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Junior Faculty Position in Women’s Studies at the University of Michigan (HIV Prevention Studies):

The Department of Women’s Studies at the University of Michigan invites applications for a non-tenured, tenure-track assistant professor position in HIV Prevention Studies.  We seek candidates with a demonstrated interest and expertise in the social dimensions of the global HIV/AIDS epidemic, whose work displays interdisciplinary breadth and demonstrates some familiarity with queer theory and/or feminist theory.  We welcome applicants in any and all relevant disciplines, but we are particularly interested in candidates whose research focuses on the relation between the evolution of the HIV/AIDS pandemic and social stratification or discrimination, as inflected by factors of gender, race, sexuality, class, nationality, geography, and political economy.  Other selection criteria include specialization in the construction and representation of HIV/AIDS, in public policy, media and popular culture, and/or sexual politics.  The successful candidate should be prepared to teach a large, introductory, interdisciplinary lecture course on the global HIV/AIDS epidemic.  This position is part of a cluster of five approved appointments at the assistant professor level at the University of Michigan that will include new junior positions in Psychology, Anthropology, Nursing, and Obstetrics/Gynecology, all of them for faculty with expertise in HIV/AIDS; we therefore hope to recruit individuals whose teaching, research, intellectual commitments, and professional careers will flourish in a multi-disciplinary environment that aims to address complex problems related to HIV/AIDS through research, education, and practice.  Qualifications for the position include:  completion of Ph.D. degree in a relevant field; demonstrated excellence in teaching and research; specialization in HIV/AIDS, with an emphasis on prevention, social intervention, gender, sexuality, race, and representation.

This is a university-year appointment, with an expected start date of September 1, 2010.  Successful candidates will be expected to establish an independent research program and to have a commitment to undergraduate and graduate teaching.  Send a letter of intent identifying your primary area of research interest along with a curriculum vitae, a statement of current and future research plans, a statement of teaching philosophy and experience, evidence of teaching excellence, representative publications, and at least three letters of recommendation to HIV/AIDS Search Committee, Department of Women’s Studies, University of Michigan, 1122 Lane Hall, 204 S. State Street, Ann Arbor, MI  48109-1290.  Review of applications begins October 10 and will continue until the position has been filled. The University of Michigan is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.  Qualified women and minority candidates are encouraged to apply.  The University is supportive of the needs of dual-career couples.  For further information, contact Prof. David M. Halperin, Chair, HIV/AIDS Search Committee, halperin@umich.edu.

GSI Hiring

Women's Studies will select GSI for the 2010-2011 academic term in the winter 2010. Applications will be available through this web site in early February and due in early March. Decisions will be announced in late April.

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