The Department of Women’s Studies and the Asian American Studies Program at the Ohio State University invite applications for the Arts & Sciences Colleges Visiting Scholar position beginning Winter 2009. The Visiting Scholar appointment will provide the opportunity for junior or mid-career faculty to spend 1-2 quarters at OSU, teaching, participating in the intellectual community, and becoming acquainted more generally with what the University has to offer. The ideal candidate will facilitate collaboration between Women’s Studies, Asian American Studies and related interdisciplinary departments and programs.

Terms of appointment include: working at OSU during one or two quarters; teaching one course per quarter in the Department of Women’s Studies on an Asian American Studies topic (an alternative for two quarters might be teaching one course and organizing a seminar discussion or film series); giving one public presentation/workshop on the scholar’s work; and participating in the intellectual community at OSU by meeting with graduate students and interested faculty.

Salary is competitive and negotiable. A $1,000 research stipend will be provided by the Department of Women’s Studies.

The Department of Women’s Studies has fourteen faculty, 34 graduate students, and approximately 100 undergraduate majors. It offers one of only twelve Ph.D. programs in women’s/gender studies in the United States. The Asian American Studies Program offers an undergraduate minor and plans to develop a graduate concentration. The program has affiliated faculty from English, History, Theatre, East Asian Languages and Literatures, and Education.

Please send by February 15, 2008, a letter of interest, cv, names of three references, a short description or syllabus of a course, and a description of a seminar discussion or film series if interested in a 2 quarter stay at OSU. Materials should be mailed to: Jill Bystydzienski, Chair, Department of Women’s Studies, 286 University Hall, 230 N. Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210-1311.

The Ohio State University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We welcome applications from women, members of historically underrepresented minority groups, veterans, and individuals with disabilities.