5 April, 2008

• Wow, I’m feeling much better! I was so sick! Lord, I didn’t know Mayo could do that? #

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Please forward this announcement:
The Department of Gender Studies at Indiana University is seeking a fulltime instructor to teach three courses per semester beginning August 2008. Applicants should:
Have a PhD or be advanced to candidacy and possess a strong graduate academic background in research related to women, gender or sexuality
Have previous successful teaching experiences at the collegiate level in Gender/Women’s Studies or a related field

Possible Courses: The successful applicant will normally teach at least one section of an introductory course such as G225: Gender, Sexuality & Popular Culture or G105 Sex, Gender, and the Body as well as topics courses in his/her area of expertise. Please visit the IU Gender Studies website at www.indiana.edu/~gender to read course descriptions. We are particularly interested in applicants with strengths in media and popular culture and race and ethnicity.
Salary & Benefits: This position is a fulltime ten-month appointment with a 100% FTE for each term. The salary will be at least $38,000 with full university benefits including a generous moving allowance and health insurance coverage for the employee and their spouse or same-sex partner. (We offer an array of domestic partner benefits for same-sex couples and their families). IU is an Affirmative Action/Equal Employment Opportunity employer.
Application: Please apply via a single e-mail message to:

Professor Suzanna Walters, Chair

Department of Gender Studies

walterss@indiana.edu

Include the following attached Microsoft Word files in your e-mail message:

1. An updated curriculum vitae;

2. A cover letter explaining background, experience and qualifications to teach our courses;

3. A list of relevant academic references, including addresses, phone and e-mail contacts.
For full consideration, please send all items by May 1, 2008. Applications received after that date will be accepted only as needed until the position is filled.
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:

IU Department of Gender Studies / Visiting Lecturer’s Position

Memorial Hall East, Room 130, 1021 E. 3rd St. , Bloomington, IN 47405

Phone: (812) 855-0101 E-mail: gender@indiana.edu

Is there such a thing?  A Pleasurable absence?  Perhaps that is part and parcel of the politics of the journey that is often called life?  I’m watching and learning…albeit carefully.

Today I was reading the AN [Anthropology News] and there I saw a picture of Nogales, AZ & Nogales, Mexico.  Two worlds meshed together with but a border separating them.  I thought to myself:

Is this a pleasurable absence?

The picture was virtually the same–poverty/impoverished folks.  What really does the border provide for the people of Nogales?  Life? To what end, really?

mas que nunca!  I want more than ever for the borders to be fluid, in order for people to move freely.  People deserve better!  People deserve a pleasurable absence from their poverty.  People deserve a chance to hear their voice of laughter and praise rise above their tears of pain and the reality of injustice.

I hope for goodness for Nogales on both sides of the border.  Listen and Watch for the Border Watch Folks.  They are doing important work along the AZ border.  I support their work on behalf of those who are unable to do so.