Women, Gender

Position Title Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies Non-tenure Track Faculty Vacancy Pool
About the University Western Washington University, with over 16,000 students in seven colleges and the graduate school, is nationally recognized for its educational programs, students and faculty. The campus is located in Bellingham, Washington, a coastal community of 90,000 overlooking Bellingham Bay, the San Juan Islands and the North Cascades Mountain range. The city lies 90 miles north of Seattle and 60 miles south of Vancouver, British Columbia. Western is the highest-ranking public, master's-granting university in the Pacific Northwest, according to the 2022 U.S. News & World Report rankings. Western Washington University is committed to achieving excellence through advancing inclusive success, increasing our Washington impact, and focusing on transformational education grounded in the liberal arts and sciences and based on innovative scholarship, research, and creative activity. Western's greatest strength is the outstanding students, faculty, staff, and alumni/ae who make up its community. Western supports an inclusive governance structure for all and provides a learning and working environment in which everyone can thrive. In pursuit of this excellence, individual employees are expected to establish and maintain productive and effective inclusive working relationships amongst diverse populations including staff, faculty, administration, student, and external constituents. Further, individual employees are expected to have the ability to operationalize sustainability concepts (economic, societal, environmental) into all aspects of performing their job duties.
About the Department The College of Humanities & Social Sciences and the Department of Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies support Western's mission, which states that together with our students, staff, and faculty, we are committed to making a positive impact in the state and the world with a shared focus on academic excellence and inclusive achievement. We encourage applications from women, people of color, people with disabilities, veterans, and other candidates from underrepresented backgrounds and with diverse experiences interested in this opportunity.
Students fulfill the major and minor through Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies core courses – Introduction to Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies; Introduction to Feminist Theory; Introduction to Queer & Sexuality Studies; Studies in Gender Theory; Feminist and Queer Methodologies; Topics in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies; and the Senior Capstone. The Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies Department provides academic space for interdisciplinary as well as community-based learning. The Department offers small, student-centered classes, innovative pedagogy, and close faculty-student interaction.

About the Position
The Department of Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies maintains a vacancy pool of qualified persons interested in non-tenure-track teaching positions. In anticipation of possible openings throughout the academic year and summer sessions, applications are accepted continuously for temporary, part-time, non-tenure-track positions at the instructor level. Although most non-tenure-track faculty receive their course assignments for the upcoming academic year by July 15, positions may become available at any time and are filled on a quarterly basis.

The program adheres to the University's value of excellent teaching and we expect you to be an exemplary teacher; to be current in your discipline; to engage students actively in their own learning, including discussion, writing, and analysis; and to maintain high standards regarding course content. We expect you to provide students with feedback on their course work and examinations, to be available to students through regularly-scheduled office hours in a Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies designated location, and to mentor Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies majors and minors. You will be expected to have your students evaluate your courses using the standard University evaluation forms and to make those evaluations available to the program director and advisory committee for annual review.
Required Qualifications
MA or above in any field with a focus on feminist, queer, and intersectional thought and methodologies
Demonstrated successful experience teaching at the college or university level
Demonstrated interest in community-based learning
Demonstrated skills in applying feminist and queer thought across diverse cultures and globally
Demonstrated ability and commitment to cultivating learning environments that are equitable and inclusive of students with diverse social identities and backgrounds
Preferred Qualifications
PhD in any field with a focus on feminist, queer, and intersectional thought and methodologies

Salary

Commensurate with experience and qualifications