[Jobs] Michigan State

[Leora Lawton]

*Open Rank Professor of Sociology of Science, Medicine, and/or Technology *



Lyman Briggs College (http://lbc.msu.edu/) and the Department of Sociology (
http://sociology.msu.edu/) at Michigan State University invite applications
for one or more open rank (assistant/associate/full professor)
tenure-system academic year positions in the sociology of science,
medicine, and/or technology. The position will be 75% in Lyman Briggs
College (LBC) and 25% in the Department of Sociology (SOC) in the College
of Social Science and may start as early as August 16, 2018.



Applicants must have a Ph.D. in Sociology or an allied discipline.  LBC has
an ongoing commitment to inclusion and is keen to expand our expertise in
areas of the sociology of science, medicine, and/or technology related to
social justice issues. Preference will be given to candidates whose
research and teaching focus on one or more of the following areas: health
disparities; science, technology, and/or medicine in the global South;
sociology of race and ethnicity; big data; the environment; and food and
agriculture. Geographic area is open, although preference will be given to
candidates whose scholarship and teaching engage non-Western or global
contexts.

Duties include (1) teaching three small LBC undergraduate courses annually;
(2) teaching one course annually in SOC; (3) maintaining an active program
of research in sociology of science, medicine, and/or technology via
publication, grant activity, and research-related outreach and engagement;
and (4) typical academic service in LBC and SOC, with duties in each
reflecting the split appointment. Preference will be given to candidates
who (a) have demonstrable records of success in peer-reviewed publication;
(b) have potential for and/or evidence of external grant support for their
research; (c) use evidence-based teaching methods; (d) have experience
teaching sociology of science, medicine, and/or technology; and (e) promote
the value of inclusion in their teaching, research, and/or service (see:
http://www.inclusion.msu.edu/).




-- 
Leora Lawton PhD
Executive Director
Berkeley Population Center
360 Barrows Hall
(of) 510-643-1270
(m) 510-928-7572
www.popcenter.berkeley.edu
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