- 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 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 applicant must have taken and completed successfully at least 18 graduate level hours in the social sciences or humanities area in which they are teaching.
- The Franklin College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Georgia (UGA) invites applications for an open faculty position to begin August 1, 2026, for a scientist who can contribute to the domain of Applied Health Innovation for Societal Impact. This is a full-time equivalent position with a 50% instruction (12 credit hour), 45% research, and 5% service effort expectation per academic year. We are seeking applications for an Assistant or Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology (tenure track) with a focus on Genomics, Epigenetics and Biomes. The ideal candidate will investigate gene-environment interactions to advance evolutionary and biocultural understandings of human and animal health while complementing archaeological and ecological approaches to population health. They will simultaneously contribute to cross-disciplinary research, teaching and service in health-related fields.
- 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 Louisville's Department of Sociology is seeking qualified candidates to teach undergraduate courses in sociology. At a minimum, candidates must have teaching experience and a graduate degree in a related field with at least 18 graduate hours in sociology.
- 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, to commence in January 2027 or as soon as possible thereafter, 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 Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison invites applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of (advanced) assistant professor in the fields of demography, sociology of population, and health beginning in August of 2027. We are particularly interested in scholars who use demographic and statistical methods of inquiry and evidence either a track record of or strong potential for leading NICHD-funded research. The successful candidate will be expected to have an active role in the Center for Demography and Ecology and align with the Center’s commitment to cooperative, multi-disciplinary research and training in population science.
- 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 Department of Demography at the University of California, Berkeley seeks applications for a full-time faculty appointment at the rank of tenure-track Assistant Professor. This includes but is not limited to applicants with expertise in economic demography, computational demography, environmental demography, the demography of health and aging, the demography of fertility and family change, as well as migration and population dynamics. The search is not restricted by subfield and scholars with interdisciplinary interests are encouraged to apply. The position’s duties include: academic research and publications, undergraduate and graduate teaching, and administrative service.
- The Department of Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley seeks applications for a tenure-track, Assistant Professor faculty position. Candidates will be considered regardless of field of specialization. The position's duties include: academic research and publications, undergraduate and graduate teaching, and administrative service.
- The Economic Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, is seeking a social scientist with strong research skills to lead demographic research on rural communities in the U.S. ERS economists and social scientists conduct rigorous policy-relevant research to inform public and private decision making on issues of national significance relevant to USDA. In this position, the social scientist would analyze the drivers of rural population change, with particular emphasis on migration, and the implications of demographic change for economically varied areas of rural America. The researcher would also be expected to analyze rural populations in the context of other socioeconomic dimensions such as labor markets, income and poverty. This is a full-time position in the Rural Economy Branch, Resource and Rural Economics Division, and would be located in Kansas City, Missouri.
- The McGill University Department of Medicine in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences is inviting applications for a full-time position at the rank of Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) based at the Research Institute of the McGill University Hospital Centre (RI-MUHC) or the Lady Davis Institute (LDI). The successful candidate would join a vibrant and growing community of methodologists that extends beyond the Department of Medicine, including the Faculty’s Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health (EBOH).
- The Population Research Center at Portland State University seeks applicants for a Research Scientist. The Population Research Center is an interdisciplinary public service, research, and training unit for population-related data and research for the State of Oregon. The Research Scientist will have primary responsibility to produce population estimates and projections for Oregon’s UGB areas and tribal lands wholly within the state, and county level projections by age/sex, race/ethnicity, and disability status.
- The Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health (HDPFH) at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health is a vibrant and interdisciplinary department comprising of faculty, scientists, thought leaders, and practitioners from the fields of public health, epidemiology, demography, social work, medicine, economics, and law. The HDPFH is recruiting for a candidate for an Open Rank Faculty - Population and Family Health position. The successful applicant will build an independent research portfolio with strong scholarly contributions, secure external research funding, and gain national and international recognition at the intersection of global public health, population dynamics, and major global trends. We seek candidates who will help to further develop the Department and School's research, educational, and policy agenda. The individual will be encouraged to collaborate across disciplines and departments within the School and the University. We seek candidates who will conceptualize research, identify funding sources, prepare proposals, establish research collaborations, and carry out funded projects.
- The Center for Human Resource Research (CHRR) at The Ohio State University is seeking a Survey Researcher to join our team. CHRR is an interdisciplinary center for survey research and data services that has partnered with colleges and departments within The Ohio State University, as well as local, state, national, and international organizations. This position will be a significant leader in our research, for both internal and customer-based survey projects, and responsible for the lifecycle of complex, large-scale projects, from conceptualization to dissemination. This role requires the ability to balance technical skills with system administration and project management for research clients. Key responsibilities include: developing sampling strategies for survey projects using address-based random sampling; liaising with both PIs and sampling vendors to ensure the quality and reliability of sampling lists; conducting non-response and poststratification analyses and creating sampling weights based on these analyses; and coordinating data harmonization, documentation, and dissemination.
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