- The Department of Sociology at Santa Clara University, a Jesuit, Catholic university, seeks applicants for Quarterly Lecturer (non-tenure track) positions to teach courses in Community and Society, Introduction to Sociology, and International and Global Sociology, Law and Society, among other potential openings. Specific assignments will be made according to the academic qualifications of the individual and programmatic need. Santa Clara University is on the quarter system, and the quarters are 10 weeks long with an 11th week for final examinations. This is an applicant pool; as such, positions are hired as needed. The successful candidate will teach no more than 2 courses in any quarter and no more than four courses over the fall, winter and spring quarters. All classes will be presented in- person, however, if the county health and university health conditions deteriorate, the successful candidate may be asked to teach part of the course online.
- The Department of Sociology & Social Work at Hope College in Holland, Michigan seeks applicants for an adjunct faculty position. General responsibilities include, but may not be limited to: prepare and execute all work for assigned class including syllabi preparation, instruction delivery, and student assessment; maintain regular, published office hours for students.
- Lone Star College seeks applicants for an Adjunct Faculty position in Sociology. It is the responsibility of the teaching faculty to provide the learning activities and support that will lead to the achievement of the course objectives and contribute to the educational environment of the college and the community. Primary responsibilities are to plan, develop and teach courses within the curriculum in a manner that facilitates student learning. Adjunct faculty are hired in a part-time capacity on a semester-by-semester basis, contingent upon the needs of the System. Lone Star College accepts application material year-round from qualified applicants willing to teach on a part-time basis. Adjunct (part-time) faculty hiring is based on student demand. We offer day, evening, and weekend classes. Classes are offered at various times and locations during the academic year. As a rule, adjunct faculty may teach a maximum of five classes per academic year.
- The University of Hong Kong invites applications for a joint appointment as Professor/Associate Professor/Assistant Professor in Statistics in HKU Business School and the School of Computing and Data Science, to commence as soon as possible. Appointment will be made on a three-year fixed-term basis, with the possibility of renewal and consideration for tenure before the expiry of a second three-year contract. Exceptionally outstanding candidates at Professor/Associate Professor level may be considered for appointment on tenure terms.
- The University of Hong Kong invites applications for appointment as a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Family Demography in the Department of Sociology. Both positions will commence as soon as possible on a three-year fixed-term basis with the possibility of renewal and consideration for tenure before the expiry of a second three-year fixed-term contract.
- MassBay Community College is seeking a part-time Sociology faculty member to join the Division of Humanities and Social Sciences and teach a variety of in-person, first- and second-year Sociology courses, including Introduction to Sociology and Drugs and Society on site at our Early College high school partners at Waltham High School, Framingham High School, and Milford High School.
- The Department of Demography at the University of California at Berkeley is generating an applicant pool of qualified temporary instructors to teach a range of courses in the department should openings arise. Please visit the Courses and Sample Syllabi link for more information about the department's classes (https://www.demog.berkeley.edu/courses/). We invite instructors to apply that can teach broadly accessible topics and introductions to formal demographic methods, social demography, fertility, mortality, migration, population and environment, family and gender, demography of race and ethnicity, history of population thought, demographic implications of climate change, international migration and refugees, political demography, economic demography, demography and development. The position's duties include undergraduate and graduate teaching. In addition to teaching responsibilities, general duties may include managing graders and/or graduate student instructors (teaching assistants), holding office hours, assigning grades, advising students, preparing course materials (e.g., syllabus), maintaining a course website, and writing exams.
- The McGill University Department of Sociology invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position, commencing August 1, 2027. We seek applicants with a quantitative and/or computational methods research profile as demonstrated by a record of published and ongoing work addressing sociological questions. Substantively, we invite applications from scholars specializing in political sociology (including but not limited to topics such as populism, social movements, nationalism, democratic backsliding), medical sociology, economic sociology and stratification, or technology and society. The successful candidate will be expected to teach quantitative methods at the undergraduate and/or graduate levels.
- Pew Research Center is seeking a Research Associate to help study how Americans understand and experience issues related to race and ethnicity and/or immigration. We are looking for a seasoned survey researcher or pollster who is skilled at translating complex topics into accessible survey questions and rigorous analysis. The Research Associate will play a central role in developing questionnaires, analyzing survey and secondary data, identifying compelling findings, creating charts and tables, and helping communicate results to journalists, policymakers, researchers and the broader public. They will also bring strong project management skills, with a track record of managing complex workflows, working on multiple projects simultaneously, and keeping projects on track in a fast-paced, detail-oriented environment. This position reports to the Associate Director of Race and Ethnicity Research.
- The Department of Sociology in the AddRan College of Liberal Arts at Texas Christian University occasionally has openings for part-time temporary adjunct instructors. Applying for a part-time teaching appointment in sociology would add the applicant to a pool which is available to the departmental search committee for consideration in case the need arises.
- The Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin (“LBJ School”) invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Health Policy to begin in Fall of academic year 2027-28 (with an August 2027 start date). One of the nation's top programs in public affairs, the LBJ School is seeking to strengthen its faculty in health policy design, implementation, and evaluation. The ideal candidate will possess proven experience and expertise in one or more of the following areas: healthcare systems, healthcare policy reforms, health services research, and the effects of policy on health (e.g. policies affecting the socioeconomic or environmental determinants of health). They will also teach courses related to public policy. The appointee's research will have direct relevance to public policy. The appointee will conduct and publish scholarly research and seek grant opportunities in support of their research and/or teaching activities. The appointee will participate in faculty governance in the LBJ School.
- The Department of Family & Consumer Studies (FCS) at the University of Utah invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Families and Health, beginning July 2027. Applicants must have a Ph.D. by the time of appointment. Candidates should have a strong record of research, teaching, and grantsmanship, commensurate with their career stage. The successful candidate will be a scholar specializing in families and health, broadly defined, though expertise in families and health care or health policy is preferred. Examples of priority research areas for this position include: family influences on health care access, utilization, and experiences; family-centered health policy; family caregiving across the life course; family relationships and mental health; and the role of families in health literacy and medical decision-making. Teaching responsibilities for this position may include courses on families and health policy, social science and healthcare, child health care, and modern families, among other topics. Faculty also have opportunities to contribute to an interdisciplinary, health-focused undergraduate program within the College of Social & Behavioral Science.
- The Department of Sociology and Anthropology and the Health, Medicine, and Society Program at Lehigh University invite applications for a joint, tenure-track faculty position as Assistant Professor of Sociology, with a specialization in medical sociology, and an anticipated start date of July 1, 2027. The individual hired will be expected to teach undergraduate courses in quantitative methods, introduction to sociology (taught periodically as part of a rotational schedule), and upper-division sociology electives, as well as offering interdisciplinary courses in Lehigh's Health, Medicine, and Society Program, including both the core course Medicine & Society and electives for advanced undergraduates. The individual hired must maintain an active program of research and participate in departmental, college, and university service. The selected candidate is expected to carry a standard teaching load of 2/2 and to demonstrate a commitment to evidence-based, inclusive teaching practices.
- The Department of Criminology, Law and Society (CLS) at the University of California, Irvine invites applications for a faculty position in CLS. We welcome applications from outstanding candidates in all fields, who will build on our departmental strengths in theory, research, and policy analysis. We are particularly interested in candidates whose research interests and expertise include one or more of the following substantive areas: Health, Democracy and Human Rights, Technology and AI, Gender, and Climate and the Environment. The appointment will be made at the Full Professor rank (with tenure); we also welcome applications from current Advanced Associate Professors who would be eligible for promotion to Full Professor in the University of California at the, or close to, time of appointment. To ensure your application is given full consideration, files should be completed by December 10, 2026. Priority will be given to applications received by that date; however, applications will be accepted until the position is filled.
- The Department of Epidemiology and Population Health in the School of Public Health and Information Sciences at the University of Louisville is seeking applicants for a tenure-track, open rank faculty position. Applicants must have a doctoral degree in epidemiology. Applicants should have a strong record of peer-reviewed publications. Extramural funding as a principal investigator is required for consideration at the Associate or Full Professor level. Applicants should show good potential for developing and maintaining a nationally recognized portfolio of research, and experience in teaching and mentoring in both epidemiologic methods and an appropriate content area.
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