Job Posting: TT Assistant Professor position at USC

The Department of Sociology (http://dornsife.usc.edu/soci/) in the Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences at the University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA) invites applications for a tenure track Assistant Professor position, with an anticipated start date of Fall 2017. We seek applicants in the area of Social Movements with a specialization in race and/or immigration. The position will offer opportunities to affiliate with campus research centers engaged in social analysis. The Ph.D. is required by time of appointment.  In order to be considered for this position, applicants are required to submit an electronic USC application; follow this job link or paste in a browser:  http://jobs.usc.edu/postings/71499 . The applicant should upload a letter of interest that addresses research and teaching, a CV, representative scholarly papers or chapters, and the names of three referees who can be contacted by USC for a letter of reference.

Screening of applicants will began October 1, 2016 and is continuing. Inquiries may be sent to socisearch@dornsife.usc.edu.

Job Posting: TT Position at Boston University

The Questrom School of Business at Boston University invites applications for a full-time, tenured Associate or Full Professor position to serve as the Director of the Harry Susilo Institute for Ethics in the Global Economy (http://www.bu.edu/susilo/). The position will be effective July 1, 2017.

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Job Posting: TT Position at Florida State University

The Department of Sociology (http://coss.fsu.edu/sociology ) and FSU’s African American Studies Program (http://coss.fsu.edu/aas) invite applications for a tenure track or tenured faculty member, effective August 2017. The position is open with respect to specialization, and the candidate’s doctoral degree may be in Sociology or African American Studies. We are especially interested in candidates who will build on department strengths in inequalities and social justice, health and aging, and demography. Applications should show evidence of scholarship and teaching with respect to African Americans or the African diaspora. Teaching duties will include at least one course per year in the African American Studies undergraduate curriculum.
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Job Posting: Multiple TT Positions in Organizational Behavior at McGill University

Position Summary:

McGill University’s Desautels Faculty of Management invites applications for multiple tenure-track positions in Organizational Behavior starting August 2017. Successful candidates will sustain a cutting edge, high quality research program and publish in top journals. They are also expected to work actively with doctoral students, and to teach in our undergraduate and graduate programs. We encourage applications from candidates at all levels. Salary is negotiable, according to qualifications and experience.

In addition to having a Ph.D. in a related discipline (e.g., organizational behavior, management, strategy, international business, entrepreneurship, organizational theory), the ideal candidate will have a record of research publications in high quality, peer-reviewed journals, evidence of effective teaching, and clear promise of pursuing an interesting and innovative research agenda. Applicants possessing outstanding potential, both as a researcher and a teacher, who are recent doctoral graduates or who plan to have completed the requirements for their Ph.D. by December 2016 may be considered. Whereas teaching is done in English, knowledge of French or a willingness to learn French is desirable.
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Job Posting: Cluster Hire in Inequality, Power and Social Justice at University of California, Merced

The University of California, Merced is recruiting between one and four Assistant, Associate, or Full Professors as part of a cluster hire in the area of Inequality, Power, and Social Justice focused on issues related to 1) Identity, Experience, and Representation and 2) Structural and Institutional Inequality.  Successful applicants will demonstrate how their empirical work examines issues of inequality, power and social justice, with the potential to build upon the Sociology Department’s strengths in social inequality, immigration, race, gender, education, political sociology and globalization, or to complement these strengths in related areas with an innovative research focus.  Full details are available at: https://aprecruit.ucmerced.edu/apply/JPF00389

Job Posting: Herbert A. Simon Chair in Education, Management, and Organizational Behavior (Harvard)

The Harvard Graduate School of Education invites applications from highly qualified candidates for the endowed Herbert Simon Professorship in Education, Management, and Organizational Behavior.

The Herbert A. Simon Chair carries tenure in the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE). The person who holds this professorship will bring the benefits of theoretical and empirical research to bear on problems of education management and organizations. Applicants should have expertise in disciplines such as management, organizational behavior, and/or economics. We seek applicants who have a clear track record of working across disciplinary boundaries and who strive to impact theory, policy, and practice through their work.
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Job Posting: TT Position at The Ohio State University

The Department of Sociology in the College of Arts and Sciences at The Ohio State University invites applications for a tenure track position in the field of social stratification, at the assistant professor to associate professor levels, to commence autumn semester 2017. We seek candidates who are well-grounded on topics of social inequality and stratification and have an established and active research record in these regards. It is expected that this person will also help us build links to interdisciplinary research centers and programs at the university. We seek candidates who will maintain vigorous research programs, actively seek external funding, contribute to both graduate and undergraduate teaching, and provide service to the department and the profession.

This position is partially funded by Ohio State’s Discovery Themes Initiative “Translational Data Analytics”  https://discovery.osu.edu/focus-areas/data-analytics/ which is assembling a critical mass of scholars who apply data analytics to scientific problems across all disciplines. Therefore, candidates who employ quantitative models and methods and who have experience working with large and/or complex data will receive preference in our deliberations. Continue reading “Job Posting: TT Position at The Ohio State University”

Job Posting: Professor of the Practice (non-tenured) position at Duke University

The Markets and Management Studies Program (MMS) at Duke University seeks applicants for an open rank Professor of the Practice position, a non-tenure track but regular rank faculty position.

The Professor of the Practice track at Duke is parallel to the tenure track, and affords possibility for reappointment and promotion.  The position will come with an initial four-year contract that is renewable, subject to review, beginning with a start date in July or August 2017.  The position will be located administratively in the Department of Sociology with teaching responsibilities in Duke’s MMS Program.  A Ph.D. in Sociology or an allied social science field (Psychology, Economics, Management, Marketing, Organizational Behavior and so on) is required, along with two years of teaching experience.  The position will have a 3-3 teaching load, which is adjustable downward for possible administrative duties in MMS.  The MMS Program is a 7-course, interdisciplinary certificate program that enrolls about 600 undergraduate students from Arts & Sciences and Engineering.  MMS uses the liberal arts as a basis for undergraduate business education.  It offers students the opportunity to study business, management, organizations and organizational behavior, entrepreneurship and marketing.

Processing of applications will begin November 1, 2016 and will continue until the position is filled.  Please send an electronic version of a letter of application, curriculum vitae, evidence of teaching effectiveness, and three letters of recommendation to: Academic Jobs Online at https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo .  Duke University is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual’s age, color, disability, genetic information, gender, gender identity, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, or veteran status.

Job Posting: Senior-Level Faculty Position at Brown University

The Brown University Department of Sociology seeks applications for an appointment at the rank of Associate or Full Professor of Sociology, to begin July 1, 2017, for a scholar with a specialization in the area of organizational studies and entrepreneurship. Within this focus, we particularly seek candidates who conceive their work broadly, and whose work contributes to the larger discipline of sociology. The new faculty member will join a growing community of scholars associated with Brown’s newly created Jonathan M. Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship and will participate actively in teaching undergraduates interested in organizational studies and entrepreneurship. A successful candidate must have an outstanding record of scholarly achievement, a proven record of research funding, and demonstrated excellence in undergraduate and graduate teaching and advising.

Candidates should submit: (1) a cover letter describing research completed and planned, (2) a curriculum vitae, and (3) the names of five references who would be contacted at the appropriate time by the search committee. To receive full consideration applications must be received by October 15, 2016. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled or the search is closed. Brown is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, and women and minorities are enthusiastically encouraged to apply. Send materials to: apply.interfolio.com/37132

Job Posting: Professor of the Practice Position at Duke University

The Markets and Management Studies Program (MMS) at Duke University seeks applicants for an open rank Professor of the Practice position, a non-tenure track but regular rank faculty position.

The Professor of the Practice track at Duke is parallel to the tenure track, and affords possibility for reappointment and promotion.  The position will come with an initial four-year contract that is renewable, subject to review, beginning with a start date in July or August 2017.  The position will be located administratively in the Department of Sociology with teaching responsibilities in Duke’s MMS Program.  A Ph.D. in Sociology or an allied social science field (Psychology, Economics, Management, Marketing, Organizational Behavior and so on) is required, along with two years of teaching experience.  The position will have a 3-3 teaching load, which is adjustable downward for possible administrative duties in MMS.

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