Associate or Full Professor - Anti-Black Racism and Social Inclusion Cluster - Sociology

Job

The Department of Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley seeks applications for a tenured, Associate or Full Professor faculty position. Candidates who are currently appointed as assistant professor (or the equivalent) and have a record that would merit tenure are also encouraged to apply. Candidates will be considered regardless of field of specialization. This hire is part of a multi-year hiring initiative in “Anti-Black Racism and Social Inclusion.” Successful candidates will join a dynamic cluster of scholars at UC-Berkeley who are addressing anti-blackness across a range of institutions and from diverse disciplinary approaches. University of California, Berkeley is committed to building a community of scholars whose work contributes to contemporary efforts to strengthen democratic structures that are currently in crisis (e.g., through the suppression of voting rights; hyper-criminalization; persistent wealth inequality; highly segregated schools, and approaches to crime control). The Anti-Black Racism and Social Inclusion hiring initiative centers anti-blackness as a central organizing feature of social and political institutions in the US and globally, and as an expansive conceptual framework that draws attention to the systems and structures that delimit Black lives and enables us to interrogate how anti-blackness functions across and within racial/ethnic groups. We seek scholars who are leading or emerging voices in conversations on anti-blackness as it relates to outcomes in various social domains and who possess a demonstrated commitment to advancing anti-racism both inside and outside the academy, whether in the United States or internationally. This initiative is especially interested in applicants whose research can contribute to theoretical, conceptual, and empirical understandings of how social institutions can provide for the safety and well-being of a diverse group of people in a democratic society as it reckons with its roots in racism, anti-blackness and white supremacy. We invite applicants with interdisciplinary expertise in critical epistemologies, like critical race theory, and the Black intellectual and Black feminist traditions. The position’s duties include: scholarly experience includes a demonstrated commitment to this research arc and publications, undergraduate and graduate teaching/mentoring, and administrative service, practice and public intellectualism/partnerships along these lines.

Initiator(s):
University of California Berkeley

Deadline: 01.09.2025
Location: Berkeley, United States of America

https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05012

Post created by: Lymor Wolf Goldstein