Academic Professional Track (Non-Tenure): Instructional Assistant Professor

The Department of Sociology in the College of Arts and Sciences at Texas A&M University invite applications for a full-time, 9-month, non-tenure track Instructional Assistant Professor starting in the fall semester of 2024.  Responsibilities for this position include teaching three courses each semester and service. The salary is competitive and commensurate with experience. In the College of Arts and Sciences at Texas A&M, faculty with this job title are typically renewed on an annual basis, pending satisfactory progress, and have the opportunity for promotion in future years.  

Texas A&M University is one of the largest AAU universities in the U.S. with a student population of approximately 70,000 and is consistently rated as one of the top universities in the U.S., particularly on “best value” and “affordability” (https://www.tamu.edu/assets/downloads/rankings.pdf). Texas A&M offers a wide range of research opportunities including the Texas Federal Statistical Research Data Center (TXRDC), the Race and Ethnic Studies Institute (RESI), the Latina/o and Mexican American Studies Program (LMAS), and the Glasscock Center for Humanities Research. Texas A&M University ranks in the top 10 university endowments in the U.S. and ranks among the top 10 U.S. public universities in research expenditures. The Sociology Department is large and intellectually robust with roughly 30 faculty members, approximately 520 undergraduate majors and 70 graduate students.

Completed Ph.D. in sociology and teaching experience. Successful candidates will possess a strong pedagogical background for high-quality teaching of undergraduate courses in introductory and advanced research methods and classical and contemporary sociology theory, as well as courses across the sociology curriculum, including (but not limited to): introduction to sociology and upper division courses in area of specialty. We are especially interested in candidates who can engage in teaching and service activities to enhance the undergraduate experience targeted at improving undergraduate recruitment, expanding extracurricular activities, developing our honors program, and directing our internship program.

Review of applications will begin April 4, 2024 and will continue until the position is filled. Applications are only accepted online through Interfolio at http://apply.interfolio.com/142221. Interested candidates must submit:

• Cover letter

• Curriculum vitae

• Personal Statement to include philosophy and plans for research, teaching and service, as applicable

• Names and contact infromation of (3) professional references

Questions may be addressed to search committee chair, Dr. Tim Woods,  twoods@tamu.edu