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Job:
Assistant Professor of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Job Description:
The Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGSS) at Barnard College, Columbia University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor to commence in Fall 2026. We seek an interdisciplinary feminist scholar with a specialization in Critical Media Studies, Science & Technology Studies, and/or Critical Data Studies, emphasizing social relations including gender, sexuality, race and class in their research. We understand this field broadly and intersections of interest might include: technologies of colonialism and empire; infrastructures and logistics of racial capitalism; algorithmic racism in biomedical and surveillance technologies; platform economies; digital culture, media ecologies, and political action. This position will be fully appointed in the WGSS Department, and will teach core courses in our major as well as courses within the Feminist/Intersectional Science and Technology Studies (FISTS) concentration and minor offered by the Consortium for Critical Interdisciplinary Studies.
Skills, Qualifications & Requirements:
Required Qualifications
Candidates must have a PhD in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies; Media Studies; Science and Technology Studies; and/or Critical Data Studies, or a related discipline with a research program specializing in ideally an intersection of these fields. Applicants must have a PhD in hand by the start of the appointment.
Application Requirements
Only complete applications submitted via Workday will be considered.
Applicants are required to upload the following documents:
A single PDF file (maximum file size: 30 MB) containing:
Applicants will be asked to identify at least three references upon submission of the application.
Review of applications will begin on approximately November 1, 2025 and continue until the position is filled.
For questions or further information please contact Neferti Tadiar at BarnardWGSSSearch2025@barnard.edu.
Salary: $95,000 - $115,000
Barnard College is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Barnard does not discriminate due to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender and/or gender identity or expression, marital or parental status, national origin, ethnicity, citizenship status, veteran or military status, age, disability, or any other legally protected basis. Qualified candidates of diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply for vacant positions at all levels.
The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to departmental budgets, qualifications, experience, education, licenses, specialty, and training. The above hiring range represents the College's good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible compensation at the time of posting.
Company:
Barnard College
Time Type:
Full time
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