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Who we are
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Why Rensselaer? Our dynamic global community of changemakers includes some of the world’s leading researchers, students, alumni, and faculty who ask the important questions and devise the scientific and technological innovations that make the world a better place for all of humanity. Nestled on a beautiful 275-acre campus in upstate NY, Rensselaer is home to five schools, 32 research centers, three makerspaces, an observatory, and one of the world’s fastest supercomputers.
Rensselaer faculty and alumni include more than 145 National Academy members, six members of the National Inventors Hall of Fame, six National Medal of Technology winners, five National Medal of Science winners, three astronauts, and a Nobel Prize winner in Physics. With nearly 200 years of experience advancing scientific and technological knowledge, Rensselaer remains focused on addressing global challenges with a spirit of ingenuity and collaboration. To learn more, please visit www.rpi.edu.
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Job Summary
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The Department of Science & Technology Studies (STS) in the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute seeks a tenure-track Assistant Professor with research and teaching interests in public health; science, technology, and medicine; sociology of knowledge, clinical practice, and/or ethics-in-practice; gender/sexuality studies; health law and policy; health disparities including migration, race/ethnicity, and reproduction. The successful candidate will be enthusiastic about teaching Sociology to pre-med/pre-health students.
The successful candidate will contribute to undergraduate and graduate courses such as Global Health Challenges; Culture, Medicine and Society; History and Sociology of Medicine; History and Sociology of Mental Health; and/or Social Movements for Health Equity. Candidates should be able to contribute graduate STS theory and/or methods courses, including core courses in science studies, technology, or science and technology policy.
We seek a scholar who will contribute to the STS Department’s broader commitments to publicly-engaged STS and design of alternative futures. STS features a wide range of disciplinary and interdisciplinary researchers, including historians, sociologists, anthropologists, political scientists, and media studies scholars. We seek a dynamic, innovative scholar whose research and teaching incorporates sociological approaches with insights from interdisciplinary fields such as racial formation theory; racial disparities in health; critical disability studies; science and technology policy; urban education policy; and anthropology, history, sociology, or political science and theory of science and technology. Scholarship on marginalized communities and pedagogical practice that values diversity and inclusive pedagogy will be prioritized. Experience in and/or commitment to public-facing, participatory, or community engaged scholarship is preferred.
The Department of Science and Technology Studies offers undergraduate programs in STS, Sustainability Studies, and Design, Innovation & Society and STS graduate programs at the M.S. and Ph.D. level. STS features a wide range of disciplinary and interdisciplinary researchers, including historians, sociologists, anthropologists, political scientists, and media studies scholars. Questions about the STS Department may be addressed to Department Head Nancy D. Campbell (campbell@rpi.edu).
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Minimum Qualifications
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Applicants must have a Ph.D. or foreign degree equivalent in Science and Technology Studies or a related field with knowledge of, commitment to, and expertise in areas of gender, race, ethnicity or other critical approaches at the time of appointment.
Evidence of effective teaching, and the ability to demonstrate, through accomplishment, promise of academic, scholarly and/or research achievement in We seek a scholar who will contribute to the STS Department’s broader commitments to publicly-engaged STS and design of alternative futures. We seek a dynamic, innovative scholar whose research and teaching incorporates sociological approaches with insights from interdisciplinary fields such as racial formation theory; racial disparities in health; critical disability studies; science and technology policy; urban education policy; and anthropology, history, sociology, or political science and theory of science and technology. Scholarship on marginalized communities and pedagogical practice that values diversity and inclusive pedagogy will be prioritized.
Applicants must meet stated minimum education and experience requirements.
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Minimum Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
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Knowledge of, commitment to, and expertise in areas of gender, race, ethnicity or other critical approaches at the time of appointment.
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Application instructions
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Follow the on-screen prompts to create an short online profile and contact information for three (3) referees. Please be ready to upload required documents: Cover Letter, Curriculum Vitae, Statement of Research/Scholarship, Diversity Statement, Evidence of Effective Teaching with Teaching Statement.
If you need assistance with the online application process, please contact careers@rpi.edu
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COVID-19 Pandemic Protocols
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Rensselaer welcomes undergraduate and graduate students to campus for an in-person academic experience. To support this experience, all faculty and staff are expected to work primarily onsite.
Rensselaer requires all faculty and staff to be vaccinated (and boosted when eligible) against COVID-19. Requests for exemptions for medical or religious reasons will be evaluated on a case by case basis.
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We welcome candidates who will bring diverse cultural, ethnic, national and international perspectives to Rensselaer’s work and campus communities.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity, Race/Gender/Veterans/Disability Employer.
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