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The Sociology Department at Stony Brook University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor, who specializes in migration studies, beginning in the Fall 2024 semester.    The Department is well known as a hub for understanding how global processes create and alleviate various forms of inequalities at the local, national, and international levels. Building on the Department's long-standing strength in the study of global dynamics, we seek to hire a scholar of migration with expertise in any of the various dimensions of migratory stratification and exclusion such as: race, racism, and ethnic-racial inequalities; political violence; gender inequalities; economic deprivation; refugees and undocumented migrants; human rights; carceral practices; immigration policies; the historical dynamics of migration; and the reciprocal relationship between climate change and migration. We expect the successful candidate to have a strong commitment to research, teaching, mentorship, service, and diversity. The successful candidate will teach migration-related courses at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.

Campus Description:

Stony Brook University, one of two flagships within the State University of New York (SUNY) system, is one of America's most dynamic public universities, a center of academic excellence, and an internationally recognized research institution that is changing the world. After more than 60 years of existence, it is ranked among the top 100 universities in the nation and the top 25 public universities in the nation. It is a member of the prestigious invitation-only Association of American Universities, composed of the top 66 leading research institutions in North America. As Long Island's largest single-site employer, Stony Brook has nearly 15,000 full- and part-time employees, including 2,800 faculty and nearly 27,000 students — including almost 18,000 undergraduates — and offers more than 200 majors, minors and combined-degree programs. Located approximately 60 miles east of Manhattan on Long Island's beautiful North Shore, Stony Brook is situated on 1,454 wooded acres, encompassing 13 schools and colleges; a Research and Development Park; world-class athletics facilities, including an 8,300-seat stadium and a 4,000-seat arena; and Stony Brook Medicine, Long Island's premier academic medical center. Also part of the University is a teaching and research campus in Southampton, New York, which offers graduate arts programs and is the site of the Marine Sciences Center. In addition, Stony Brook has a role in running, and performs joint research with, Brookhaven National Laboratory, the only Department of Energy Laboratory in the Northeast. Home to the Emerson String Quartet, the Pollock-Krasner House in East Hampton, NY, and the Humanities Institute, with endeavors that extend to the Turkana Basin Institute in Kenya and the Ranomafana National Park in Madagascar, Stony Brook sustains an international reputation that cuts across the arts, humanities, social sciences and natural sciences.

The department of sociology is also deeply involved in two major new initiatives at Stony Brook University; the University's selection as the anchor institution to administrate New York City's Climate Exchange (to be located on Governor's Island in New York Harbor); and the endowed Center for the Changing Systems of Power, which aims to invigorate Stony Brook's focus on social, racial, gender, and other forms of inequality.

About the College of Arts & Sciences:

As part of a great research university, the College of Arts and Sciences at Stony Brook University focuses on scholarly creativity, connecting our disciplines of fine arts; humanities; social, behavioral and natural sciences; and mathematics with medicine, technology, culture, education, business and environment. As the largest College for the campus, we help students and faculty begin a lifetime of learning and discovery by exploring new ideas that drive innovation and inspiration across all sectors of society.  http://www.stonybrook.edu/cas/ 

Required Qualifications:

•  PhD in Sociology or a related field required or anticipated completion of PhD by August 31, 2024.
• A research focus on migration.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working with a diverse undergraduate body and the ability to contribute to diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in the Department and University.
• Experience teaching courses that will contribute to our Sociology major, with focus on migration related themes.

Please upload 1) Cover letter, 2) Curriculum Vitae, 3) Research Statement, 4) Diversity, equity,and inclusion statement, 5) Teaching statement, 6) Teaching Evaluations (if available),  7) A minimum of three letters of recommendation.

All applications must be submitted online.  Please use the Apply Now button to begin your application.  For technical support, please visit Interfolio's Support Site (https://support.interfolio.com/) or reach out to their Scholar Service Team at help@interfolio.com or (877) 997-8807.

For questions regarding this position, please contact Patricia Bremer at Patricia.Bremer@stonybrook.edu.

For full consideration, please submit your materials by October 8, 2023

The selected candidate must successfully clear a background investigation.

In accordance with the Title II Crime Awareness and Security Act, a copy of our crime statistics is available upon request by calling (631) 632- 6350. It can also be viewed online at the University Police website at http://www.stonybrook.edu/police.

Stony Brook University is committed to excellence in diversity and the creation of an inclusive learning, and working environment.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, pregnancy, familial status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, and all other protected classes under federal or state laws.

If you need a disability-related accommodation, please contact the Office of Equity and Access at (631)632-6280.

About Stony Brook University

FROM ITS BEGINNINGS A HALF-CENTURY AGO, STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY HAS BEEN CHARACTERIZED by innovation, energy and progress, transforming the lives of people who earn degrees, work and make groundbreaking discoveries here. A dramatic trajectory of growth has turned what was once a small teacher preparation college into an internationally recognized research institution that is changing the world.

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