[Jobs] carlton

[Jeremy Hunsinger]

The Department of Sociology and Anthropology invites applications for  
a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor, to  
commence July 1, 2008. We seek a Sociologist whose primary expertise  
lies in the area of Political Economy and/or Social Justice.  
Applicants who bring a feminist perspective to their work in these  
areas are particularly welcome. Secondary research and teaching  
competence in any of the following areas is also an asset:  
criminology, sociology of education, and qualitative methods. The  
successful applicant will be expected to develop a program of research  
leading to significant peer-reviewed publications, and to do graduate  
and undergraduate teaching. Preferred candidates will have completed a  
doctorate in sociology or a cognate social science discipline, and  
show potential for excellence in teaching and research.

Applicants are requested to forward: a letter of application, stating  
research and teaching interests; a current curriculum vitae; evidence  
of teaching ability; examples of publication. Applicants should also  
arrange for three letters of reference to be forwarded to the  
Department by February 4, 2008, when we will begin to review  
applications.

Applications and letters of reference should be addressed to:  
Professor Peter Gose, Chair (attn: Political Economy/Social Justice  
position), Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Carleton  
University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, K1S 5B6.

Please send your email enquiries regarding this position topeter_gose at carleton.ca 
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Carleton University is strongly committed to fostering diversity  
within its community as a source of excellence, cultural enrichment,  
and social strength. We welcome those who would contribute to the  
further diversification of our faculty and its scholarship including  
but not limited to women, visible minorities, Aboriginal peoples,  
persons with disabilities, and persons of any sexual orientation or  
gender identity. Canadian citizens and permanent residents will be  
considered first for this position.
Jeremy Hunsinger
Information Ethics Fellow, Center for Information Policy Research,  
School of Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (www.cipr.uwm.edu 
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Words are things; and a small drop of ink, falling like dew upon a  
thought, produces that which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think.  
--Byron