program, UMBC, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250. Applications may also be emailed to gwstudies@umbc.edu. UMBC is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.
Postal Address: Dr. Carole McCann
Gender and Women's Studies Program
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
1000 Hilltop Circle
Baltimore, MD 21250
TDD: 410-455-3233
Email Address: gwstudies@umbc.edu
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