| About the Position: |
The Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies Department of the University of Maryland Baltimore County announces a full-time one-year position as Visiting Lecturer beginning August 23, 2024. Teaching expertise in introductory courses in gender, women’s, and sexuality studies is required. The ideal candidate will have an M.A. or Ph.D. in Women’s Studies or a closely related interdisciplinary field and demonstrated experience teaching introductory women’s studies courses at the undergraduate level. Experience teaching upper-level undergraduate courses on transnational feminist movements and globalization are also preferred. Duties will include teaching 6 courses per year and service to the department.
UMBC is a dynamic mid-sized public research university (R1) that values undergraduate teaching and student mentoring. With over 13,500 undergraduate and graduate students, the campus reflects the wealth of ethnic and cultural diversity of the Baltimore-Washington region. The Gender, Women’s, + Sexuality Studies Department at UMBC is an interdisciplinary academic unit committed to transnational and intersectional understandings of how gender and sexuality and their intersections with race, nation, class, religion, and ability make a difference in individual lives and in the practices and institutions of human societies and cultures. The program currently has six faculty lines and more than 32 affiliate faculty. It enrolls approximately 70 undergraduate students among its undergraduate major, minor, certificate, post-baccalaureate certificate in gender and women’s studies, and its critical sexuality studies minor and certificate programs. The department is deeply collaborative, with a coordinating committee of core and affiliate faculty that jointly manage the curriculum of core and cross-listed courses. We are deeply engaged in campus DEIA activities and social justice issues.
UMBC is especially proud of the diversity of its student body and we seek to attract an equally diverse applicant pool for this position. Underrepresented groups (e.g., racial, ethnic, sexual minorities), women, veterans, and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply. The campus and department are committed to increasing faculty diversity.
Applications should be addressed to Dr. Vrushali Patil and should be submitted through Interfolio (apply.interfolio.com/146148). Applications should include a letter of interest, which includes consideration of capacity to respond in pedagogically productive ways to the learning needs of students from diverse backgrounds; CV; a list of references; and teaching portfolio, including course syllabi and evaluations. Review of applications will begin June 01, 2024 and will continue until the position is filled.
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| About UMBC: |
UMBC, an honors university serving more than 14,000 undergraduates and 2,000 graduate students, is one of two public universities in Maryland to achieve the “doctoral/research university-extensive” Carnegie classification. Located just outside Baltimore and 45 minutes from Washington, DC, the campus is growing rapidly under dynamic leadership.
Our UMBC community redefines excellence in higher education through an inclusive culture that connects innovative teaching and learning, research across disciplines, and civic engagement. We will advance knowledge, economic prosperity, and social justice by welcoming and inspiring inquisitive minds from all backgrounds. The successful candidate will join a department with a strong commitment to diversity and inclusive excellence, and will be expected to contribute actively to these efforts (https://diversity.umbc.edu/).
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