34 Social & Behavioral Sciences jobs

Job Summary: Provide leadership in creating a culture of collaboration within the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences* Division while guiding the growth and expansion of curricular offerings. Support and collaborate with the Division’s chairs, faculty, and staff in a multi-campus environment. *The Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Division is comprised of the following departments: Art, Criminal Justice and Legal Studies, English, World Languages and Cultures, Human Services, Performing Arts (Music and Theatre), Physical Education, Psychology, and Social Sciences (Anthropology, Economics, Geography, History, Philosophy, Political Science, and Sociology).   Duties and Responsibilities: Academic Leadership: Provide leadership for the development and implementation of programs, initiatives, and projects in the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences. Collaborate with faculty to review curricula, learning outcomes, ongoing assessment...

Position Summary The Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences reports to the Vice President of Academic Affairs at Baltimore City Community College. The Dean will be responsible for the realignment and growth of the current School of Arts and Social Sciences. As part of the realignment the Dean will work collaboratively to create pathways between workforce and the academy. The Dean is responsible for leadership, curriculum, assessment, program development, scheduling, personnel management, and financial accountability for the academic areas within the Division. The Dean will provide leadership and will develop in collaboration with the Associate Dean and program administrators the day, evening, weekend, inter-session, and summer programs with a student first focus. Within the Division he/she will have oversight and work collaboratively on program development, program review, instructional design, and course and program assessment. The Dean works with the VPAA, other...

  Assistant, Associate or Full Teaching Professor (LPSOE/LSOE/SR LSOE) - Computational Social Science, University of California San Diego The Division of Social Sciences at UC San Diego invites applications for a tenured or tenure-track Teaching Professor position in Computational Social Science, with a start date of July 1st, 2021. The position: A Teaching Professor is also known within the UC system as a Lecturer with (Potential) Security of Employment (L[P]SOE). The Teaching Professor series parallels that of the research-focused faculty series but with emphasis upon excellence in teaching and other instruction-related activities. Individuals in the position are expected to provide outstanding teaching, as well as to engage in professional activity and service related to the pedagogical mission of the program and university. This appointment confers membership in the Academic Senate. The Teaching Professor series includes security of employment analogous to...

Tenure Track Assistant Professor – Search #67794 College of Behavioral and Social Sciences, School of Human Ecology Interior Design Program The School of Human Ecology in the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences invites applications and nominations for the position of Assistant Professor of Interior Design. The home campus for this position will be the Statesboro campus. Georgia Southern University is a distinctive combination of Southern charm and uncompromising academics. We are a Carnegie Doctoral/R2 institution serving about 26,500 students through nine colleges on three beautiful oak-lined campuses in Statesboro, Savannah, Hinesville, and via a growing online program. Throughout its degree offerings at the associate's, bachelor's, master's, and doctoral levels, Georgia Southern cultivates community collaboration, world-class scholarship and hands-on learning opportunities. Georgia Southern University was founded in 1906 as a school for teaching modern...

Governors State University’s (GSU) College of Education invites applications for two open rank (Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor, commensurate with current rank) tenure-track professors in the counseling program, to begin in August 2021. The appointed faculty members will be part of the Division of Psychology and Counseling. Both will be primarily assigned to the doctoral program in Counselor Education and Supervision, in which they will advise, teach, and direct dissertations, as well as engage in other activities related to the doctoral program. One faculty member will take on the role of doctoral program coordinator. Both will also be expected to teach in the master's program and possibly teach undergraduate courses that may include students from the psychology program. The master’s counseling programs include specializations in clinical mental health, marital, couple, and family counseling, and school counseling. Courses will primarily be assigned to be...

  Founding Dean College of Health, Education and Human Services Wright State University   Wright State University seeks an innovative, dynamic, collaborative, and community-minded leader to serve as its inaugural Dean for the College of Health, Education and Human Services.  The new college will launch Fall 2021, bringing together multiple health-related and education-related disciplines to better serve the needs of the region and provide pathways for student success.  Wright State University, located 12 miles northeast of downtown Dayton, Ohio, offers more than 295 undergraduate, graduate, doctoral, and professional degree programs through eight colleges and three schools. The university also operates a regional campus, Wright State University–Lake Campus, on the shores of Grand Lake St. Mary’s in Celina, Ohio. Enrollments on the two campuses surpassed 10,000 undergraduate and 2,500 graduate, doctoral and professional students...

Dean, College of Social Sciences California State University, Fresno (Fresno State) invites experienced and passionate academic leaders with a strong appreciation for the social sciences to apply for the role of Dean of the College of Social Sciences . The University Fresno State, one of the 23 campuses of the California State University system, is the premier regional university serving Central California's diverse and growing community. The University serves the San Joaquin Valley while interacting with the state, nation and world. Service to the region is an important part of the University's mission. The prestigious Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching awarded the University its Community Engagement classification, acknowledging its extensive partnership with Central California. California State University, Fresno, with a current enrollment of more than 23,000 students, is a minority-serving institution, a federally designated Hispanic-serving...

  McMaster University is located on the traditional territories of the Haudenosaunee and Mississauga Nations and, within the lands protected by the Dish with One Spoon wampum agreement. Tenure-Track/Tenured, Assistant Professors/Associate Professors/Professors McMaster University is pleased to announce a cohort hiring initiative of up to twelve appointments of emerging and established academics and scholars who will contribute to the advancement of Black academic excellence across all six McMaster Faculties. McMaster seeks candidates whose scholarship and scholarly work forefronts or contributes to any of the following disciplinary or interdisciplinary areas of teaching and research: DeGroote School of Business: All areas of business with preference given to AI, Business Analytics, Socially responsible investing; Social entrepreneurship; Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion issues in business Faculty of Engineering: All areas of engineering, with an...

  Lane Community College, a comprehensive community college in beautiful Eugene, Oregon, is seeking an innovative and participatory Economics Instructor with an enthusiasm for fostering an inclusive learning environment. The successful candidate will demonstrate the ability to teach lower division Micro- and Macro- courses, incorporating a balance of alternative theses, in both online and in-classroom settings. We encourage applications from candidates that identify with groups that are historically underrepresented in Economics. EEO/AA/ADA Institution, Women and Minority Candidates are encouraged to apply.

Visiting Research Associate II School of Public Health (Job ID #): 139940 Department: Health Policy and Administration Category: Academic Professional Location: Chicago Close Date: 1/4/21 The School of Public Health Division of Health Policy and Evaluation is seeking a Visiting Research Associate II - Social Sciences employee to coordinate project activities and collect, manage, and support data analysis according to established protocols for a practice-based evaluation. These data will inform the evaluation and support quality improvement for a local evaluation related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Research Associate II will create and maintain professional relationships through effective communication with the UIC Evaluation team, the funding agency, and partner agencies. DUTIES: Research Conduct surveys, interviews, and document reviews to document partner program activities. Collect, process, and analyze survey and interview data using qualitative...

  The Department of Sociology and Anthropology at James Madison University invites applications for a tenure-track position in Sociology at the rank of Assistant Professor to begin August 2021. We are seeking candidates with teaching and research interests in the area of critical studies in race and inequality, with a preference given to candidates with a focus on African-American and/or Latinx populations. Area(s) of substantive focus is open.   The Department of Sociology and Anthropology consists of 22 full-time faculty, 12 in Sociology and 10 in Anthropology. The Sociology Program is committed to providing a broad foundation to sociological inquiry, analysis, and application at the undergraduate level. The faculty are active in professional fields at the national and international level, and are dedicated to excellence in undergraduate education.   Teaching duties include introductory and upper-level courses related to the successful...

  The College of Arts and Letters at James Madison University invites applications for a first-of-its-kind initiative: a cohort hire of six outstanding, tenure-track faculty working collaboratively in several interconnected areas, which include social justice, minority cultures and politics, racial equity, non-Western thought, and critical race studies. Scholars hired into this cohort will be appointed in six of the College’s ten departments: Sociology and Anthropology; History; Political Science; Justice Studies; Philosophy and Religion; and Writing, Rhetoric and Technical Communication. We are looking for excellent applicants within particular disciplines, but also scholars and teachers eager to work across them, both within the College and beyond. Arriving as a cohort with broadly shared interests, successful candidates will enhance existing strengths in Latinx, African American, African diaspora, ethnic and global studies, and intercultural communication. The...

  The Department of Anthropology in the Faculty of Arts and Science at the University of Toronto invites applications for a two-year Contractually Limited Term Appointment (CLTA) at the rank of Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream in Society, Culture and Language beginning July 1, 2021 or shortly thereafter, ending June 30, 2023.  

  ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OR INSTRUCTOR II FACULTY OF SOCIAL WORK, UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA NORTHERN SOCIAL WORK SITE The University of Manitoba Faculty of Social Work invites applications for one tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor OR one probationary position at the rank of Instructor II (position # 29625), beginning July 1, 2021.  For this position preferred areas of knowledge and professional experience are social work policy and practice related to Indigenous peoples, northern/rural social work, child welfare, and social work with newcomers. Candidates who qualify for the Assistant Professor rank will be expected to develop an active research program, and will be given first consideration. Candidates must have at least one social work degree from an accredited university, and must hold or be near completion of a PhD in social work or a related discipline. Duties/responsibilities will include teaching, research and service to...

Full/Associate Professor, Historian of Slavery Location: Notre Dame, IN Open Date: Sep 30, 2020 Deadline: Dec 31, 2020 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time Description: The Department of Africana Studies announces a search for a historian of slavery in the Western Hemisphere, beginning Fall 2021. The position will be either at the full or associate professor level with the tenure home in Africana Studies and a joint appointment in Notre Dame's new center for the comparative study of race that will be launched later this year. We are especially interested in scholars who use a comparative and transnational approach to engage issues of movement of enslaved Africans and their descendants, the intersection of race and gender, resistance movements, religion and ritual, political and communal organization, cultural formation, and the complex relationship between slavery and freedom in North America, the Caribbean, and Latin America. In addition to being well-grounded in historical...

  Commonwealth Interactive Gaming Assessment Project Manager The Commonwealth Interactive Gaming Assessment Project Manager will oversee the Commonwealth Interactive Gaming Assessment Project housed within the Greater Philadelphia Office of the Criminal Justice Research Center on the Pennsylvania State University's Abington Campus. This project is a yearly assessment of the impact of interactive gaming on compulsive and problem gambling and gambling addiction in this Commonwealth. The assessment utilizes data from a probability telephone survey, conducted by Penn State personnel. At the conclusion of the data collection effort, a report using weighted data will be developed and submitted to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The role of the Project Manager is to oversee the day-to-day management of the project, coordinate project meetings, liaise with the Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs Personnel, coordinate data collection and transfer with the Social...

  Tenure-Track Position - Gerontology - Aging and Health   The Department of Human Development and Family Science in the Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics at Syracuse University is seeking applicants for a tenure-track position in the field of gerontology with a specialization in aging and health. Preference will be given to candidates already serving as an assistant or associate professor who apply multidisciplinary approaches, such as bio-psychological or bio-social models, to the study of human development over the second half of life. Post-doctoral scholars are welcome to apply.  Successful candidates cover this issue within the broader family, social/socioeconomic, community, and cultural contexts; and have the potential to achieve a strong record of publication and establish a program of funded research; and engage in high-quality teaching. Candidates whose research, teaching, or service has prepared them to contribute to our...

  UNIVERSITY OF THE SCIENCES JOB POSTING Dean, Misher College of Arts and Sciences JOB TITLE: Dean REPORTS TO: Provost/Vice-President for Academic Affairs FLSA: Exempt University of the Sciences (USciences) is seeking applications and nominations for the position of Dean, Misher College of Arts and Sciences . ORGANIZATIONAL OVERVIEW USciences has prepared students to be leaders, innovators, and practitioners in healthcare and science fields for nearly 200 years. Key to its distinctive education is a tradition of hands-on research and experiential learning that is evident in every graduate who has walked its campus. Since its founding in 1821 as Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, the first college of pharmacy in North American, USciences has grown to include degree-granting programs in the health sciences, bench sciences, and healthcare business and policy fields. USciences students are proven everywhere they go. With five academic departments -...

  Open Rank Search in Education and Human Development focused on Anti-Racism and Inclusive Excellence   The George Mason University, College of Education and Human Development invites applications for Instructional Faculty. George Mason University has a strong institutional commitment to the achievement of excellence and diversity among its faculty and staff, and strongly encourages candidates to apply who will enrich Mason’s academic and culturally inclusive environment. Are you a deeply committed senior scholar with an action-oriented research agenda in this domain, yet you are in a context in which you feel profoundly constrained by bureaucratic, financial, or political obstacles? Or perhaps you are an aspiring young scholar whose great promise for making contributions in this domain is being thwarted by the unlucky timing of a “show-stopping” pandemic? If so, the College of Education and Human Development at George Mason...

Instructor —Search # 67789 College of Behavioral and Social Sciences/Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology The Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology in the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences invites applications and nominations for an instructor position. The home campus for this position will be the Armstrong campus. Georgia Southern University is a distinctive combination of Southern charm and uncompromising academics. We are a Carnegie Doctoral/R2 institution serving about 26,500 students through nine colleges on three beautiful oak-lined campuses in Statesboro, Savannah, Hinesville, and via a growing online program. Throughout its degree offerings at the associate's, bachelor's, master's, and doctoral levels, Georgia Southern cultivates community collaboration, world-class scholarship and hands-on learning opportunities. Georgia Southern University was founded in 1906 as a school for teaching modern agricultural production techniques...