CALL FOR APPLICATIONS Visiting Scholar or Post - Doctoral Fellow

University at Buffalo (SUNY)

The University at Buffalo (SUNY) announces the creation of a Center for Disability Studies. The Center is the product of a partnership between the University at Buffalo and People Inc., a leading regional human services provider, specializing in assisting individuals with developmental disabilities. The Director of the Center is Professor David Gerber of the Department of History at the University at Buffalo.

For the next three years, the principal activity of the Center will be to recruit a visiting scholar or post-doctoral fellow for each of three spring semesters (2010, 2011, and 2012). Preference will be shown for a scholar in any discipline whose work on disability has an historical approach or any analytical framework that seeks to understand change and continuity over time. The visitor's responsibilities will consist of work for both the university and for People, Inc. The visitor will teach a class in his or her discipline at either the graduate or undergraduate levels, consult with students, and give a public lecture at the university. The visitor will also advise People, Inc. on the ongoing development of its Museum of disAbility, which exists in both traditional and virtual forms (www.museumofdisabilityhistory.com). Each visitor is asked to develop an exhibit for the virtual museum based on his or her work on disability. The visitor will also be asked to help with the planning of People, Inc.'s annual fall film festival, which is dedicated to films dealing with disability. The visitor will have a salary for the semester negotiable up to $50,000 and medical benefits, and an office at the university.

Applicants should send a letter of application, three letters of reference, and a current CV to: Professor David Gerber, Department of History, Park Hall, University at Buffalo (SUNY), Amherst, New York, 14260.

Inquiries may be addressed to Professor Gerber at dagerber@buffalo.edu.

The University at Buffalo is an affirmative action/ equal opportunity employer.