Tenured: Professor and Department Head

The Department of Sociology in the College of Arts and Sciences at Texas A&M University invites applications for a full-time, 9-month position of a tenured full professor and department head, to serve at least one 5-year term as department head. The position of department head includes two months of summer funding. The anticipated start date for the position is July 1, 2024, or as otherwise negotiated. The Department Head reports to the Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences. The successful applicant will have strong administrative experience and skills with a clear vision for the future of the department, including developing a strategic plan to maintain strengths and to navigate growth at the undergraduate, graduate, faculty, and staff levels. The successful candidate will also manage daily operations, including management of personnel, control of an operating budget, decision-making power, annual evaluation processes, and ensurance of shared governance.

Although department head will be the primary role of this faculty position, the successful applicant will also be expected to maintain a scholarly agenda as well as engage in teaching at a reduced load.

The Department of Sociology (https://artsci.tamu.edu/sociology) is large and growing, collegial, and intellectually and demographically diverse with approximately 30 faculty members. The department’s undergraduate programs have about 520 majors and the doctoral program has about 70 students. Texas A&M University offers a wide range of research opportunities including the Texas Research Data Center (TXRDC), the Race and Ethnic Studies Institute, the Glasscock Center for Humanities Research, and the Howard B. Kaplan Laboratory for Social Science Research. The Department of Sociology is the home of the Women’s and Gender Studies program and the Latino/a and Mexican American Studies program.

Texas A&M University is a large and expanding research university (more than $1B in research expenditures annually). Texas A&M is located in Bryan/College Station, a growing metropolitan community with a clean environment, attractive amenities, and a low cost of living. It has close proximity to the large metropolitan areas of Austin, Houston, San Antonio, and the US-Mexico border. The University is a land, sea, and space grant university and was designated a Hispanic Serving Institution in 2022. Approximately 25% of the student body is first generation.

Candidates should have a doctoral degree in Sociology or a closely related field, experience and/or skill as an academic leader, a nationally or internationally recognized record of scholarship, excellence in teaching, and a demonstrated commitment to collegiality. The department’s six main research areas include: culture; crime, law, and deviance; demography; organizational, political, economic, and environmental sociology; race, class, and gender; and social psychology. Area of specialization for the successful candidate is open, but preference will be given to candidates whose teaching and research interests match the main areas of the department. Consistent with the current departmental approach, all methodologies, theoretical perspectives, and geographical areas of concentration are welcome.

Qualified applicants should submit a cover letter that includes a discussion of their leadership philosophy and administrative experience and a personal statement to include philosophy and plans for teaching, research, and service.They should also submit a curriculum vitae and the names and contact information for three references in their on-line application through: apply.interfolio.com/140130

Consistent with administrative practices at Texas A&M, the search committee chair is Dr. Mindy Bergman, Head of the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences; questions about the search can be directed to her at mindybergman@tamu.edu. References will be contacted only after candidates are informed. Review of applications will begin on March 8, 2024 and continue until the position is filled.