Lecturer/Teaching Assistant Professor, Sociology and Cultural Analysis

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Job Description

The Department of Sociology and Cultural Analysis within the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Nevada, Reno invites applications for a Lecturer or Teaching Assistant Professor position to begin July 1, 2027. This is a 9-month, non-tenure-track, continuing appointment with opportunities for promotion. This position carries an 80% teaching responsibility, with the remaining 20% dedicated to service and professional development.

We are seeking candidates with a demonstrated record in teaching excellence to teach core courses in LGBTQ+, Latinx-identity, Native American Culture, Sociology, and/or Women’s Studies. We seek candidates to teach our foundation courses: 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. The position carries a 4/4 teaching load, though there may be course release opportunities for significant service duties. There are also opportunities for off-term teaching for additional compensation.

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.

Lecturer Statement

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.

Remarkable Retirement!

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 Nevada.

Perks of working at UNR

• •Health insurance options including dental and vision - Health Insurance
• •Generous sick leave, long term disability and life insurance – Faculty Benefits
• •E. L. Wiegand Fitness Center offers annual or semester memberships and spouse/domestic partner membership options. E.L. Wiegand Fitness Center
• •Reno is proud to be a University town! Many local businesses offer discounts to WolfCard holders
• •Mountain EAP supports employees (and eligible dependents) through life's difficult moments. Mountain EAP is located in Reno and specializes in counseling and advising services for personal or interpersonal issues.
• •Faculty Senate is the principal representing body for faculty. Its membership includes representatives from each academic and administrative major unit of the University. Faculty Senate
• •No state income tax!

Grants-in-aid for Faculty Employees

The University is proud to provide a reduced-rate tuition benefit to faculty and qualified dependents. Faculty can take up to six credits per semester at a reduced rate. Dependents of faculty have unlimited credits, but in order to be eligible children must be unmarried and under the age of 24 and must receive at least 50% of their financial support from the employee and/or employee’s spouse or domestic partner. Faculty Grants-in-Aid

Faculty Dual Career Assistance Program

The University of Nevada, Reno recognizes the importance of addressing dual-career couples’ professional needs. We offer a dual career assistance program to newly hired faculty spouses/partners that provides resources and assists them to identify career opportunities in Northern Nevada. Dual Career Assistance Program

Department Information

The Department of Sociology and Cultural Analysis examines how societies are organized, how they change, and how systems of power and inequality shape everyday life. Bringing together two longstanding strengths of the College of Liberal Arts – the empirical study of social life and the critical study of identity and power – we offer students an interdisciplinary approach to understanding the contemporary world.

Sociology and Cultural Analysis, together, allow students to ask not only how the social world is organized but also how it is experienced, interpreted, challenged and changed. We believe scholarship should extend beyond the university and contribute meaningfully to public life.

Our students learn to study society with both rigor and care. They develop research skills to investigate inequality and critical frameworks to analyze culture and power, and communication skills to engage diverse audiences in classrooms, communities and policy settings. Graduates leave prepa