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Environmental studies department seeks applicants with 'ecofeminism' background
2019-10-16
[Campus Reform] A private college in Maine is seeking an Environmental Studies professor with some very specific suggested qualifications.

In addition to having a focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion, the university suggests that applicants have backgrounds research topics like "ecofeminism" or "posthumanism."

One private Maine college not only requires that the newest addition to its environmental studies program be a champion of "equity and inclusion," but also hopes that he or she may have some research background in "posthumanism," "ecofeminism," or "queer ecologies."

Bates College has just begun an active search for a new assistant professor for its environmental studies program. The job description suggests that applicants have research backgrounds in various fringe disciplines, including "decolonizing environmentalism" and "feminist environmentalism."

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Bates advertises its environmental studies department as one that "encompasses a broad range of issues" involving the "interaction of humans with both the natural world and built environments." The description of the department includes a claim that "students must think beyond existing disciplinary boundaries" in order to fully understand environmental issues.

The newest addition to the department would be a professor who is involved in the performing or studio arts, literature, or cultural studies, and who is "attentive to hierarchies of power and privilege." The university hopes this individual will "offer cross-cultural and/or transnational perspectives on environmental traditions."

Applicants are expected to highlight their commitment to "equity and inclusion, social and cultural diversity, and the transformative power of our differences."

The department notes that potential research areas for its new professor "are open," but lists various suggestions, such as "ecocriticism and nature writing," "queer ecologies," "indigenous and post-colonial/decolonial/decolonizing environmentalisms," "ecofeminism/feminist environmentalism," and "posthumanism and animal studies."

What is Posthumanism? author and Rice University professor Cary Wolfe has defined "posthumanism" in the context of animal studies as a discipline rejecting the traditional concept of the "humanities" in its recognition of humans as separate from other living beings. Instead, "posthumanities" asks if it is possible to "reject the classic humanist divisions of self and other, mind and body, society and nature, human and animal, organic and technological?"

The successful candidate will be charged with teaching five courses and providing academic advising to students. Employment would begin in August 2020.
Posted by:Besoeker

#12  Ref #11: In gummit (while outlawed but quite common place) it is referred to as the 'pre-selection.'

A key indicator of 'pre-selection'....the job vacancy was posted for the minimum required days, then vaporized.
Posted by: Besoeker   2019-10-16 21:48  

#11  One private Maine college not only requires that the newest addition to its environmental studies program be a ... yada, yada, yada.

When you see a list of requirements like that they already have a candidate that they plan on hiring pre-picked by the Good Olde Girlâ„¢ network. They only have an "open job tender" because it looks good to the outsiders.
Posted by: magpie   2019-10-16 20:13  

#10  â˜º
Posted by: Dron66046   2019-10-16 16:11  

#9  "We seek person with a sense of equity and posthuman postumous diverse queer ecosexualism."
Posted by: Glenmore   2019-10-16 16:07  

#8  "We seek person with a sense of equity and posthuman diverse queer ecosexualism."

"Hey, no pwoblem ! I diddled plenty a' doped kids in them woods. Before that I used ta' shag with frogs, hyuck hyck."

"What course could you teach ?"

"How 'bout BA in Bestiality ?"
Posted by: Dron66046   2019-10-16 15:38  

#7  By the prickings of my thumb
Something wicked this way comes.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2019-10-16 12:36  

#6  When did humane become an insult?
Posted by: Lex   2019-10-16 12:16  

#5  Does it pay a lot for very little real work?

I would be happy to self-identify as just about anything they want. Let me know!
Posted by: Tom   2019-10-16 12:06  

#4  Down with racist algebra!
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2019-10-16 10:20  

#3  Blair's Law springs to mind.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2019-10-16 10:08  

#2  Bates College - reminds me of Norman Bates and the family motel - maybe he/his Mom could take the gig.
Posted by: Glenmore   2019-10-16 09:46  

#1  Sounds like an easy gig, unfortunately I'll be busy that weekend.
Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839   2019-10-16 09:23  

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