SESSIONAL LECTURER: CSE344H1F - BODY MATTERS: OPPRESSION, SOLIDARITY AND JUSTICE

Date Posted : 06 / 24 / 2024

Req ID : 38109

Faculty / Division : Faculty of Arts & Science

Department : New College Prog

Campus : St. George (Downtown Toronto)

Description :

The Critical Studies in Equity and Solidarity Program at New College seeks a sessional lecturer from September 1, 2024 December 31, 2024 for the following in-person course :

CSE344H1F Body Matters : Oppression, Solidarity and Justice

CSE344H1F Through lectures, small-group discussions and experiential activities, explores how intersecting cultural stories impact our bodies and how stories inscribed upon us shape and constrain our relations, perceptions, experiences and vulnerabilities as embodied subjects.

Draws on work in cultural studies, critical race and decolonial theory, gender studies, queer, trans and disability theory and fat studies to ask : Whose bodies matter?

How do bodies come to matter? And, how are we - as embodied beings - engaged in acts of rewriting, resisting and otherwise transforming the body means and what it can do?

Enrolment Estimate : 40 students

Estimated TA Support : None

Class Schedule : Wednesdays 11 : 00 a.m. - 1 : 00 p.m.

Salary :

Sessional Lecturer I : $9,457.90

Sessional Lecturer I (Long-term) : $9,930.79

Sessional Lecturer II : $10,121.77 Sessional Lecturer II (Long-term) : $10,326.62

Sessional Lecturer III : $10,362.76

Sessional Lecturer III (Long-term) : $10,570.02

Note : This course will be delivered in person. However, please note that, in keeping with current circumstances, the course delivery may change as determined by the Faculty or the Department.

Minimum Qualifications

Completed or nearly completed Ph.D. (or equivalent), with an academic background in critical disability studies and / or crip theory with a focus on intersectional body politics.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience teaching social justice issues in a university setting is preferred.

Note : Undergraduate or graduate students and postdoctoral fellows of the University of Toronto are covered by the CUPE 3902 Unit 1 collective agreement rather than the Unit 3 collective agreement, and should not apply for positions posted under the Unit 3 collective agreement.

Responsibilities

Normal duties related to the design and teaching of a university credit course, including preparation and delivery of course content;

development, administration and marking of assignments, tests and exams; calculation and submission of grades; and holding regular office hours.

It is understood that some announcements of vacancies are tentative, pending final course determinations and enrolment.

Application Process

Applicants should submit a detailed letter of application; an updated curriculum vitae; names and contact information (email and phone) for two referees or two reference letters;

evidence of teaching in the relevant area, including student evaluations if available; and the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 application form located here : CUPE 3902 Unit 3 Application Form .

For information on accommodations available during the application and hiring process, as well as during the duration of the appointment, please contact the New College Program Administrator at [email protected] .

Applications should be sent to :

CRITICAL STUDIES IN EQUITY AND SOLIDARITY

c / o New College Program Administrator

E-mail : [email protected]

Application deadline : July 17, 2024

Only applications submitted to the email address listed above will be considered .

Closing Date : 07 / 17 / 2024, 11 : 59PM EDT

This job is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 Collective Agreement.

It is understood that some announcements of vacancies are tentative, pending final course determinations and enrolment. Should rates stipulated in the collective agreement vary from rates stated in this posting, the rates stated in the collective agreement shall prevail.

Preference in hiring is given to qualified individuals advanced to the rank of Sessional Lecturer II or Sessional Lecturer III in accordance with Article 14 : 12 of the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 collective agreement.

Please note : Undergraduate or graduate students and postdoctoral fellows of the University of Toronto are covered by the CUPE 3902 Unit 1 collective agreement rather than the Unit 3 collective agreement, and should not apply for positions posted under the Unit 3 collective agreement.