PRODiG+ Post-doctoral Fellow in Sociology
Binghamton University
Binghamton, NY
Full-time
Education
Posted on April 7, 2024
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Job Description:
Budget Title: Postdoctoral Associate (SL-1)
Salary: $76,000 (12-month position)
The Sociology Department at Binghamton University is seeking applicants for a PRODiG+ Postdoctoral Fellowship. The Fellowship is for two years, with a teaching obligation of one course per year in the area of the Fellow's research and comes with a highly competitive compensation package. The preferred area of research specialization is Critical Carceral Studies and Race. The department will strongly support the fellow's research with the goal of converting their position to a tenure track assistant professor at the conclusion of the fellowship. The standard teaching load for tenured and tenure-track faculty in the Sociology Department is 2/2.
The Fellowship is part of the SUNY-wide PRODiG+ initiative which aims to: 1) increase the system's number and share of excellent diverse faculty committed to advancing the ideals of diversity, equity, and inclusion and 2) strengthen the retention and support for these faculty. Through the PRODiG+ program, SUNY expects to generate a pipeline of over 400 postdoctoral fellows to enter tenure-track faculty positions over the next 10 years. Eligible candidates should demonstrate personal, academic, and/or work experience engaging with diversity, equity, and inclusion and/or a commitment to facilitating and enhancing diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in the campus community. Also, candidates must be eligible to work in the United States without a visa sponsorship, and expect to complete a Ph.D. in Sociology or related discipline from an accredited institution prior to the start date.
The Fellow would join a sociology department distinguished by its global breadth and historical bent. They would also join a growing cohort of scholars in the department and across Harpur College of Arts and Sciences who are committed to conducting research on race, racism, ethnicity, social justice, power and structures of inequality in their diverse fields of specialization. We welcome historical, mixed methods and/or quantitative approaches. We conceive critical carceral studies expansively to include carceral practices in the US and globally, past and present, and the abolition projects they have provoked. Some teaching experience is preferred.
Requirements:
Eligible candidates must demonstrate personal, academic, and/or work experience engaging diversity, equity, and inclusion and/or a commitment to facilitating and enhancing diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in the campus community. Such experience may include, but is not limited to, an academic/scholarly track record focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion; work, volunteer/unpaid/community service; or related experience/expertise in serving underserved or vulnerable areas and/or populations. Also, candidates must be eligible to work in the United States without a visa sponsorship, and have a Ph.D. in Sociology or related discipline from an accredited institution completed prior to the start date of Sept 1, 2024.
Preference shall be given to candidates who are (1) current SUNY students, alumni, and/or Fellows, and/or (2) from low-income background (e.g., Pell-eligible as undergraduates), were first generation college students (students whose parents have not earned a bachelor's degree), have overcome adversity, are AmeriCorps alumni, or are veterans. Research experience in critical carceral studies and race is preferred. Previous teaching experience is preferred.
Additional Information:
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Application Instructions:
All applicants must apply via Interview Exchange: http://binghamton.interviewexchange.com/candapply.jsp?JOBID=173359
Deadline for Internal Applicants: March 20, 2024
Deadline for External Applicants: Open until filled
To apply, please submit 1. a letter of application that indicates your qualifications for the position, 2. a detailed curriculum vitae, 3. a research statement, 4. a response to the following question in 750 words or less: please describe how you've engaged, facilitated, and/or enhanced diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in the campus community. Examples could include personal, academic, and/or work experience and may include, but is not limited to, an academic/scholarly track record focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion; work, volunteer/unpaid/ community service; or related experience/ expertise in serving underserved or vulnerable areas and/or populations, and 5. the names and contact information for three professional references. The Fellowship begins at the start of the 2024 fall semester.
Applications received by April 6, 2024, will receive full consideration, but the position will remain open until filled.
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