The Department of Sociology and the Department of Africana Studies at Binghamton University jointly seek applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor or early Associate Professor to begin August 2015, in the field of health and working on the migration by peoples of Africa and African descent, broadly understood. Both departments have long been distinguished by their transnational and trandisciplinary work; further information may be found at  http://www.binghamton.edu/sociology/ and http://www.binghamton.edu/africana/ .  

 

This is an affiliated position for the University's Sustainable Communities Transdisciplinary Areas of Excellence (TAE). The successful candidate will contribute to the development of this TAE as an area of research and teaching. The search committee will include members of the Sustainable TAE steering committee as well as from the Departments of Sociology and Africana. For more information on the TAE go to http://www.binghamton.edu/tae/sustainable-communities/index.html. The successful candidate will have a tenure berth in Sociology and a joint title with Africana at the assistant level or, if the successful candidate is tenured, a joint position.

 

It is the policy of Binghamton University to provide for and promote equal opportunity employment, compensation, and other terms and conditions of employment without discrimination on the basis of age, race, color, religion, disability, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, veteran or military service member status, marital status, domestic violence victim status, genetic predisposition or carrier status, or arrest and/or criminal conviction record unless based upon a bona fide occupational qualification or other exception.