Trans Studies Funding Opportunities for Early Career Scholars

Category: Secondary field/interest

August 12, 2023

University of Minnesota Assistant Professorship in African American & African Studies

Deadline: October 1 Length/Track: Tenure track Description: Inviting “applications for a full-time, tenure-track position in Black feminist literary and cultural studies.” “A Ph.D. in English, Literature, African American Studies, American Studies, Cultural Studies, Gender Studies, or a related field in the arts, humanities and/or social sciences is required.” (ABDs may be considered.) URL:

2023 Deadlines, African American Studies, All/Most Humanistic fields, All/Most Social Sciences fields, American Studies, Anthropology, Cultural Studies, October 2023 deadline, Public Health, Tenure track
August 12, 2023

American University Assistant Professorship in Sociology

Deadline: September 18 Length/Track: Tenure track Description: “We welcome applications from candidates engaged in high-quality, theoretically-grounded scholarship on racialization, especially as it intersects with one (or more) of the department’s core areas of empirical research strength: migration/immigration, health, environment, gender/sexuality, and/or social policy.” URL: https://apply.interfolio.com/129621

2023 Deadlines, Border Studies, Environmental Studies, Human Development, Public Health, September 2023 deadline, Sociology, Tenure track
August 12, 2023

University of Alabama-Birmingham Assistant / Associate Professorship in Sociology

Deadline: October 15 Length/Track: Tenured, tenure track Description: “We seek a candidate with demonstrated scholarship in medical sociology, specifically around women, gender, and health. Using funds from a gift to the department, the occupant of this position will play a leadership role in developing programing devoted to raising awareness for gender and women’s health issues.”…

2023 Deadlines, Gender/Sexuality Studies, Human Development, October 2023 deadline, Public Health, Sociology, Tenure track
August 10, 2023

Franklin and Marshall College Instructorship / Assistant Professorship in Modern US History

Deadline: October 9 Length/Track: Tenure track Description: Post-Civil War to the present. “We have a strong interest in candidates who can engage with one or more of the following programs: Africana Studies; Business, Organizations and Society; Economics; Environmental Studies; Government; Latin American and LatinX Studies; Public Health; Public Policy; and Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies.”…

2023 Deadlines, African American Studies, American Studies, Environmental Studies, Gender/Sexuality Studies, History, Latin American Studies, Latinx Studies, October 2023 deadline, Public Health, Public Policy Studies, Race/Ethnic Studies, Tenure track
August 10, 2023

University of California-Los Angeles Assistant Professorship in Social Welfare

Deadline: October 15 (next review deadline) Length/Track: Tenure track Description: “We seek a scholar who studies social policy as it pertains to any of the following areas: age, race, income inequality, immigration, social security, child and family welfare, community development, poverty, and/or housing. We welcome scholarship that draws on an intersectional lens and novel empirical…

2023 Deadlines, Gender/Sexuality Studies, October 2023 deadline, Race/Ethnic Studies, Social Work/Welfare Studies, Tenure track
August 10, 2023

Harvard University Assistant Professorship in the Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality

Deadline: September 15 Length/Track: Tenure track Description: “The Committee on Degrees in Women, Gender, and Sexuality at Harvard University seeks to appoint a tenure-track assistant professor in Women, Gender, and Sexuality whose research focuses on gender in the global south.” URL: https://academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/12623

2023 Deadlines, Africana Studies, Gender/Queer/Trans Studies, Latin American Studies, Postcolonial Studies, September 2023 deadline, South Asian Studies, Tenure track
August 10, 2023

American University Assistant Professorship in Sociology

Deadline: September 18 Length/Track: Tenure track Description: “We welcome applications from candidates engaged in high-quality, theoretically-grounded scholarship on racialization, especially as it intersects with one (or more) of the department’s core areas of empirical research strength: migration/immigration, health, environment, gender/sexuality, and/or social policy” URL: https://apply.interfolio.com/129621

2023 Deadlines, Environmental Studies, Gender/Sexuality Studies, Human Development, Public Health, Public Policy Studies, September 2023 deadline, Sociology, Tenure track
August 9, 2023

Texas Christian University Assistant Professorship in Comparative Race and Ethnic Studies

Deadline: October 2 Length/Track: Tenure track Description: “Scholars of all time periods and specializations in any humanities or social sciences discipline within Black Studies and Latinx Studies are encouraged to apply and will receive full consideration.” “We are particularly interested in candidates with research and teaching interests that include (but are not limited to): Gender,…

2023 Deadlines, African American Studies, Africana Studies, Diaspora Studies, East Asian Studies, Gender/Sexuality Studies, Latinx Studies, Most social sciences fields, October 2023 deadline, Race/Diasporic/Indigenous Studies, Starts in 2024, Tenure track
August 9, 2023

Boston College Assistant or Associate Professor of Systematic Theology

Deadline: October 1 Length/Track: Tenured, tenure track Description: “Preferred specializations include spirituality, sacramentality, and embodiment. Applicants conversant with feminist theologies through an intersectional lens are especially encouraged to apply.” URL:

2023 Deadlines, Gender/Sexuality Studies, October 2023 deadline, Religious Studies/Theology, Tenure track
August 9, 2023

Barnard College Term Assistant Professor and Research Director of the Barnard Center for Research on Women

Deadline: Unstated Length/Track: Unstated, but “term” position Description: Must have administrative, research, teaching, and editorial experience/skills. Required: “Ph.D. in a relevant humanities, social science, or science field or terminal advanced professional degree; activist or community organizing experience is welcome.” URL: https://careers.barnard.edu/postings/6639

2023 Deadlines, Administrative, Administrative/Teaching, Gender/Queer/Trans Studies, Most social sciences fields, Unstated deadline