East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina
Lots of turnover at East Carolina University. Searching for "anti-discrimination" on their website brings up a bunch of PDFs where it looks like faculty have addressed discrimination in their scholarly work. No anti-discrimination policy for the university located yet. ESU is a public, four-year or above, public, doctoral/research university similar to Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois. North Carolina passed a same-sex marriage ban in the summer of 2012. However, there are advocacy centers (student services support centers) at North Carolina State University (NCSU) campuses, the land grant university for the state of North Carolina, Appalachian State University, and at Wake Forest University.
See this interactive map provided by the Consortium for Higher Education LGBT Resource Professionals.
There is an LGBT Resource Office at ESU and they offer academic courses, but the website has not been updated since the summer of 2011.
ESU is part of the University of North Carolina system.
Saint Cloud University, St. Cloud, Minnesota
If there were an example job announcement, I would love to see, it is this one:The School of Education http://www.stcloudstate.edu/soe at St. Cloud State University has several probationary/tenure-track and fixed-term positions available beginning Fall, 2013. These are assistant professorships in the following departments: Higher Education Administration (Educational Leadership & Higher Education); Human Relations and Multicultural Education; Special Education; and other departments possible pending approval. For position details, qualifications required, and to apply, go to: http://agency.governmentjobs.com/stcloudstate/default.cfm. Review of applications will begin in February and March, 2013; positions are open until filled. St. Cloud State University is committed to excellence and actively supports cultural diversity. To promote this endeavor, we invite individuals who contribute to such diversity to apply, including minorities, women, LGBT, persons with disabilities and veterans. St. Cloud State University is a member of Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System.
St. Cloud University is on the consortium map, and they are looking for probationary/tenure-track individuals, which means as I am finishing my dissertation, I might be considered. Minnesota citizens recently defeated a same-sex marriage ban in conjunction with the presidential election in November, 2012, but only by a 51% margin. Still, I am counting five (5) universities or colleges in Minnesota on the consortium map (meaning they have resource centers or advocates of some kind).St. Cloud's School of Education has a department of Human Relations and Multicultural Education (HURL); with some very intriguing characteristics and departmental objectives.
Here is the link for jobs posted at St. Cloud University: http://agency.governmentjobs.com/stcloudstate/default.cfm
However, when I actually get to the job descriptions, there are only adjunct (part-time) positions open for content areas related to multicultural education...disappointing
Checking the Chronicle of Higher Education...
Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Grand Valley State University seeks an Assistant Professor of Social Foundations of Education. Position begins in August 2013. Applicants must have a doctorate in Social Foundations or closely related field, with demonstrated ability to teach educational research methods. Candidates must demonstrate potential for teaching, scholarship and service to the college, profession and community.If A.B.D., then must be completed by August 2013. Follow this link to the GVSU job listings.
Michigan has a constitutional amendment (passed in 2004) that bans civil unions for gay and lesbian couples. But GVSU has a resource center ( http://www.gvsu.edu/lgbtrc/ ) and it appears to be a member of the consortium.
A portion of the anti-harassment policy at GVSU is as follows:
Harassment on the basis of age, color, disability, familial status, height, marital status, national origin, political affiliation, race, religion, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, or weight is considered a violation of university policy.
St. Cloud University's non-discrimination policy is very similar, but includes only sexual orientation, along with the federally mandated categories.
