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I'm pleased to announce that my department at Wesleyan, the Science in Society Program, is conducting a search this fall. Please find the job advertisement below. I am happy to answer any questions potential applicants may have:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:mthakor@wesleyan.edu" class="">mthakor@wesleyan.edu</a>.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="">
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<span class="ContentPasted0" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Palatino Linotype", serif;">The Science in Society Program at Wesleyan University seeks to hire a tenure-track assistant professor beginning July 1, 2024, with substantive research and teaching
interests in social, cultural, and/or historical aspects of global or transnational medicine, public health, and disease. Candidates’ work should 1) be grounded in interdisciplinary science and technology studies; 2) address current issues considering historical,
postcolonial, and decolonial perspectives. Special consideration will be given to candidates with research interests in one or more regions of Central or South America, the Caribbean, Black Africa, Asia, or with Indigenous communities in North America or the
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