The University of Georgia (UGA) Department of History and Institute for Women’s Studies invite applications for the position of tenure-track assistant professor of African American women’s history. We seek a specialist in African American women’s history, with a preference for candidates whose research focuses primarily on any period prior to 1945. Candidates with specific research and teaching interests in the history of science, health, reproduction, sexuality, environment, labor, or slavery are especially encouraged to apply.

Today we are spotlighting part of our curriculum, WMST 2010: Introduction to Women’s Studies, which is taught by our Graduate Teaching Assistants and offered every semester. As you may have gleaned from the title, this course provides students with an introduction to the interdisciplinary field of Women’s Studies. Students who enroll in this class explore women’s lives and experiences as they are shaped and influenced by social, political, economic, cultural and other important institutions.

Dr. Rumya S. Putcha's first book, The Dancer’s Voice: Performance and Womanhood in Transnational India, will be released in December 2022 by Duke University Press. In it, Putcha develops a critical race and feminist approach to Indian performance cultures. The introduction to The Dancer's Voice has been pre-released on the Duke University Press website and can be accessed here. Dr.