Title:                             Open Rank

Salary Range:                Negotiable

Job Description:
The Departments of Sociology and African American Studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) are seeking a faculty member to join UIC’s exciting community of scholars who study race and ethnicity.  Candidates’ research expertise should include a focus on African Americans in urban America.

UIC is a Carnegie Doctoral/Research-Extensive University located in the heart of Chicago, one of the nations’ largest metropolitan areas. It is a comprehensive public university with a diverse student body of more than 25,000 undergraduate, graduate and professional students. The University is host to a number of exciting interdisciplinary units supporting research on race, ethnicity, and urban studies. These include the Great Cities Institute, The Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy, the Latino and Latin American Studies Program, and the History department’s Graduate Concentration in the History of Work, Race and Gender in the Urban World.

As an AA/EOE, UIC encourages applications from women, minorities and people with disabilities. Applicants at the rank of full professor should submit a letter of application and curriculum vitae; all others should submit a letter of application, curriculum vitae, writing sample and a list of three references to email, This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it or mail hardcopy to: 

To ensure full consideration, applications should be postmarked by January 15, 2008.  However, consideration will be given to applications until the position has been filled.

The University of Illinois is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.

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