"Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology"

Job Details

MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE, MIDDLEBURY, VT 05753. The Department of Sociology invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professorship beginning Fall 2026. The successful candidate will teach the department's required research methods course as well as teach introductory, intermediate and advanced courses in their specialty. Research and teaching fields are open but we are especially interested in candidates with a focus in Environmental Sociology, Rural Sociology or Crime, Law & Deviance. As part of a full teaching load, the candidate will also regularly contribute to Middlebury's First-Year Seminar Program and Winter Term course offerings. All faculty at Middlebury are also expected to contribute to service to the College including, but not limited to, committee membership and serving as Director or Chair of a Program or Department when asked. Applicants are expected to have their Ph.D. in Sociology by June 30, 2026.

Middlebury College is a top-tier liberal arts college with a demonstrated commitment to excellence in faculty teaching, research, and service. It is also an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to fostering a truly open and supportive learning, teaching, and working environment. The College hires faculty from a myriad of life experiences, cultures, frames of reference, social identities, and learning perspectives to help cultivate and advance innovation in our curriculum and to provide a rich and varied educational experience for our talented and distinguished student body. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age or protected veteran status. This is a full time, benefits eligible, salaried position with a hiring range of: $88,963 – $100,129 per year.

Middlebury College uses Interfolio to collect all faculty job applications electronically. Email and paper applications will not be accepted. Through Interfolio submit: a letter of application addressed to the search committee chair, Rebecca Tiger; a curriculum vitae; an unofficial graduate transcript; a statement of teaching interests and research plans; a sample of scholarly work; and contact information of three recommenders - at least two of whom can speak to the applicant's teaching ability/promise - who can later submit confidential letters of recommendations. More information is available at https://apply.interfolio.com/175755 and https://www.middlebury.edu/college/academics/sociology. Offers of employment are contingent on completion of a background check. Information on our background check policy can be found here: http://go.middlebury.edu/backgroundchecks.

Review of applications will begin on November 10 and will continue until the position is filled.