Assistant Professor (Women's Gender Sexuality Studies)

The Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at the University of Massachusetts Boston invites applications for a tenure track assistant position beginning September 1, 2026. This position will support our undergraduate minor in Queer and Transgender Studies. We are seeking a scholar-educator with expertise in Black Feminisms, Black Queer Studies, Black Trans Studies, Queer of Color Critique, Indigenous Studies, and/or Transnational Feminisms. The standard teaching load for research-active tenure track faculty is two courses per semester, including courses in the candidate’s area of specialization in addition to rotating responsibility for required courses in the minor. Responsibilities also include advising students in the WGS major and Queer and Trans Studies minor. Must have a Ph.D. in hand or expected by August 2026, in a relevant discipline in the humanities, social sciences, or related transdisciplinary fields. ​​Candidates with graduate training in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and/or a strong interdisciplinary background are preferred.

Application instructions:

Applicants should submit a letter of interest, a curriculum vitae, statements of research and teaching interests/experiences, one writing sample of no more than 30 pages, and arrange for three letters of recommendation to be sent.

Initial review of applications will begin May 31, 2026 and continue until the position is filled.

UMass Boston is an urban public research university with a teaching soul, whose impact is both local and global. We are the third most diverse university in the country - more than 60% of our undergraduate students come from minoritized communities and groups and more than half of our students are the first in their families to attend a college or university. Thus, our students come to us from richly diverse life experiences and backgrounds; they bring to our classrooms and research settings the robust range of perspectives growing out of the socio-cultural, economic, and historical contexts in which they have lived, along with the challenges they encounter, engage, and strive to overcome. We invite applications from candidates who engage the diverse life experiences of our student body, who appreciate that students bring their holistic selves into the academic setting, and who recognize and articulate how their own life experiences and backgrounds have shaped their journeys, practices, and commitments as researchers, scholars, and educators.

UMass Boston is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, we will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations for the hiring process. If reasonable accommodation is needed, please contact HR@umb.edu or 617-287-5150.