Lecturer​/Teaching Assistant Professor, Sociology and Cultural Analysis

Lecturer/Teaching Assistant Professor, Sociology and Cultural Analysis

Lecturer/Teaching Assistant Professor (9-month, B-contract). Salary is competitive with a range of $63,000 to $65,000 and commensurate with related education and experience.

Description and Requirements

The Department of Sociology and Cultural Analysis equips students with the critical thinking, persuasive writing, and analytical skills necessary to engage thoughtfully with issues of public concern through rigorous sociological and interdisciplinary inquiry. Our curriculum prepares students for careers in education, social services, public policy, nonprofit leadership, law, health, and community advocacy. The department offers courses in sociology, gender and women’s studies, LGBTQ+ studies, ethnic studies, and race and identity, with particular attention to power, inequality, and social justice.

Our courses draw on a range of theoretical frameworks and methodological approaches, and many center the histories, cultures, and lived experiences of communities that have been underrepresented in higher education. Faculty in the department teach and conduct research in social movements, religion and globalization, health and well-being, families and masculinities, gender-based violence and reproductive justice, race, ethnicity, and immigration, Indigenous and decolonial studies, law and justice, and social research methods.

The University of Nevada, Reno reserves the right to hire at any level of Lecturer (II) or Teaching Assistant (terminal degree candidates) that is appropriate for the hire. If you have questions about title, please inquire during the interview process.

Required Qualifications

Lecturer – MA in Feminist Studies, American Studies, Ethnic Studies, Sociology, Native American Studies or a related field; OR

Teaching Assistant Professor – PhD. in Feminist Studies, American Studies, Ethnic Studies, Sociology, Native American Studies or a related field

Demonstrated excellence or clear evidence of potential for excellence in teaching at least some courses or equivalent: WMST 101:
Intro Women’s Studies, ETS 280:
Native American Culture, GRI 103:
Power, Identity, & Social Justice, GRI 230:
Intro to LGBTQ Studies, GRI 216:
Thinking Sex and Gender, GRI/SOC 272:
Latinx Identities and Cultures, GRI 360 LGBTQ Community Histories, SOC 101 Prin of Sociology, SOC 235 Climate Change, SOC 250 Sociology of Sexualities; and/or CH 203:
American Experiences and Constitutional Change.

Candidates must possess experience working with diverse and underrepresented students at the college level.

Successful candidates must demonstrate an ability to collaborate with others on curriculum design and implementation while supporting the university’s commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, access, and social justice.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience and promise as an excellent teacher

Interest in developing a pedagogical agenda

A track record of campus programming and/or community engagement

Experience working with and teaching diverse groups of students, including evidence of a commitment to a broad involvement with diversity work on campus

Compensation Grade

Lecturer/Teaching Assistant Professor (9-month, B-contract). Salary is competitive with a range of $63,000 to $65,000 and commensurate with related education and experience.

Our retirement plan is beyond compare. Your 19.25% contribution is generously matched by the University. With the faculty retirement plan, you are 100% vested on your first day. Sit back and watch your retirement dollars grow! All permanent employees on an annual “A” or “B” contract who are employed at least 50% full-time are eligible to participate in the NSHE retirement program unless they are members of PERS of…