Job Description

The Department of Sociology at Stony Brook University seeks applicants for a Department Chair with strong communication, interpersonal, and leadership skills.  The ideal candidate will have a track record of fostering transparency and faculty governance in their service work and will continue the Department's tradition of excellence in research and teaching. The Sociology Department is renowned for its focus on global phenomena and their connection to national dynamics. It also boasts growing, active research clusters in the areas of politics, culture, and computational social science.  The department has a large undergraduate major, one of the most popular minors on campus (in Health and Society), and a robust and nationally-recognized doctoral program. The University administration has committed to the department?s growth in the near future, to be guided by its new Chair.

The search is open with regard to methodological specialization. We are, however, particularly interested in scholars whose research overlaps with one or more of the Department?s strengths, including computational social science, environment, global and public health, race and ethnicity, international development, inequality, politics, and culture. We welcome applicants at the advanced Associate or Full Professor rank.

The ideal candidate will:

• Demonstrate strong written/oral communication, interpersonal, and leadership skills
• Be ready to serve at least one three-year term as Chair and extend the department's culture of inclusiveness and community.
• Have a demonstrated track-record of publication in nationally or internationally-prominent venues within Sociology, as well as a clear pathway to continued excellence in the field
• Contribute to diversity, equity and inclusion efforts in the Department and University

Required qualifications:
PhD (or foreign equivalent) in Sociology. Advanced Associate or Full Professor. 2-3 years of experience in faculty leadership.

Preferred qualifications:
Demonstrated Record of a productive research agenda. Research/teaching complements existing strengths in Sociology. Evidence of or potential for excellence in teaching. Record of efforts on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.

Requested Application Materials:

1)    State employment application
2)    Cover letter
3)    Curriculum Vitae
4)    Research Statement
5)    Teaching Statement
6)    Diversity Statement

For questions regarding this position, please contact Daniel Levy at Daniel.Levy@stonybrook.edu.

For full consideration, please submit your materials by September 16, 2024.

Campus Description:
Stony Brook University, one of two flagships within the State University of New York (SUNY) system, is one of America?s most dynamic public universities, a center of academic excellence, and an internationally recognized research institution that is changing the world. After more than 60 years of existence, it is ranked among the top 60 universities and the top 26 public universities in the nation. It is a member of the prestigious invitation-only Association of American Universities, composed of the top 66 leading research institutions in North America. As Long Island?s largest single-site employer, Stony Brook has nearly 15,000 full- and part-time employees, including 2,800 faculty and nearly 27,000 students ? including almost 18,000 undergraduates ? and offers more than 200 majors, minors and combined-degree programs. Located approximately 60 miles east of Manhattan on Long Island?s beautiful North Shore, Stony Brook is situated on 1,454 wooded acres, encompassing 13 schools and colleges; a Research and Development Park; world-class athletics facilities, including an 8,300-seat stadium and a 4,000-seat arena; and Stony Brook Medicine, Long Island?s premier academic medical center. Also part of the University is a teaching and research campus in Southampton, New York, which offers graduate arts programs and is the site of the Marine Sciences Center. In addition, Stony Brook has a role in running, and performs joint research with, Brookhaven National Laboratory, the only Department of Energy Laboratory in the Northeast. Home to the Emerson String Quartet, the Pollock-Krasner House in East Hampton, NY, and the Humanities Institute, with endeavors that extend to the Turkana Basin Institute in Kenya and the Ranomafana National Park in Madagascar, Stony Brook sustains an international reputation that cuts across the arts, humanities, social sciences and natural sciences.

The department of sociology also is deeply involved in two major new initiatives at Stony Brook University: the University?s selection as the anchor institution to administrate New York City?s Climate Exchange (to be located on Governor?s Island in New York Harbor); and the endowed Center for Changing Systems of Power, which aims to invigorate Stony Brook?s focus on social, racial, gender, and other forms of inequality.

About the College:
As part of a great research university, the College of Arts and Sciences at Stony Brook University incubates creative work and scholarship in fundamental disciplines, connecting with medicine, technology, public policy, culture, education, the arts, business and environment. As the liberal arts college for the campus, we help students and faculty explore diverse possibilities that exceed their initial expectations and prepare for a lifetime of learning and discovery.    

Stony Brook University is committed to creating and maintaining a workplace and educational environment that is safe, accessible, and free of all forms of discrimination, sexual misconduct or research misconduct, among other infractions. In support of this commitment, certain candidates for employment will be required to disclose such employment-related misconduct findings and pending investigations or proceedings, and final candidates for certain faculty and staff positions will authorize their current and previous employer(s) from the last seven (7) years to disclose such information to the University. Employment is contingent on your full and complete disclosure on these matters. In the event that you fail to disclose any such matter or in the event of an unsatisfactory outcome of the disclosure and review process, an offer of employment may be revoked at SBU's sole discretion. If SBU becomes aware of a failure to disclose or misrepresentation of any such matter after your employment commences, you may be subject to discipline, up to and including termination.

The selected candidate must successfully clear a background investigation. 

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Stony Brook University is committed to excellence in diversity and the creation of an inclusive learning, and working environment.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, pregnancy, familial status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, and all other protected classes under federal or state laws.

If you need a disability-related accommodation, please contact the Office of Equity and Access at (631)632-6280.

About Stony Brook University

FROM ITS BEGINNINGS A HALF-CENTURY AGO, STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY HAS BEEN CHARACTERIZED by innovation, energy and progress, transforming the lives of people who earn degrees, work and make groundbreaking discoveries here. A dramatic trajectory of growth has turned what was once a small teacher preparation college into an internationally recognized research institution that is changing the world.

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