Positions

Undergraduate Internships

Feminist Majority Foundation
Full-time internships, which run for a minimum of two months, are available year-round. We prefer that interns work 35-40 hours/week. We offer full-time internships during summer and full or part-time internships during spring and fall. Feminist Majority and Feminist Majority Foundation internships provide students with a behind-the-scenes look at the women's movement. Each intern is given a wide variety of responsibilities, such as monitoring press conferences and public hearings, researching, writing, policy analysis, and organizing events and demonstrations.
For more information: http://www.feminist.org/intern/default.asp

Gay Men's Health Crisis, New York City
Opportunity to be involved with this non-profit in the areas of public policy, AIDS hotline, and nutrition programs in addition to other client services.
For more information: www.gmhc.org

Government Internships, various locations
ADNET Systems places students in agencies such as the Dept. of Transportation, Homeland Security, Transportation Security, U.S. Coast Guard, and Park Service. Interns will be matche to their interests.
Paid. For more information: www.adnet-sys.com

Human Rights Watch, New York City
Opportunity to provide research and support to the directors and research associates of this organization that promotes and monitors worldwide attention to international human rights. Foreign language skills preferred.
For more information: www.hrw.org

Jersey Battered Women's Service, Morris County
Our mission is to prevent domestic violence through the protection and empowerment of the victim, to rehabilitate family members, and to educate the public about domestic violence and its consequences.
Interns serve on the Board of Directors, talk to callers on the crisis hotline, help with the children in shelter, accompany victims to court, provide transportation, do clerical work, write for the newsletter, speak to groups on domestic violence, and much more.
For more information: (973)267-7520 Ext. 129 or www.jbws.org

Lambda Legal, New York City
Lambda Legal is a national organization committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, the transgendered, and people with HIV or AIDS through impact litigation, education, and public policy work.
For more information: www.lambdalegal.org

National Organization for Women (NOW), New York City
NOW-NYC works to win equality and justice for women and promote social change through action in several key areas, including reproductive rights, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered women's rights, the rights of older and young women and girls, eliminating violence against women and racism, colorism, and ethnicism.
Interns have the opportunity to research and design fact sheets on a topic, write articles for our quarterly newsletter, draft letters to governmental officials, and take on projects of vital importance to NOW-NYC's activism and infrastructure. Interns work with one of our issue-action committees and one of our chapter development taskforces. Interns also provide referral resource information to women in need who call the NOW-NYC Service Fund Helpline.
To apply: Please submit your resume, a 2-3 page writing sample, and a cover letter indicating where you learned about our internship, what you hope to gain from the internship and what you can give to NOW-NYC: Coordinator, NOW-NYC, 150 West 28th St., Room 304, New York, NY, 10001, or fax (212) 627-9861.
For more information: (212) 627-9895 or www.nownyc.org

Planned Parenthood of Greater Northern New Jersey
Planned Parenthood of Greater Northern New Jersey, Inc. (PPGNNJ) exists for the purpose of protecting the rights of, and providing the means for, every individual to control fertility and gain access to reproductive health care and family life education. Opportunities include working in the medical centers, in the administrative office, in education, and/or in development.
For more information: (973) 539-9580 or www.ppgnnj.org

The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York City
This museum offers a range of programs that engage a diverse cross section of artists, writers, scholars, and musicians. Interns assists with organizing exhibits; maintaining archives; and developing workshops, tours, lectures, dialogues, and performances. Need computer skills. Foreign language skills a plus.
For more information: www.studiomuseum.org

Susan G. Komen Breat Cancer Foundation
The global mission of this foundation is to eradicate breast cancer as a life-threatening disease by advancing research, education, screening, and treatment. Interns have the opportunity to work on grant proposals, organize events, educate the public, contribute to the newsletter, and much more.
For more information: (908)277-2904 or www.njakomen.org

UNIFEM, United Nations Development Fund for Women, New York City
UNIFEM is the women's fund at the United Nations. It provides financial and technical assistance to
innovative programmes and strategies that promote women's human rights, political participation and
economic security. Within the UN system, UNIFEM promotes gender equality and links women's issues
and concerns to national, regional and global agendas by fostering collaboration and providing
technical expertise on gender mainstreaming and women's empowerment strategies.
For more information: www.unifem.org

UNFPA, United Nations Population Fund, New York City
Interns gain an understanding of multilateral assistance in population activities and how UNFPA operates by
working under the supervision of a senior staff member at UNFPA Headquarters in New York. The backgrounds of the interns are matched with the needs of the Organization.
For more information: www.unfpa.org/about/employment/internship.htm

Women Rising, Jersey City
WomenRising is the foremost community based organization for women in Hudson County. Governed and managed by women, WomenRising assists women and their families to achieve self sufficiency and live safe, fulfilling and productive lives, through social services, economic development and advocacy services.
For more information: www.womenrising.org

Undergraduate Job Opportunities

Program Assistant, Center for Women Studies, Colgate University
Responsibilities include: Assistant fo Director of Women's Studies Program; Administration of the Colgate Center for Women's Studies; Programming Development for the Center of Women's Studies.
Application deadline: April 14, 2004
To apply: Send cover letter, resume, transcript, with two letters of recommendation and a copy of a paper written on a subject important to the applicant which was done for a Women's Studies class to:
Search Committee, Women's Studies Program Assistant
c/o Mary Keys, Administrative Asssistant, Women's Studies Program
327 Alumni Hall, 13 Oak Drive
Colgate University
Hamiliton, NY 13346-1398

Graduate and Faculty Positions

Women's Studies Lecturer, Arizona State University, West Campus
The Department of Women's Studies invites applications for a lecturer position beginning August 16, 2004. Ph.D. candidate in women's studies or closely related field required.
Application deadline: February 1, 2004; if not filled the 1st of each month until the search is closed
To apply: Applications must include cover letter, CV, and names, addresses, and phone numbers for three references. Send to:
C. Alejandra Elenes
Chair, Women's Studies Lecturer Search Committee
ASU West
P.O. Box 37100
Phoenix, AZ 85069-7100

Assistantship in Women's Studies, Villanova University
The Graduate Division of Liberal Arts and Sciences offers an assistantship in Women's Studies, tenurable for two years, by a student admitted to selected Masters programs.
Application deadline: March 1, 2004
For more information: (610) 519-6142 or www.villanova.edu/women's studies

Vada Yeomans Endowed Professorship in Women's Studies, Center for Women's Studies and Gender Research, University of Florida
The Center for Women's Studies and Gender Research at the University of Florida invites applications and nominations for the Vada Yeomans Endowed Professorship in Women's Studies at the advanced Associate or Full Professor level. Applicants shuold have demonstrated expertise in post-colonial, global, and/or transnational feminist theory.
Application deadline: February 15 - April 1, 2004
To apply: Applicants should submit, by both surface and electronic mail, a CV; a letter of application describing experience, philosophy, and qualifications related to this position; and names, telephone numbers, and addresses (both surface and electronic) of four references. Send to:
Professor Berta Esperanza Hernandez-Truyol
Chair, Vada Yeomans Professor Search Committee
University of Florida c/o Levin College of Law
P.O. Box 117625
Gainesville, FL 32611-7635
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Paula Ambroso ambrosop@wst.ufl.edu and Cindy Zimmerman zimmerca@law.ufl.edu

Call for Editors - thirdspace
The editors of thirdspace want you to join our team. We are looking for one or more emerging feminist scholars (graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and new professional scholars) to strengthen our editorial committee and help develop thirdspace.
To apply: Please send a CV, a short letter of interest, and your contact details (including email address) by attachment (Word or Word Perfect) to info@thirdspace.ca

Assistant Professor Position, University of Kansas
Anthropology, Sociology, and/or the Women's Studies Department at the University of Kansas seek to hire an Assistant Professor. This individual appointed would be expected to contribute to core courses in graduate and undergraduate programs in anthropology and sociology and appropriate interdisciplinary programs.
To apply: Applicant should submit curriculum vitae, letter of application, and supporting letters from at least three persons to
Prof. Ann Cudd
Search Committee Chair, c/o Women's Studies Program
The University of Kansas
1140 Jayhawk Blvd., Suite 213
Lawrence, KS 66045

Senior Hiring Initiative
As part of the College Senior Hiring Initiative at The University of Southern California, the Gender Studies Program is searching for outstanding senior scholars of International stature in several areas including gender, globalization and media, gender and new technologies and sexual, racial, and ethnic diversity. Hiring would be joint with another academic department or school within the University.
For further information: http://www.usc.edu/dept/LAS/gsp

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