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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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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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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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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The Department of Sociology at Rutgers University-New Brunswick seeks to hire a tenure track assistant professor whose work addresses global economic inequalities and transnational patterns of labor and economic organization. The position entails teaching undergraduate and graduate level Sociology classes and a significant scholarly research program. We will consider innovative work including the impact of global markets, the transnational circulation of persons in relation to global labor markets and migration, and/or the organization and political economy of global organizations that impact upon inequality. Theoretical and methodological orientations are open. A PhD in Sociology or a related field is required by start date. The position will begin Fall 2015 pending budgetary approval. Questions regarding the search should be directed to socsearch2014@sociology.rutgers.edu.

We will begin reviewing applications on October 10, 2014. Applications received after that date cannot be assured full consideration. Please upload a cover letter, curriculum vitae, and 1-2 writing samples to apply.interfolio.com/25543. We also require three recommendation letters; letters should be uploaded to apply.interfolio.com/25543 as well.

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ASSISTANT/ASSOCIATE/FULL PROFESSOR
SCHOOL OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Illinois is a world leader in research, teaching, and public engagement. We serve the state, the nation, and the world by creating knowledge, preparing students for lives of impact, and addressing critical societal needs through the transfer and application of knowledge. Illinois is the place where we embrace difference. We embrace it because we value it. Illinois is especially interested in candidates who can contribute, through their research, teaching, and/or service, to the diversity and excellence of the Illinois community.

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The School of Labor and Employment Relations has a vacant faculty position in Human Resource Management or Employment Relations. We are interested in candidates who have teaching and research interests industrial relations, strategy, strategic HR, employment policy, sociology, or other areas where organizations and workplace institutions are a major research interest. This is a full-time tenure-track or tenured position that combines research with teaching in the School’s master’s and PhD programs in human resources and employment relations. The School is an academic unit that concentrates on research and teaching in the HR-ER fields. For more information, please see our website athttp://www.ler.illinois.edu/.

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