Assistant Professor in Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality
Michigan State University actively promotes a dynamic research and learning environment in which qualified individuals of differing perspectives, and cultural backgrounds pursue academic goals with mutual respect and shared inquiry.
The Department of Sociology at Michigan State University (MSU) seeks candidates for two tenure-system Assistant Professor positions in Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality. These positions are part of a new research focal area in the Department of Sociology within the College of Social Science that addresses present and future challenges connected to race, class, gender, and sexuality in the context of social identities, inequities, and institutions. These 9-month academic year positions begin on August 16, 2025.
For the first position, we seek candidates who investigate race and ethnicity, with preference given to applicants with established expertise in Black identities, experiences, and/or communities utilizing quantitative methods (including but not limited to demography and population-level research). Successful candidates will examine drivers of social inequities, resilience, and resistance over time and/or across geographic areas. Such drivers may include, but are not limited to, physical environments and built infrastructure (e.g., accessibility of healthy food and clean water, and safe and reliable housing, community spaces, and transportation), social institutions (healthcare, employment, media, religion, family, state/governmental protection and/or surveillance), and/or social and psychological factors (e.g., education, class, sexuality, gender, social movements, resilience, and resistance). The second position is open to candidates with established expertise in race, class, gender, and/or sexuality and open to methodological approach.
