The Jill Ker Conway Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center in conjunction with the Latin American and Latino/a Studies (LALS) Program at Smith College invites applications for a two-year, benefits eligible Postdoctoral Fellowship to begin August 1st, 2024. We are seeking to appoint an interdisciplinary scholar of Latinx/a/o Studies, who primarily works through the perspectives of the social sciences. Applicants must hold a Ph.D. by time of appointment and should be able to demonstrate a community-based/engaged teaching portfolio and an active research agenda with/in Latinx/a/o communities. Candidates from groups underrepresented in higher education are encouraged to apply.

Teaching obligations include two four-credit undergraduate courses per year (or equivalent) as well as programming and curricular building in the Conway Center and the Latinx minor. We are particularly interested in scholars of Latinx/a/o Studies with teaching and research interests in one or more of the following areas: solidarity economies, microfinance and feminist economies, and transregional grassroots economics. The Conway Center and the LALS program value research and pedagogical inquiries that consider global contexts, gender and racial justice, and enduring historical inequities within the discipline. We expect that teaching responsibilities will be centered on developing courses on the candidate’s research areas of interest while actively contributing to fostering interactions between the pedagogical missions of the Conway Center and the LALS program..

Located in Northampton, MA, Smith College is the largest women’s college in the country and is dedicated to excellence in teaching and research across the liberal arts. A faculty of outstanding scholars interact with students in small classes, as advisors, and through student-faculty research projects. Smith College offers opportunities to foster faculty success at every career stage, such as those listed here: https://www.smith.edu/about-smith/provost/faculty-development. The College is a member of the Five College Consortium with Amherst, Hampshire and Mt. Holyoke Colleges, and the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Students cross-enroll and faculty cross-teach across the Five Colleges. On these links, candidates may access details about the Conway Center and the Latin American and Latino/a Studies Program.

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Submit application a http://apply.interfolio.com/147050 with a cover letter, curriculum vitae, a diversity/inclusion statement and three letters of recommendation. Finalists will be asked for additional materials (writing sample and sample syllabi). Review of applications will begin on June 24, 2024.