The Department of Women’s Studies hires teaching assistants to work with the lead professor in our large introductory course, WMST 101. The course is offered each semester to 250-330 students. Each teaching assistant conducts two recitation sections of about 30 students each. Sections meet roughly nine times during the semester. Graduate students wishing to be considered for these positions should apply in March of each year. Applications should include a letter of interest, a cv, and a supporting letter from a faculty member who is familiar with the student’s scholarly work and teaching experience. In some cases, two separate letters might be appropriate. The hiring committee looks for students who are well advanced in the Ph.D. program of their home department, students who have a background in issues of women and gender, and those with substantial teaching experience. For more information please contact: kthomps1@email.unc.edu.

The Department of Women’s Studies is an active participant in the University program for faculty diversity. We encourage recent Ph.Ds with a background in Women’s Studies to apply to the program and request to be considered for a post-doctoral position in our unit. We are committed to playing a substantial role in the training and mentoring of future generations of Women’s Studies scholars from under-represented populations, and we view the UNC Faculty Diversity Post-doctoral Program as an important means toward accomplishing that goal.