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Assistant Professor of Sociology

Employer
Bowdoin College
Location
Maine, United States
Salary
Salary Not Specified
Date posted
Dec 23, 2020

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Title Assistant Professor of Sociology Posting Number F00158JP Department Sociology Position Summary

The Department of Sociology at Bowdoin College seeks applicants for a tenure-track position in the fields of Asia/Asian America and Global/Transnational Sociology beginning July 1, 2021. The successful candidate will have demonstrated excellence and promise in teaching and research. We are particularly interested in candidates with a strong commitment to undergraduate liberals arts education, committed to the instruction and support of a diverse student population, and who will enrich and contribute to the racial, ethnic, cultural, and socio-economic diversity of the Department and College faculty. A Ph.D. by the start of the appointment is required.

Bowdoin has highly motivated students and a two-course teaching load per semester. The successful candidate will teach courses in their areas of expertise and core courses in Sociology, including Introduction to Sociology, Research Methods, and our Senior Capstone Seminar. We are especially interested in candidates who can offer elective courses not currently offered by our tenure-track faculty, courses that reflect the interests of our increasingly diverse student body, and courses that make connections with interdisciplinary programs on campus, including but not limited to Asian Studies.

Bowdoin requires its faculty to have a strong commitment to research and a promise of long-term successful scholarly engagement as well as a dedication to teaching excellence in a liberal arts environment. To that end, we encourage candidates to explicitly discuss how they might integrate their scholarly/research agenda with their teaching and service goals (e.g., how they might see their expertise supporting the diversity and inclusion goals of the College). Bowdoin College offers opportunities for professional development, a fully-funded, year-long junior sabbatical leave (after three years of teaching and successful reappointment), and regular, generously funded, post-tenure sabbaticals.

Bowdoin is a community that warmly welcomes people of all backgrounds. We encourage applications from candidates committed to the support of an inclusive campus community and those who will enrich and contribute to the College’s multifaceted diversity. We recognize that recruiting and retaining faculty may involve considerations of spouses and domestic partners. To that end, where possible, the College will attempt to accommodate and respond creatively to the needs of partners and spouses of members of the faculty.

Bowdoin College accepts only electronic submissions. Please submit: 1) a cover letter that details your scholarly research agenda, evidence of teaching effectiveness, and of your commitment to inclusive excellence in the classroom (for a description of inclusive excellence, please consult the following resource https://www.aacu.org/making-excellence-inclusive); 2) a curriculum vitae; and 3) the names and contact information for three references who have agreed to provide letters of recommendation upon request.

Review of applications will begin February 1, 2021. We expect to conduct this search remotely in consideration of the health and safety of candidates and the Bowdoin community.

Founded in 1794 on the Maine coast, Bowdoin is one of the oldest and most selective coeducational, residential liberal arts colleges in the country. Located in Brunswick, a 30-minute drive north of Portland, the College is in an area rich with natural beauty and year-round outdoor activities. Bowdoin’s reputation rests on the excellence of its faculty and students, intimate size, strong sense of community, and commitment to diversity (35.3% students of color, 7.4% international students and approximately 15% first generation college students). Bowdoin College complies with applicable provisions of federal and state laws that prohibit unlawful discrimination in employment, admission, or access to its educational or extracurricular programs, activities, or facilities based on race, color, ethnicity, ancestry and national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, age, marital status, place of birth, genetic predisposition, veteran status, or against qualified individuals with physical or mental disabilities on the basis of disability, or any other legally protected statuses. For further information about the College and our department, please visit our website: http://www.bowdoin.edu.

Posting Date 12/23/2020 Applications Accepted Until Open Until Filled Yes Special Instructions to Applicants

At the time of application, you will be required to include information for a minimum of three references, including name, title, email address, phone number and how you know the reference.

Once you have provided the required reference information and submitted your application, the reference providers will receive an email which is generated automatically from the application system. The email will provide them a link within which to upload a confidential reference letter on your behalf.

You will not be able to view the reference letters but will be able to see how many have been submitted on your behalf.

Employment Category Full Time Year Round Job Start Date 07/01/2021 Job End Date Job Type Faculty Background Check Package Requirements Faculty/Administrative Applicant Documents
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Bowdoin College

Bowdoin (rhymes with explodin') is a private, selective, liberal arts college, founded and endowed to benefit the common good. Our historic residential campus, located in Brunswick, Maine, is home to just over 1,800 students from all over the world.

Academic life at Bowdoin spans thirty-three departments, and is cooperative, not competitive: so we tend to attract students who like brainstorming with faculty, working in teams, and welcoming big, new, difficult questions.

We value kindness, diversity, creativity, and hard work.

There’s a lot to love about Maine. And this state is very much at the heart of the College. We simply wouldn’t be Bowdoin anywhere else.

According to one of our colleagues, “To teach at Bowdoin is to help train and educate future leaders—an unalloyed privilege in my experience and a rare one.”

We feel fortunate to live here and to be able to experience everything there is to see and do. Maine is renowned for its beauty—its iconic seaside fishing villages and beachesmountain vistas, and pristine forests. But the appeal is also very much about the people—their culture, sense of community, way of life, and welcoming, inquisitive, and energized spirit.

We’re not going to try to list all that Maine has to offer. But we will try to lead you in a few directions from which you can navigate your own journey of discovery—a very Maine thing to do too!

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