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The Northwestern University Department of Economics anticipates filling a full time opening at the rank of Associate or Full Professor beginning September 1, 2024. The primary focus of the search is in applied microeconomics. Duties include teaching, research, and advising graduate students. Applicants must hold a Ph.D. by the start date. Salary will be competitive. In order to ensure full consideration, applications should be received by November 17, 2023.

Please apply at https://www.econjobmarket.org/  For questions, contact econ@northwestern.edu
Primary considerations for all faculty positions will be an outstanding research record, excellent recommendations, and teaching ability. Candidates who, through their research, teaching and service, will contribute to the diversity and excellence of the academic community are encouraged to apply.

Northwestern University invites applications for a full time tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor in Environmental Literatures and Humanities. Possible areas of specialization might include environmental racism and justice, human and nonhuman relations, the literature of climate crisis, catastrophe studies, ecopoetics, or the energy humanities. The tenure home for this position will be in the English Department; the person hired will also be affiliated with the Environmental Policy and Culture Program (EPC). Applicants must have PhD in hand by anticipated start date of Sept 1, 2024.

The successful candidate will be expected to teach and advise at the undergraduate and graduate level, including an introductory lecture on literature and the environment as well as advanced seminars in their areas of specialization. Teaching responsibilities will contribute to both the English Department and the EPC Program. At Northwestern, the candidate will join a university with a broad, interdisciplinary community of environmental scholars affiliated with the Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities, the Center for Native American and Indigenous Research (CNAIR), and the newly established Environment, Culture, and Society graduate cluster.

A cover letter, CV, writing sample (20-25pp double-spaced), and three recommendation letters must be submitted online via https://english.northwestern.edu no later than November 6, 2023. Inquiries about the search may be sent to colin.pope@northwestern.edu.

The Sexualities Project at Northwestern (SPAN) invites applications for two two-year postdoctoral fellowships in Sexuality Studies, to run from September 1, 2024 through August 31, 2026. Applications are welcome from scholars who study sexuality from a social science perspective (broadly construed). Each Fellow’s appointment will be a joint one: in the Gender & Sexuality Studies Program and in another department relevant to the Fellow’s research interests. We are particularly interested in candidates who could affiliate with one of the following participating departments: Anthropology, Black Studies, Communication Studies, History, Human Development and Social Policy, Linguistics, Performance Studies, Political Science, Religious Studies, or Sociology. That is, the Fellow must have relevant expertise in both Sexuality Studies and one of these other disciplines, and must be prepared to teach courses that reflect that combined expertise.

Fellows will pursue a program of independent scholarship under the guidance of a faculty mentor and will teach two undergraduate courses (typically one seminar and one lecture course) over the course of each year. Northwestern is on the quarter system by which the Fellows’ two courses will be distributed across three academic quarters. Fellows will also be expected to be active participants in SPAN’s community of faculty and graduate students and, as applicable, in their affiliated department by attending talks and events, and by giving a public talk once each year. Finally, they will assist in the organization of on-campus educational activities such as the annual SPAN workshop. Fellows will be expected to be in residence for each of the academic years of their appointment, and all teaching will be conducted in person.

Applicants with a PhD (or equivalent doctoral degree) must have completed it after September 1, 2020. Applicants without a PhD (or equivalent doctoral degree) must complete all the requirements for the degree before September 1, 2024. At time of application, the applicant must be available for the full two-year term of the Fellowship. The stipend is $64,000 in the first year of the fellowship. In addition, the Fellow is eligible for $4,000 per year to fund research and conference travel, and up to $2,000 for allowable relocation expenses in the first year. Up to $1,000 is also available for allowable travel expenses for an area visit prior to the start of the postdoc term. This is a full-time, benefits eligible position.

All application materials other than letters of recommendation must be received by 11:59 p.m. on December 1, 2023. The initial letter of recommendation is due no later than December 8, 2023. Given that your references will not receive submission instructions until you submit your completed application, we urge you to submit your application well before the deadline. FAQs and submission instructions appear below. Administrative questions not addressed below should be directed to Ariel Clark-Semyck (sexualities@northwestern.edu). Substantive questions not addressed below may be sent to the Co-Directors of SPAN, Héctor Carrillo (hector@northwestern.edu) and Gregory Ward (gw@northwestern.edu). For more information about Programs and Departments at Northwestern, visit: https://offices.northwestern.edu/browse/A/academic.

The Gender & Sexuality Studies (GSS) Program at Northwestern University seeks a full-time, tenure-line Assistant Professor with research and teaching interests strongly rooted in transgender studies. We conceive this field broadly so as to encompass a range of identities, concepts, politics, and lived experiences that apply to trans*, nonbinary, genderqueer, and otherwise gender-nonconforming people and communities. We invite compelling applications that reflect principally historical or largely present-focused approaches to transgender or gender nonconformity. Likewise, the work may be centered in any national or cultural contexts and may employ whatever trans* or trans-adjacent vocabularies (two-spirit, hijra, kathoey, etc.) are most apt to its subjects, environments, and findings. Candidates may engage the field through humanistic or social scientific methods or through some melding of the two, though the successful candidate must be able to articulate and teach the theoretical claims that inform their research and their understanding of “trans” to a broad, multi-disciplinary range of students and colleagues. This position will be structured as a permanent joint appointment across the GSS Program and a tenure-granting department within the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences that best reflects the new colleague’s scholarly training and ongoing investments.

In addition to maintaining an active research agenda, the successful applicant should demonstrate excellence in teaching and a willingness to mentor undergraduate majors and minors as well as doctoral students. The applicant should be prepared to teach core undergraduate courses, including a gateway lecture course that introduces students to broad concepts and diverse lineages in the study of gender and sexuality over time, in addition to offering graduate seminars as part of our robust Certificate program. Our thriving multidisciplinary culture values overlaps, interconnections, and productive frictions among feminist studies, gender studies, and sexuality studies.

This appointment will begin on September 1, 2024, by which date the applicant must have completed all requirements for their Ph.D. and have the degree in hand. Applications and supporting documents will be accepted only by online submission via the link on our program website at http://www.gendersexuality.northwestern.edu. Application materials should include a cover letter, curriculum vitae, article-length writing sample of no more than 25 pages, and three letters of recommendation (submitted separately). In order to ensure full consideration, applications must be received by October 23, 2023. Inquiries about the search may be sent to Nick Davis at gss-director@northwestern.edu or to the GSS program administrator at gender@northwestern.edu.

The Department of Political Science at Northwestern University seeks applications for a full-time, tenured, Associate or Full Professor of American Politics who specializes in Political Behavior to begin on September 1, 2024.

We seek a scholar whose research and teaching tackle important, problem-driven questions about democracy and representation, including, but not limited to, partisanship as social identity, polarization of American politics, elite manipulation of mass opinion, misinformation, and mass responses to the erosion of democratic norms. The outstanding candidates for this position are experts in survey and experimental methods with a track record of mentoring graduate and undergraduate students in research methods and substantive scholarship. We are particularly interested in candidates whose research dovetails with scholarship on political institutions and/or racial and ethnic politics.

The successful candidate will teach a combination of graduate and undergraduate courses, as well as participate in departmental activities and service. Ph.D. in Political Science or a closely related field or an equivalent terminal degree is required.

The candidate will join a university with a broad, interdisciplinary community of scholars affiliated with departments and programs such as the Center for Diversity and Democracy (CSDD), the Institute for Sustainability and Energy at Northwestern (ISEN), the Institute for Policy Research (IPR), the Global Poverty Research Lab, the Center for Native American and Indigenous Research (CNAIR), the Council for Race and Ethnic Studies (CRES), the Northwestern Institute of Complex System (NICO), Sociology, Psychology, Computer Science, Statistics and Data Science, the School of Education and Social Policy, the School of Communication, Kellogg School of Management, among others.

Applications should include a cover letter, current CV, writing sample, research statement, teaching statement, evidence of teaching effectiveness, diversity statement, and contact information for three letters of recommendation. The hiring committee will only solicit letters from finalists invited for on-campus interviews. Applications received by October 20th will receive full consideration. The committee will accept new applications until the position is filled. You may apply here: https://polisci.northwestern.edu/about/faculty-searches.html

For inquiries about job advertisements or the application process, please contact Stephen Monteiro, Business Administrator in the Political Science Department.

NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, The Department of Religious Studies at Northwestern University invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track appointment at the rank of Assistant Professor for a specialist in Islam in any geographical area in the early modern or modern periods, broadly defined. Successful candidates will combine their research interests with questions of theory and method in the study of religion and contribute to the undergraduate and graduate programs of the Religious Studies department. Review of applications will begin on Nov. 1, 2023, and continue until the position is filled. The position begins on Sept. 1, 2024. Ph.D. and demonstrated competence in relevant languages required. Members of historically disadvantaged groups, including women and persons of color, are especially encouraged to apply. 

For details on preparing the application and applying online go to https://religious-studies.northwestern.edu/about/open-faculty-positions/index.html. For more information, contact religious-studies@northwestern.edu.

NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY’s Department of Sociology invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track Associate Professor to begin in the Fall of 2024. We encourage applications from scholars working in all substantive fields. A Ph.D. in Sociology or other appropriate discipline is required at the time of appointment. Applicants should submit a cover letter that includes a statement of research and teaching experience, a curriculum vitae, sample(s) of recent scholarship, and three letters of reference. To ensure full consideration, applicants should submit materials by November 3, 2023.

Please submit all materials through the interface accessible at https://sociology.northwestern.edu/people/job-opportunities/associate-professor-of-sociology.html. Address inquiries only to Katie Shirilla ( sociol@northwestern.edu).

The Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Northwestern University invites applications for a full-time, benefits-eligible, non-tenure eligible teaching-track faculty position at the rank of Assistant Professor of Instruction in the Spanish Language Program, to begin on September 1, 2024. The initial term of the appointment will be three years. Responsibilities include teaching two Spanish language courses per quarter, strong commitment to curricular and professional development, and course coordination. Requirements include native or near-native fluency in Spanish and English, experience teaching Spanish as a second/foreign language, and expertise in current teaching methodologies. Applicants must have Ph.D. in hand by time of appointment. A Ph.D. in Second Language Acquisition or Applied Linguistics is strongly preferred; graduate coursework in Latin American and Iberian literary and cultural studies coupled with demonstrated second language teaching experience is welcome. Familiarity with the ACTFL proficiency guidelines and current foreign/second language pedagogical practices is desired. An ability to teach Portuguese language is also welcome. Applicants should submit (1) a letter of application, (2) a full curriculum vitae, (3) a teaching philosophy statement, (4) a teaching portfolio including evaluations from 2-3 recently taught courses, and (5) three contacts for letters of recommendation, electronically at https://spanish-portuguese.northwestern.edu/about/open-positions/index.html. Questions should be directed to spanish-and-portuguese-chair@northwestern.edu

Review of applications will start on November 15, 2023 and will continue until the search is closed.

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