SMU #6330 Assistant Professor of Sociology
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Job Location:
Dallas, IA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Position No. 6330. The Department of Sociology at Southern Methodist University invites applications for an assistant professor with specializations in economic urban global or transnational sociology to begin August 1 2026. The teaching load is typically 2 courses per semester.
The Department of Sociology serves around 120 Sociology and Markets and Culture majors and minors. Markets and Culture is an interdisciplinary economic sociology degree housed in Sociology. Our department is collegial with a strong history of working with McNair Scholars and offering courses that support other majors including African/African-American Studies Mexican-American Studies Health & Society Human Rights and the Womens and Gender Studies and Law and Legal Reasoning minors. Our faculty contribute to the Dedman College Interdisciplinary Institutes research symposia and take advantage of the opportunities to live on campus in the residential commons as a Faculty-In-Residence and teach during the summer and inter-terms at our sister campus in the mountains of Taos NM.
SMU is in a transformative period of expansion and February the university met its goal of reaching the R-1 research tier and the recent SMU Ignited fundraising campaign surpassed its goal three years early after raising over $1.6 billion by May 2025. Student applications for Fall 2025 increased 59% over the previous year and we are welcoming our largest incoming cohort in university the past four years a series of interdisciplinary faculty cluster hires centering on urban studies data science and high-performance computing earth hazards and national security and 21st century technology and education are introducing new collaborations among the faculty across the university and generating innovation in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex a culturally rich arts and global business center that is home to numerous universities arts organizations and Fortune 500 corporations and beyond. ( Requirements
PhD
Preferred Qualifications
Ability to contribute courses toward the Markets and Culture major
Experience teaching undergraduates preferred
Key Skills
- Experience Working With Students
- Classroom Experience
- Medical Management
- Library Services
- Pharmacy Residency
- Research Experience
- Teaching
- Higher Education Teaching
- Curriculum Development
- Grant Writing
- Mentoring
- Research Laboratory Experience
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