"Assistant Professor of Sociology"

The Department of Sociology at Bryn Mawr College invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Sociology of Social Movements to begin August 1, 2026. The successful candidate will be expected to have a robust research agenda and offer courses that complement the existing curriculum. Candidates must have completed all requirements for a Ph.D. in Sociology by the start date.

To apply for this position, candidates must submit a cover letter, a curriculum vitae, statement of teaching philosophy, a research statement, and a writing sample to the Sociology Department Search Committee via Interfolio at: https://apply.interfolio.com/170433. In addition, candidates should arrange for three letters of recommendation to be submitted via Interfolio to the Sociology Department Search Committee. Applications received by September 19, 2025 will receive full consideration.

Bryn Mawr College is a distinguished liberal arts women’s college with a vibrant faculty, a talented staff, and an intellectually engaged student body eager to make a difference in the world. We have a student body of about 1,400 undergraduates and more than 300 graduate students in coeducational graduate programs in social work, humanities and science. Bryn Mawr College is located in the greater Philadelphia area and enjoys strong consortial relationships with Haverford College, Swarthmore College, and the University of Pennsylvania. Bryn Mawr College is an equal-opportunity employer.

The mission of Bryn Mawr College is to provide a rigorous education and to encourage the pursuit of knowledge as preparation for life and work. Bryn Mawr teaches and values critical, creative and independent habits of thought and expression in an undergraduate liberal arts curriculum for women and in coeducational graduate programs in arts and sciences and social work and social research. Bryn Mawr seeks to sustain a community diverse in nature and democratic in practice, for we believe that only through considering many perspectives do we gain a deeper understanding of each other and the world.