Sociologist

The Department of Sociology at Cornell College invites applications for a tenure-track (Assistant Professor) position to begin August 2027.

We seek an individual committed to excellence and innovation in undergraduate education with an emphasis on experiential learning, inclusive pedagogical approaches, and active engagement of students.

The successful candidate will have an applied or public sociological focus and expertise in some of the following areas: race, ethnicity, and social inequalities; gender and sexuality; social policy; medical sociology; public health; criminology; or related areas.

The teaching load is 6 courses per year including SOC101 Sociological Thinking, some combination of core courses such as Fundamentals of Community and Public Health, Research Methods, Social Theory, or Senior Seminar, courses in the College’s Ingenuity Core Curriculum, and courses in the candidate’s area of expertise which contribute to the Sociology major/minor, the Community and Public Health major, and other interdisciplinary majors/programs such as Gender Sexuality, and Women’s Studies; Pre-Social Work; or Race, Ethnicity, and Social Justice.

In future years, there may be an opportunity to teach off-campus courses.

Required Qualifications:


* Ph.D.

in Sociology.

Related fields such as Community Health, Public Health, Social Work, Criminology/Criminal Justice considered with substantive academic background in Sociology. 


* Demonstrated commitment to equity and inclusion.
 

Preferred Qualifications


* 2+years teaching applied or experiential courses and mentoring students, experience in applied sociological work outside of academia, and/or building relationships/working with community partners.

Cornell’s One Course At A Time academic calendar is divided into eight 3½ week blocks in which students take and faculty teach a single course.

Full-time faculty teaching load is 6 block courses during the academic year with the other 2 blocks reserved for professional development, course preparations, or travel to academic meetings; further opportunities for summer teaching and research supervision may also be available. 

Candidate will be expected to participate in service to their department and to facilitate their department’s support of the college’s Ingenuity core curriculum.

  The college encourages interdisciplinary interests among its faculty and the development of teaching strategies that capitalize on our distinctive academic calendar.

One Course At A Time allows us the freedom to take students off-campus without impinging on other course commitments.

In addition, class size is limited to 25 students, and upper-level courses are often smaller.
 

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