Please announce widely:

Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Humanities

The Women’s and Gender Studies Department, in collaboration with the
Institute for Research on Women (IRW) at Rutgers University, is pleased to
announce a two-year postdoctoral fellowship supported by the Andrew W.
Mellon Foundation. The selected fellow will receive a stipend of $50,000
each year as well as an annual research allocation of $2,000 and Rutgers
University health benefits. The fellow will pursue research and teach
three courses in the Women’s and Gender Studies Department during the
two-year term of her/his appointment (2013-2015). The fellow also will
participate in seminars and other activities organized by the IRW.

The Women's and Gender Studies Department has particular interest in
scholars of U.S. Latina and Latin American feminism and African feminism,
especially those working on critical sexualities, health or technologies,
but welcomes applications from all scholars who feel that their work would
benefit from affiliation with our department and with the IRW.

Women’s and Gender Studies has a rich history at Rutgers University.
Inaugurated as a department in 2001, Women’s and Gender Studies has grown
from offering a few courses at the University in 1973 to becoming one of
the strongest interdisciplinary graduate and undergraduate programs in the
United States. Department faculty include 30 core, 117 graduate, and 75
affiliate members whose expertise in Women’s and Gender Studies is
enriched by specializations in the Arts, Anthropology, History,
Philosophy, Sociology, Political Science, and Comparative Literatures in
English, French, and Spanish.

The IRW’s seminar, organized around an annual theme, brings together
faculty and advanced graduate students to discuss works-in-progress from a
wide range of disciplinary and methodological perspectives. The IRW also
hosts a Distinguished Lecture Series, which invites well-known scholars
working on women, gender, and sexuality to come to Rutgers to share their
research with our faculty and students throughout the year, and offers
professional workshops and mentoring opportunities, such as the
Negotiating Basics Workshop.

The broad interdisciplinary nature of both the Women’s and Gender Studies
Department and the IRW will allow the selected fellow to become fully
integrated into the life of the university. Rutgers is an institution with
a deep commitment to scholarship on women, gender, and sexuality. Both the
Women’s and Gender Studies Department and the IRW are part of the
Institute for Women’s Leadership (IWL), a consortium of nine different
Rutgers units focused on women and gender — constituting the most
extensive collection of resources on these issues at a university in the
United States. Rutgers, therefore, is a unique and stimulating environment
in which to situate feminist research.

Candidates should submit their applications, consisting of a CV, a
2500-word description of their research and its significance, and 3
letters of recommendation, electronically at:
http://interfolio.sas.rutgers.edu/index.cfm?event=postings&institution_id=Rutgers_Un52BB1139
(search for listing under Women’s and Gender Studies). The statement
should address the following: (1) the significance of the candidates
research and the specific project that will be developed during the two
year postdoc, (2) a brief description of some of the courses the candidate
could offer, and (3) how and why Women Studies and the IRW at Rutgers can
advance the candidates areas of research. Applications must be received by
Monday, January 7, 2013. Candidates must have received the Ph.D. after
August 31, 2008; applicants must have finished all requirements for the
Ph.D. by June 1, 2013.

Rutgers University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.
The institution values diversity in its faculty, staff, and students and
especially encourages applications from women and underrepresented
minorities.


Sarah Tobias Ph.D. 
Associate Director 
Institute for Research on Women 
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey 
160 Ryders Lane New Brunswick, NJ 08901 
Phone: (848) 932-9072 x. 616 
Fax: (732) 932-0861 
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