Career Center

Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts is looking for a visiting/adjunct instructor to teach
either one or two courses in Women’s and Gender Studies in Spring 2023.

WGS 101. Introduction to Women’s and Gender Studies
This course provides an introduction to the interdisciplinary field of Women’s and Gender Studies
(WGS) and the skills of feminist analysis. The primary goal of this course is to familiarize students
with key issues, questions, and debates in Women’s and Gender Studies scholarship, both historical
and contemporary. We will cover many of the critical questions and concepts feminist scholars have developed as tools for thinking about gendered experiences. Significant attention will be paid to the issue of representation. We will also explore the complex ways in which gender intersects with class, race, ethnicity, and sexuality.

WGS 102. Introduction to LGBT+ Studies
Sexuality is an important part of human life and society, but despite claims that we were all “born this way,” its meanings and social significance have changed over the course of history. This class offers an introduction to that history, looking at the rise of sexuality-based classifications in law and
medicine, the development of sexual identity politics, and the intersections of sexuality with gender, race/ethnicity, and class. We will examine the history of social movements for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and other minority gender/sexuality groups’ rights, and we will ask how that history shapes LGBT+ politics in the U.S. today.

 

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Specific interest/research and ideally teaching experience in WGS and/or LGBT+ studies.
• Familiarity with smaller Liberal arts undergraduate environments desirable but not required.