Assistant Professor, Transgender Studies

Assistant Professor of Transgender Studies

Program in Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Yale University

Position Title: Assistant Professor, Transgender Studies.

Position URL: http://apply.interfolio.com/151367

Position ID/Requisition Number: 1458

Position Description

The Program in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGSS) at Yale University seeks to hire a full-time, tenure-track faculty member at the level of Assistant Professor in Transgender Studies, beginning July 1, 2025. The successful applicant will be expected to teach introductory, topics-based, and graduate-level courses in transgender studies, as well as to teach a broader range of courses required for the WGSS undergraduate major, the graduate certificate, and the doctoral program, on gender and sexuality studies topics and methods. The teaching expectation is normally 4 courses per academic year (2 per semester). In addition to their teaching responsibilities, faculty members are expected to engage in service to the program and to advise both undergraduate and graduate research. In this search, we are open to scholars from any disciplinary or interdisciplinary background who substantively and centrally engage with the question of transgender experience, as well as with the scholarly field of transgender studies. We especially encourage applications from scholars with a focus on the intersections of trans and disability studies; trans studies and Black, Latinx, Native, Asian & Asian-American Studies, or other critical analyses of the overlapping structures of race and ethnicity, caste and religion; and transgender studies and regions of the Global South. 

Qualifications

The appointee must hold a Ph.D. or equivalent degree or have completed all requirements for the Ph.D. by time of hire.

The Program in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Yale University is a lively and growing program that comprises an undergraduate major, a graduate certificate program, and a combined Ph.D. program that grants joint PhDs with African American Studies, American Studies, Anthropology, English, and Sociology.

Application Instructions

Applicants should submit an application via Interfolio: http://apply.interfolio.com/151367. They should submit a cover letter, CV, dissertation abstract or book precis, teaching statement, and list of three references who can be contacted for letters of recommendation.

Review of applications will begin October 1, 2024 and will close on October 1, 2025. For questions regarding this position, please email Prof. Greta LaFleur at [email protected].

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Yale University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer. Yale values diversity among its students, staff, and faculty and strongly welcomes applications from women, persons with disabilities, protected veterans, and underrepresented minorities.