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In keeping with the Fisher Center’s mission of supporting research and dialogue about gender and justice through curricular, programmatic, and scholarly projects, the Fisher Center for the Study of Gender and Justice at Hobart and William Smith Colleges invites applications for our 2025-26 Postdoctoral Fellowship position beginning August 1, 2025. This is a full-time, one-year position with a teaching load of four courses per year. The fellow will teach one course per semester related to their research and the Fisher Center’s annual theme. The successful candidate will offer the other two courses in one or more of the following areas: Africana Studies, Asian Studies, Judaic Studies, Public Health, or Gender, Sexuality, and Intersectional Justice. The postdoctoral fellow actively participates in the Fisher Center lectures and meetings, makes a public presentation, and assists the Director with administration of Fisher Center programming. The fellow also participates in the biweekly Faculty Fellows Seminar related to the year’s theme. The fellow takes part in the work of the Fisher Center Steering Committee that meets approximately once a month.

Endowed to further the study of gender and justice in the liberal arts, the Fisher Center welcomes applications from researchers in the humanities, arts, sciences, social sciences, languages, and performing arts that demonstrate commitment to interdisciplinary discussion and collective inquiry. Proposals can be broad or specific, disciplinary or interdisciplinary.

The salary for this position is $45,000.

Theme

The theme “Backlash, (Im)mobility, Reaction” captures the world in flux, the world overcome by turbulence, with opposite forces clashing, breaking, turning over. The Fisher Center for the Study of Gender and Justice invites applicants to address the following question: what does it mean to think, to write, to act, and to create art in such a world? Do we succumb to the forces of the moment (such as reactionary forces)? Do we react to them, mutiny, redirect, and fight back? How do scientists, artists, thinkers, and activists survive backlash—perhaps even turning this dynamic against itself? What makes people move and react, during reactionary times that hinder people’s mobility?

For more details on the 2025-26 theme, please visit https://www.hws.edu/centers/fisher-center/default.aspx.

A doctoral degree and teaching experience are required. Degree requirements should be completed before August 1, 2025. Candidates should have received their doctoral degree within the last five years.

Applicants must submit a cover letter, a brief research statement, a CV, two course syllabi related to the theme, and three confidential letters of recommendation via Interfolio by May 1, 2025. The cover letter should describe how the proposed courses and the research project the fellow wants to accomplish are related to the theme. The research statement should describe broader research accomplishments and goals (e.g. the dissertation or a book project).

Questions regarding Interfolio or visa status should be directed to Human Resources ([email protected]).

The Colleges are an equal employment opportunity employer and prohibit discrimination and harassment in their programs and activities against employees or applicants based on race (including traits historically associated with race, such as hair texture and protective hairstyles), color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), gender, gender identity or expression, age, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, citizenship, genetic information or predisposing genetic characteristics, marital status, familial status, domestic violence victim status, caregiver status, military status, including past, current, or prospective service in the uniformed services, social class, or any other category or characteristic protected by applicable law.

About HWS

A liberal arts and sciences institution, Hobart and William Smith is known for consistent success in preparing students for meaningful lives and fulfilling careers through an outcomes-based focus on their futures. Our nationally ranked faculty are accessible teachers and scholars known for the impact of their research and distinguished by the depth of their mentorship. World challenges are studied in the classroom where critical thinking, problem-solving, and communication skills are honed. In the field, knowledge turns into discovery. In office hours, plans are carefully crafted to tie interests and talents to an academic path that motivates beyond graduation.

Our location in the heart of the Finger Lakes allows faculty, staff and students to live and work collaboratively on the banks of a resource-rich lake. Student-athletes play for 30 varsity teams boasting 24 national titles, including the 2023 and 2024 NCAA DIII Men’s Ice Hockey Championships. With three graduate programs, students can build on their undergraduate degree with a Master of Arts in Higher Education Leadership, Master of Arts in Teaching, or a Master of Science in Management. Together, the experiences and mentorship at HWS prepare students to lead lives of consequence.

The Colleges are an equal employment opportunity employer and prohibit discrimination and harassment in their programs and activities against employees or applicants based on race (including traits historically associated with race, such as hair texture and protective hairstyles), color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), gender, gender identity or expression, age, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, citizenship, genetic information or predisposing genetic characteristics, marital status, familial status, domestic violence victim status, caregiver status, military status, including past, current, or prospective service in the uniformed services, social class, or any other category or characteristic protected by applicable law.