Position Details

Job Title Assistant Professor of Sociology - Tenure-Track

Position Title Assistant Professor of Sociology - Tenure-Track

Position Number

Job Category University Faculty

Job Type Full-Time

FLSA Status Exempt

Campus Rogers Park-Lake Shore Campus

Location Code SOCIOLOGY (02120A)

Department Name SOCIOLOGY

Is this split and/or fully grant funded? No

Duties and Responsibilities
Loyola University Chicago, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Sociology invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track position, beginning Fall 2019, at the rank of Assistant Professor with expertise in urban sociology whose substantive interests contribute to areas of department need, such as environmental sociology, race, or religion with a methodological specialty in ethnography. For information about the department, please visit https://www.luc.edu/sociology/.

Teaching responsibilities shall include courses in the undergraduate core curriculum, courses for sociology majors, and graduate courses. Candidates for the position must clearly demonstrate the potential for excellence in research and teaching and have a record of (or clear potential for) distinguished scholarship, grant-funded research, and student mentorship.

Qualifications
The successful applicant will have a Ph.D. by the time of the appointment, a strong commitment to excellence in teaching at all levels, and a substantial research agenda. Along with the primary expertise noted above, preference will be shown to candidates who can teach undergraduate courses and mentor both undergraduate and graduate students.

Physical Demands None

Working Conditions None

Minimum Education and/or Work Experience
The successful applicant will have a Ph.D. by the time of the appointment, a strong commitment to excellence in teaching at all levels, and a substantial research agenda. Along with the primary expertise noted above, preference will be shown to candidates who can teach undergraduate courses and mentor both undergraduate and graduate students.

Open Date 10/08/2018

Close Date

Special Instructions to Applicants
Candidates should submit a current Curriculum Vitae, a teaching statement/research agenda, and a letter of interest to www.careers.luc.edu. They also should provide the names and email addresses of three individuals prepared to speak to their professional qualifications for this position, especially in terms of scholarship and undergraduate teaching and mentorship. Referees will not be contacted immediately but might be at subsequent points in the review process. Candidates should forward additional materials related to teaching excellence, samples of scholarly publications, and all queries to:

Dr. Rhys Williams, PhD.
Department of Sociology
Loyola University Chicago
1032 W. Sheridan Rd.
Chicago, IL 60660
rwilliams7@luc.edu

Review of applications will begin November 12, 2018 and continue until the position is filled.

Loyola University Chicago is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer with a strong commitment to hiring for our mission and diversifying our faculty. The University seeks to increase the diversity of its professoriate, workforce and undergraduate and graduate student populations because broad diversity - including a wide range of individuals who contribute to a robust academic environment - is critical to achieving the University s mission of excellence in education, research, educational access and services in an increasingly diverse society. Therefore, in holistically accessing the many qualifications of each applicant, we would factor favorably an individual s record of conduct that includes experience with an array of diverse perspectives, as well as a wide variety of different educational, research or other work activities. Among other qualifications, we would also factor favorably experience overcoming or helping others overcome barriers to an academic career or degrees.

As a Jesuit Catholic institution of higher education, we seek candidates who will contribute to our strategic plan to deliver a Transformative Education in the Jesuit tradition. To learn more about LUC s mission, candidates should consult our website at www.luc.edu/mission/. For information about the university s focus on transformative education, they should consult our website at www.luc.edu/transformativeed.

Quick Link for Posting http://www.careers.luc.edu/postings/9295

Job Number 8500568

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