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Assistant or Associate Professor of Sociology

\ \ Description\ MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE, MIDDLEBURY, VT 05753. The Department of Sociology invites applications at the Assistant or early Associate level, for a tenure-track position beginning fall 2025. The successful candidate shall be a teacher and scholar of true eminence and excellence in a field that emphasizes the study and use of data and have demonstrated interest in computational methods, including social network analysis and/or working with social media data, and use computational methods in their teaching and research. Successful candidates will teach one introductory data science course, one upper-level elective in sociology that involves computational social science, as well as two additional courses in their area of expertise each year. Occasionally, on a rotating basis, candidates will teach a First-Year Seminar course in their area of expertise in place of one of the above courses. Additionally, all faculty at Middlebury teach fall and spring courses, contribute to our Winter Term course offerings, and serve the College by participating on elected committees and as Chair or Director of the department or program at the appropriate time in their career. Substantive areas of interest are open. Applicants should have a Ph.D. in Sociology (or a closely related field with training in Sociology).\ \ Qualifications\ Middlebury College is a top-tier liberal arts college with a demonstrated commitment to excellence in faculty teaching and research. This hire is the first of what Middlebury expects will be multiple endowed tenure-track positions in departments across campus to grow the Middlebury Initiative in Data and Digital Methods (midd.data). Middlebury College is committed to fostering a truly inclusive, open, and supportive learning, teaching, and working environment. The College hires faculty from around the world and a myriad of life experiences, cultures, frames of reference, social identities, and learning perspectivesto help cultivate and advance innovation in our curriculum and to provide a rich and varied educational experience to our talented and distinguished student body. To that end, as an equal opportunity employer, Middlebury College seeks applications from people who would contribute to our increasingly diverse educational community not only through their backgrounds and interests, but in age, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, ethnicity, national origin, religion, and physical ability.\ \ Application Instructions\ Middlebury College uses Interfolio to collect all faculty job applications electronically. Email and paper applications will not be accepted. At Middlebury, we strive to make our campus a respectful, engaged community that embraces difference, with the all the complexity and individuality each person brings. Thus, with your application materials please provide a separate, one-page statement on inclusion that addresses how your teaching, scholarship, mentorship, and/or community service demonstrate a commitment to and/or evidence of engaging with issues of diversity and inclusion. Through Interfolio submit: a letter of application addressed to the search committee chair, Professor Chong-suk Han; a curriculum vitae; undergraduate and graduate transcripts; a statement of teaching and research plans; a sample of scholarly production; and contact information of three recommenders who can later submit confidential letters of recommendations, at least two of which must speak to teaching ability/promise. More information is available at https://apply.interfolio.com/153298. Offers of employment are contingent on completion of a background check. Info mation on our background check policy can be found here: http://go.middlebury.edu/backgroundchecksLinks to an external site.\ \ Review of applications will begin on October 18, 2024 and will continue until the position is filled.\ \ Equal Employment Opportunity Statement\ Middlebury College is a top-tier liberal arts college with a demonstrated commitment to excellence in faculty teaching and research. An Equal Opportunity Employer, the College is committed to hiring a diverse faculty as we work to foster innovation in our curriculum and to provide a rich and varied educational experience to our increasingly diverse student body.

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