Assistant Professor- Indigeneities​/Indigenous Feminisms From Humanities Perspective

Assistant Professor
- Indigeneities/Indigenous Feminisms From a Humanities Perspective – Department of Gender and Women's Studies Position overview

Position title:

Assistant Professor

Salary range:
The current salary range for this position is $84,100–$132,900 (9-month academic year salary), however, off-scale salary and other components of pay, which would yield compensation that is higher than this range, are offered to meet competitive conditions.

Anticipated start:
July 1, 2027

Open date:
August 26, 2026

Next review date:
Tuesday, Sep 29, 2026 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time) – Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee.

Final date:
Tuesday, Sep 29, 2026 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time) – Applications will continue to be accepted until this date.

The Department of Gender and Women's Studies at the University of California, Berkeley seeks applications for an Assistant Professor, tenure-track faculty position. We are seeking candidates whose scholarship centers indigenous feminisms with a focus on gender/sexuality. Further, research engaging questions of extraction, capitalism, sovereignty, or the law and those whose analytic frames might include literature, film, poetics, or social movements would be well suited for this position.

Candidates with a humanistic approach who are committed to inter- and trans‑disciplinarity are a good fit for this position, and we are open to scholars across disciplines. We are interested in a scholar with a strong commitment to feminist, queer, trans, anti‑racist, transnational, postcolonial, and decolonial theoretical perspectives.

The successful candidate will teach a variety of undergraduate and graduate classes including special topics and survey classes. They will also mentor students at both levels.

The Department of Gender & Women's Studies is founded on a commitment to social justice pedagogy. We are deeply committed to a transformative vision, and engaged practice, of diversity, inclusion, equity, belonging and justice. We do this by centering interdisciplinary perspectives on the formation of gender and its intersections with other relations of power, such as sexuality, race, class, nationality, ability, religion, and age.

Further, we understand that working toward a truly diverse educational environment demands that our analysis is always growing to respond to, and prefigure, our changing world.

More about the Department can be found here:
Dept. of Gender and Women Studies. Additional information about programs and resources supporting the advancement of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging is available at:
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The department is committed to addressing the family needs of faculty, including dual career couples and single parents. We are also interested in individuals who have had nontraditional career paths, who have taken time off for personal reasons (e.g., caretaking or disability), or who have achieved excellence in careers outside academe (e.g., in the arts, community organizing, or professional service). For information about potential relocation to Berkeley, or career needs of accompanying partners and spouses, please visit: meaningful link text

Basic qualifications (required at time of application):

• PhD (or equivalent international degree), or enrolled in PhD or equivalent international degree‑granting program at the time of application.

Preferred qualifications
:

• Candidates should have thorough training in the discipline of women, gender, and sexuality studies.
• Teaching and/or mentorship experience at the undergraduate and graduate levels are preferred.
• Scholars-artists who take a creative/experimental approach to knowledge production.