Assistant or Associate Professor of Sociology
Ethnicity/Race/Racism

University of Utah.  The Department of Sociology (www.soc.utah.edu) invites applications for a tenure-track or tenured position at the Assistant Professor or beginning Associate Professor level.  Although the Department would benefit from any number of teaching and research specialties, we are particularly interested in sociologists whose teaching and research involve issues of race/ethnicity and/or criminology, and those whose research interests complement one of the Department’s two major foci: Comparative International Sociology and Population & Health (descriptions available at www.soc.utah.edu/graduate/description.html).  The following are a few potential examples of preferred teaching and research areas: comparative criminology; the sociology of Mexican Americans and Latino/a Americans; social stratification; transborder relations; transnational identities; criminalization of immigration and immigrants; comparative sociology of law; sexuality & deviance; global sex trafficking; international terrorism; the sociology of drugs and addictions; race/ethnicity/racism in relation to crime and the criminal justice system; race/ethnicity and popular culture; environmental racism/inequality.  Candidates should have the Ph.D. in Sociology by Summer 2009 at latest.  The successful applicant will have a strong record of or clear potential for achieving excellence in teaching and success in research with a well-defined research agenda.  The sociology program awards the BS/BA, MA, and Ph.D., with about 400 undergraduate majors and a growing doctoral program.  Many of our undergraduate students pursue the criminology certificate.  The University of Utah values candidates who have experience working in settings with students from diverse backgrounds, and possess a strong commitment to improving access to higher education for historically underrepresented students.  Review of applications will begin 17 October 2008 and continue until the position is filled.  Please send (1) a letter describing teaching and research interests, (2) a curriculum vita, (3) samples of scholarly work, and (4) three letters of recommendation to: Ethnicity/Race Sociology Search Committee, University of Utah, Department of Sociology, 380 S 1530 E Rm 301, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0250.  Positions are dependent upon final budgetary approval.  The University of Utah is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer, encourages applications from women and minorities, and provides reasonable accommodation to the known disabilities of applicants and employees.