Job announcement: UT-Austin Sociology, tenure track

The Department of Sociology at The University of Texas at Austin invites applications for a tenure-track position at the assistant professor level to begin Fall 2015. Area of specialization is open, but the applicant will be expected to contribute to one or more of the core strengths of the department in social inequality, population studies, and global social change. Duties include undergraduate and graduate teaching, research, publication, and service to the department, college, and university. Applicants should at a minimum have a PhD in hand or expected by August 2015, demonstrate a commitment to teaching excellence, and have a clearly defined research agenda.

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Job announcement: Kellogg School of Management, Management & Organizations dept, tenure-track positions

The Management and Organizations Department of the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University is recruiting for tenure-track faculty positions. The department invites applications from candidates with advanced degrees in organizational behavior, management, strategy, sociology, psychology, and related fields relevant to the study of individuals and groups in organizations. Primary criteria will be excellent recommendations, superior teaching capabilities, and outstanding research potential. Duties include teaching in the Master of Business Administration and Ph.D. programs. Candidate must have a Ph.D. or equivalent advanced degree in hand or expected by employment start date.

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Call for papers: ILR Review, SI on Reducing Inequality in Organizations

ILR Review
Call for Papers
Special Issue on Reducing Inequality in Organizations:
What Works? What Doesn’t?

The ILR Review is calling for papers for a conference and subsequent special issue devoted to identifying and developing organizational practices and processes that affect workplace inequality, diversity, and inclusion.  We seek innovative research that will advance our understanding of the organizational arrangements that help reduce the effects of bias and promote diverse and inclusive workplaces. Emilio J. Castilla (MIT) and Pamela S. Tolbert (ILR) will be the guest editors of the issue.

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Job announcement: U of Virginia sociology, open-rank tenured or tenure-track

The Department of Sociology at the University of Virginia invites applicants for an open-rank tenured or tenure-track position (advanced assistant to new full). Field of specialization is open, though we are especially interested in candidates whose work addresses globalization, non-Western societies, environmental sociology, health and society, organizational sociology, comparative-historical sociology and sociological theory.

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Job announcement: Northwestern sociology, assistant prof, non-tenure track

NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY’S Department of Sociology invites applications for a full-time, benefits-eligible, non-tenure eligible faculty appointment as Assistant Professor of Instruction, beginning September 1, 2015.  Duties include teaching six quarter-long undergraduate courses per academic year, at least three of which will also serve the Kapnick Business Institutions Program in Weinberg College.  We welcome candidates with research and teaching interests in the Sociology of Organizations.  Minimum qualifications include a Ph.D. in Sociology, which must be conferred by September 1, 2015.  Preference will be given to candidates who have demonstrated experience working with diverse student communities. Further details about the position are available online at http://www.sociology.northwestern.edu/.

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Job announcement: Brown sociology, Assistant Prof, tenure track

This Fall, the Brown University Sociology Department will be recruiting for a tenure track position in Organizational Sociology, at the Assistant Professor level. We’ve defined our search as broadly as possible, and we’d welcome applicants from any field in the general domain of Organizational Sociology, Economic Sociology, Work and Occupations, and Organizational Theory.  We’re particularly interested in candidates who can build on our department’s strengths in development, environment, health, urban studies, demography, and spatial analysis, or who can connect in interesting ways with Brown’s interdisciplinary activities in entrepreneurship, innovation, international studies, and healthcare.

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Job announcement: HRM (2 positions), ILR School, Cornell

The Human Resource Studies Department of the ILR School, Cornell University, has two openings for new tenure track or tenured faculty members beginning in August, 2015.  Rank is open.  Preference will be given to applicants with a strong research and publication record commensurate with their rank.

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Work and Occupations Article Finalist for Kanter Award

From Dan Cornfield:

Please join me in congratulating  Ayse Yetis-Bayraktar (Bogazici University), Michelle J. Budig (University of Massachusetts-Amherst) and Donald Tomaskovic-Devey (University of Massachusetts-Amherst)!

Their article—“From the Shop Floor to the Kitchen Floor: Maternal Occupational Complexity and Children’s Reading and Math Skills”— in the February 2013 issue of Work and Occupations was selected as one of five finalists in the international competition for the 2013 Rosabeth Kanter Award!

The honor was announced at the Work and Familiy Researchers Network Conference in New York City on Saturday, June 21, 2014.

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Post-Doc in socology of work, Frankfurt, Germany

I am happy to announce that I have a full-time post-doc position to offer for up to six years here in Frankfurt, Germany, in my team. A relatively wide range of specialties within the Sociology of Work and Occupations are very welcome! I have a complete description at my Blog. Interested applicants could send me a CV and cover letter.  I will be doing interviews at the ASA meeting through the employment services.

http://www.heather-hofmeister.de/?p=3103&lang=en

With warm regards,
Heather

Prof. Heather Hofmeister, Ph.D.
Professor, Sociology of Work
Chair, Department of Sociology, Goethe-University, Frankfurt Scientific Director, Center for Leadership and Behavior in Organizations
(CLBO)

h.hofmeister@soz.uni-frankfurt.de