Assistant Professor, Tenure-Track, Department of Sociology
Location: Waco, TX
Open Date: Jun 19, 2024
Deadline: Oct 01, 2024 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time
Description
Baylor University’s Department of Sociology seeks candidates for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position specializing in social stratification for Fall 2025.
The successful candidate will bolster our strengths in social inequality, demography, ethnoracial inequality, social problems, and/or health disparities. An active empirical program highlighting the dynamics and/or life chances of minoritized groups is a plus.
About Baylor University: Located in Waco, Texas, Baylor University is the oldest college in Texas. With a population of 21,000 diverse students, Baylor is one of the top universities in the nation, having been named an R1 institution by the Carnegie Classification in January 2022. Baylor is also on the honor roll of the “Great Colleges to Work For” from The Chronicle of Higher Education; Baylor offers competitive salaries and benefits while allowing faculty and staff to live in one of the fastest-growing parts of the state. Our strategic plan, Illuminate, guides the University as we continue to live up to Baylor’s mission of educating men and women for worldwide leadership and service by integrating academic excellence and Christian commitment within a caring community.
Qualifications
Candidates must have a strong record of, or ongoing potential for, influential research publications and external research funding. The successful candidate will be expected to teach and mentor at the graduate and undergraduate levels. A Ph.D. in sociology by the start date is required.
Application Instructions
Please submit through Interfolio:
- Detailed letter of application
- Current curriculum vitae
- Portfolio of writing samples (uploaded as one combined document)
- Three confidential reference letters
- Official academic transcript of Ph.D.
All applicants must also complete the self-disclosed Religious Affiliation Form in Interfolio.