Indigenous Studies Jobs (NOW HIRING)

Position title: Assistant Professor
Salary range: The current salary range for this position is $84,100–$132,900 (9-month academic year salary), however, off-scale salary and other components of pay, which would yield compensation that is higher than this range, are offered to meet competitive conditions.
Anticipated start: July 1, 2027

Open date: August 26, 2026

Next review date: Tuesday, Sep 29, 2026 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee.

Final date: Tuesday, Sep 29, 2026 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Applications will continue to be accepted until this date.

The Department of Gender and Women’s Studies at the University of California, Berkeley seeks applications for an Assistant Professor, tenure-track faculty position. We are seeking candidates whose scholarship centers indigenous feminisms with a focus on gender/sexuality. Further, research engaging questions of extraction, capitalism, sovereignty, or the law and those whose analytic frames might include literature, film, poetics, or social movements would be well suited for this position. Candidates with a humanistic approach who are committed to inter- and trans-disciplinarity are a good fit for this position, and we are open to scholars across disciplines. We are interested in a scholar with a strong commitment to feminist, queer, trans, anti-racist, transnational, postcolonial, and decolonial theoretical perspectives.

The successful candidate will teach a variety of undergraduate and graduate classes including special topics and survey classes. They will also mentor students at both levels.

The Department of Gender & Women’s Studies is founded on a commitment to social justice pedagogy. We are deeply committed to a transformative vision, and engaged practice, of diversity, inclusion, equity, belonging and justice. We do this by centering interdisciplinary perspectives on the formation of gender and its intersections with other relations of power, such as sexuality, race, class, nationality, ability, religion, and age. Further, we understand that working toward a truly diverse educational environment demands that our analysis is always growing to respond to, and prefigure, our changing world.

More about the Department can be found here: [https://gws.berkeley.edu/]. Additional information about programs and resources supporting the advancement of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging is available at: [https://ls.berkeley.edu/ls-divisions/social-sciences/social-sciences-community]
and [https://ls.berkeley.edu/about/diversity-equity-and-inclusion]

The department is committed to addressing the family needs of faculty, including dual career couples and single parents. We are also interested in individuals who have had nontraditional career paths, who have taken time off for personal reasons (e.g., caretaking or disability), or who have achieved excellence in careers outside academe (e.g., in the arts, community organizing, or professional service). For information about potential relocation to Berkeley, or career needs of accompanying partners and spouses, please visit: meaningful link text

Basic qualifications (required at time of application)

PhD (or equivalent international degree), or enrolled in PhD or equivalent international degree-granting program at the time of application.

• Candidates should have thorough training in the discipline of women, gender, and sexuality studies.
• Teaching and/or mentorship experience at the undergraduate and graduate levels are preferred.
• Scholars-artists who take a creative/experimental approach to knowledge production.

Document requirements

• Curriculum Vitae – Your most recently updated C.V.
• Cover Letter
• Teaching and Mentoring Statement – Please discuss prior teaching experience, teaching approach, and future teaching interests. This can include, for example, specific efforts and accomplishments, and future plans to support the success of all students through inclusive curriculum, classroom environment, and pedagogy. Please also discuss your mentoring experiences and approach. This can include, for example, past efforts and future plans to support the success of all students, and to foster an inclusive research environment that removes barriers and promotes equitable access and advancement of the research program.
• Research Statement – Please discuss research accomplishments and proposed plans. This can include, for example, your publication record, awards, presentations, inclusive research practices that promote the excellence of your research, and areas for future research.
• Service Statement – Please discuss specific prior and proposed academic, professional and/or public service activities. This can include, for example, participating in professional or scientific associations, serving on committees that advance department, campus or discipline goals, and conducting outreach activities that can remove barriers and increase participation of academics in your field.
• Authorization to Release Information Form – An institutional reference check will be completed only if you are selected as the candidate to whom the hiring unit would like to extend a formal offer. Download, complete, sign, and upload the /shortcuts/authorization_release_form.

• 3 required (contact information only)

References will only be contacted for those candidates under serious consideration and we will seek your permission before doing so.

Berkeley, CA

About UC Berkeley

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The University of California, Berkeley is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, or protected veteran status.

For more information, please refer to the https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/apm/apm-035.pdf and the https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/1001004/Anti-Discrimination.

In searches when letters of reference are required all letters will be treated as confidential per University of California policy and California state law. Please refer potential referees, including when letters are provided via a third party (i.e., dossier service or career center), to the https://apo.berkeley.edu/policies/ucb-confidentiality-policy prior to submitting their letter.

As a University employee, you will be required to comply with all applicable University policies and/or collective bargaining agreements, as may be amended from time to time. Federal, state, or local government directives may impose additional requirements.

The University of California is committed to creating and maintaining a community dedicated to the advancement, application, and transmission of knowledge and creative endeavors through academic excellence, where all individuals who participate in University programs and activities can work and learn together in a safe and secure environment, free of violence, harassment, or discrimination. Consistent with this commitment, UC Berkeley requires all applicants for Senate faculty positions to complete, sign, and upload an Authorization of Information Release form into AP Recruit as part of their application. If an applicant does not include the signed authorization, the application will be considered incomplete, and as with any incomplete application, will not receive further consideration. Although all applicants for faculty recruitments must complete the entire application, applicants will only be subject to institutional reference checks if and when they are selected as the candidate to whom the hiring unit would like to extend a formal offer. More information is available on https://apo.berkeley.edu/employment/recruitmentappointment/misconduct-disclosure-review.

As a condition of employment, the finalist will be required to disclose if they are subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct.

– “Misconduct” means any violation of the policies or laws governing conduct at the applicant’s previous place of employment, including, but not limited to, violations of policies or laws prohibiting sexual harassment, sexual assault, or other forms of harassment or discrimination, as defined by the employer.
– https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4000385/SVSH
– https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/1001004/Anti-Discrimination
– https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/apm/apm-035.pdf

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, or protected veteran status.