Trans Studies Funding Opportunities for Early Career Scholars

Category: Sound Studies

November 6, 2024

University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign Assistant/Associate Professorship in Musicology

Deadline: December 1 Length/Track: Tenured, tenure track Description: Should specialize in ethnomusicology. Preferred qualifications include “Gender and Sexuality Studies in Music, Global Black and African Diasporic Sonic Practices, [and] Indigenous/First Nations Sonic Practices.” URL:

2024 Deadlines, African American Studies, Africana Studies, December 2024 deadline, Diaspora Studies, Environmental Studies, Gaming Studies, Gender/Sexuality Studies, Indigenous Studies, Music, Native American/American Indian Studies, Sound Studies, Starts in 2025, Tenure track
October 19, 2024

University of Texas-Arlington Assistant Professorship in Video Game Studies

Deadline: November 10 Length/Track: Tenure track Description: Inviting “applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the broad area of video/digital game studies beginning in Fall 2025. Candidates must have a terminal degree in a field housed in a department in the College of Liberal Arts (see department listing below). This is an interdisciplinary search aimed…

2024 Deadlines, Digital Studies, Disability Studies, Gaming Studies, Gender/Sexuality Studies, Music, November 2024 deadline, Performance Studies, Race/Ethnic Studies, Sound Studies, Starts in 2025, Tenure track
October 8, 2024

Bates College Open Rank Professorship in Africana/Digital & Computational Studies

Deadline: November 15 Length/Track: Tenured, tenure track Description: “The candidate’s engagement in the Africana Program will be in the social sciences and/or humanities. Topics may include, but are not limited to: Black transnational and diaspora studies; Black aesthetics, such as music and performance; new media and cultural studies; Black disability studies; comparative race, ethnicity, indigeneity,…

2024 Deadlines, Africana Studies, Africana Studies, All/Most Humanistic fields, All/Most Social Sciences fields, Carceral and Criminal Justice Studies, Communications/Media Studies, Diaspora Studies, Digital Studies, Film/Media Studies, Gender/Sexuality Studies, Indigenous Studies, Most Humanities Fields, Most social sciences fields, Music, November 2024 deadline, Performance Studies, Philosophy, Race/Ethnic Studies, Sound Studies, Starts in 2025, Technology Studies, Tenure track
September 24, 2024

San Diego State University Assistant Professorship in Jotería/ LGBTQ Chicana/o/x Studies

Deadline: October 31 (to ensure full consideration) Length/Track: Tenure track Description: Joint appointment in the Departments of Chicana and Chicano Studies and English and Comparative Literature. “We look favorably on candidates with expertise in trans of color and queer of color studies; cultural studies with emphases in literature, media, cinema, and/or sound; and border politics…

2024 Deadlines, Border Studies, Communication/Media Studies, Comparative Literature/English, Film/Media Studies, Gender/Queer/Trans Studies, Latinx Studies, October 2024 deadline, Sound Studies, Starts in 2025, Tenure track
September 16, 2024

University of Utah Assistant Professorship in Latina/o/x/e Studies

Deadline: November 1 (priority deadline) Length/Track: Tenure track Description: “We invite scholars at the forefront of their field of inquiry that embraces the interdisciplinary nature of our fields, and committed to theorizing, researching, teaching, and building community partnerships with research that benefits diverse Latinx communities. We invite applicants whose expertise in Latina/o/x/e and Chicana/o/x and…

2024 Deadlines, African American Studies, Africana Studies, All/Most Humanistic fields, All/Most Social Sciences fields, Art History, Art/Design, Border Studies, Carceral and Criminal Justice Studies, Colonial/Postcolonial/Decolonial Studies, Communication/Media Studies, Comparative Literature, Diaspora Studies, Environmental Studies, Film/Media Studies, Gender/Sexuality Studies, Indigenous Studies, Labor Studies, Latinx Studies, Museum/Preservation Studies, Music, Native American/American Indian Studies, November 2024 deadline, Performance Studies, Postcolonial Studies, Race/Ethnic Studies, Religious Studies/Theology, Sound Studies, Starts in 2025, Technology Studies, Tenure track, Visual Studies
September 16, 2024

University of Utah Assistant Professorship in Black Studies

Deadline: November 15 Length/Track: Tenure track Description: “The ideal candidate will have a strong interdisciplinary approach to the field and be dedicated to pushing the boundaries of Black Studies as both a field and praxis. We especially invite applicants whose research is transdisciplinary and explores one or more of the following areas: “Applicants must be…

2024 Deadlines, African American Studies, Africana Studies, Art History, Colonial/Postcolonial/Decolonial Studies, Communication/Media Studies, Comparative Literature, Diaspora Studies, Digital Studies, Disability Studies, Film/Media Studies, Gender/Sexuality Studies, Health Studies, Most Humanities Fields, Most social sciences fields, Museum/Preservation Studies, Music, November 2024 deadline, Performance Studies, Postcolonial Studies, Race/Ethnic Studies, Rhetoric, Sound Studies, Starts in 2025, Technology Studies, Tenure track, Visual Studies

Category: Sound Studies

University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign Assistant/Associate Professorship in Musicology

University of Texas-Arlington Assistant Professorship in Video Game Studies

Bates College Open Rank Professorship in Africana/Digital & Computational Studies

San Diego State University Assistant Professorship in Jotería/ LGBTQ Chicana/o/x Studies

University of Utah Assistant Professorship in Latina/o/x/e Studies

University of Utah Assistant Professorship in Black Studies