- 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 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 Sociology at Louisiana State University invites applications for an open-rank professor position beginning August 2027. We seek applicants with a specialization in Environment and Community who want to join a vibrant academic community at a R1 university. Screening of applicants will begin October 12, 2026 and will continue until the position is filled.
- The Department of Sociology and Criminology at The Pennsylvania State University, invites applications for a full-time tenure-track position, at the rank of Assistant Professor, to start in Fall 2027, with flexibility. Candidates for Assistant Professor must have demonstrated ability as a researcher, scholar, and teacher and have evidence of growth in scholarly achievement. Duties and responsibilities for assistant professor candidates include a combination of research, service, and teaching. Onsite teaching is an essential function of the job.
- The Department of Sociology and Criminology invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position at the rank of assistant professor to begin in August 2027. We seek candidates whose research, teaching and service supports the University's mission, particularly regarding social justice. Candidates should have a Ph.D. in Criminology or Sociology by the time of appointment. We especially encourage applicants who focus on legal system processes (e.g. policing, courts, corrections). Successful candidates will have an active research agenda with an emphasis on high-quality publications. They should also demonstrate a commitment to effective teaching at the undergraduate level and will be expected to teach a research methods and/or data analysis course, among other courses in their areas of expertise.
- The Department of Sociology in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) invites applications for a full-time tenure-track Assistant Professor position to start August 2027. We seek a candidate with demonstrated expertise and scholarship in rural health and aging, who will contribute to the needs of the department and be involved in the NIA-funded Southern Population Aging Research Center (www.sparc-aging.org). Candidates whose research is centered, or has the capacity to be centered, on the health of aging populations in Alabama and/or the Deep South will receive preference. All methodological approaches are welcome, but candidates with expertise in qualitative methods, mixed methods, and/or community-based participatory research are especially encouraged to apply.
- The Department of Geography and Environmental Studies at Texas State University invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position in Urban and Regional Planning to begin Fall 2027. We seek an urban geographer or planner whose research will expand and complement the department’s existing strengths in urban and regional planning, applied environmental geography, and GIScience. Areas of specialization are open, but may include urban infrastructure systems, planning and public policy, comparative urbanization, housing and finance, or related areas.
- IPUMS makes the world's largest collection of population and health survey data freely accessible online. Thousands of researchers use these data worldwide, and you can contribute to the development and enhancement of this public good. We seek an Associate Data Analyst (Research Pro 1- Data Management) to join our team of research and information technology professionals. We are looking for a technically minded person who enjoys working with data and can learn new skills and knowledge quickly. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented and motivated by task completion, knows when to ask questions, communicates progress clearly, and is eager to develop technical skills in data processing and IPUMS data.
- The Department of Geography and Environment, College of Social Sciences, University of Hawai'i at Manoa (UHM, Honolulu, Hawai'i) invites applications for an Assistant Professor (F-3) in Spatial Statistics and Geospatial Artificial Intelligence (GeoAI). This is a 9-month, full-time, permanent, tenure-track faculty appointment to begin August 1, 2027, subject to position clearance and availability of funds. We seek a scholar whose research advances spatial statistics, statistical learning, machine learning, or artificial intelligence (AI) for understanding geographic processes and social and environmental challenges. Candidates should demonstrate a strong foundation in spatial analysis and the ability to connect methodological development with substantive applications. Relevant application areas include, but are not limited to, environmental change, human-environment interactions, climate variability, natural hazards, land-use and land-cover change, population dynamics, spatial inequality, health geography, and agricultural and ecological systems.
- The Department of Sociology and Criminology & Law at the University of Florida, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences invites applications for a full-time, nine-month, tenure-accruing position beginning August 16, 2027, at the rank of Assistant Professor with specialization in population health broadly defined. We seek scholars whose research examines the social, economic, political, environmental, and/or demographic factors that shape population health outcomes and health inequalities. Applicants’ research programs may focus on areas including, but not limited to, health disparities and inequities; aging and health; family and health; mental health; disability; reproductive health; health behaviors; environmental influences on health; social epidemiology; or the consequences of social stratification for health and well-being. Researchers employing all types of methodological approaches are encouraged to apply.
- The Department of Health Policy and Management at the Yale School of Public Health invites applications for a tenure- track faculty position at the level of Assistant/Associate Professor in Health Policy and Management, starting in Fall 2027. Rank will be commensurate with experience. We welcome applications from those interested in conducting empirical research in health policy, healthcare management, health services research, demography, political science, sociology, health economics, public policy, and related fields.
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