Job Description

The Department of Sociology at the University of Tennessee ? Knoxville (UTK) invites applications for a tenure-track position at the level of Assistant Professor beginning August 1, 2025, in the area of transportation pertaining to socio-ecological impacts, inequities, and other challenges associated with current and future transportation and mobility systems. Understanding of adaptive systems and technologies, green economies and transportation, and the diffusion and adoption of green transportation and mobility systems would also be helpful.

This search is part of a cluster hire to add faculty across multiple departments with expertise in transportation and mobility. UT is searching for additional faculty to strengthen the university?s position as a global leader in smart transportation; this position is among them. Recruitment into the Future Mobility Institute cluster creates opportunities to build bold agendas that advance big ideas. The successful candidate will join a team of approximately 40 established and successful faculty with shared and complementary research interests in electrification and electric motors, connectivity, autonomous and shared transportation, as well as policy, supply chain transportation, and a strong desire to grow the scholarly and educational impact of their work. For early career faculty, the cluster also offers a unique framework for professional development and mentorship within a rich transdisciplinary environment.

Applicants are expected to teach classes in the Department of Sociology at the undergraduate and graduate level, conduct research, and supervise graduate students. We are particularly interested in candidates who can contribute to the department?s long and enduring reputation for advancing social justice research ( and whose research resonates with at least one of our four departmental areas: critical race and ethnic studies, criminology, environmental sociology, and political economy & globalization. This position would be partially subsidized during the summer and provides substantial start-up and graduate and postgraduate funding and support.

The ideal candidate for this position has a collaborative mindset and prioritizes working with colleagues to realize shared research and educational achievements, including large-scale proposals, joint publications, and new transdisciplinary curricular programming. As Tennessee?s flagship land-grant institution, UT is particularly interested in recruiting candidates who are deeply connected to the organizations and communities in which their work will have translational impact, as well as those who will contribute to a climate that values diversity and inclusion. A Ph.D. in Sociology or a related area is required at the time of appointment. Applicants should demonstrate promise of distinguished scholarship and excellence in teaching and will be expected to seek external funding as a condition of tenure and promotion within the department. A Ph.D. in Sociology or a related area is required at the time of appointment.

Review of applications will begin November 18, 2024 and continue until the position is filled. Please upload a letter of application, curriculum vitae with the names and contact information of two references, one writing sample, research statement, and teaching statement to . Direct questions to Dr. Robert Emmet (?Bobby?) Jones, Search Committee Chair, via e-mail (mountain@utk.edu). More information on the Department of Sociology is at

All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment and admission without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, and parental status, or any other characteristic protected by federal or state law. In accordance with the requirements of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the University of Tennessee affirmatively states that it does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, or disability in its education programs and activities, and this policy extends to employment by the university. Requests for accommodations of a disability should be directed to the Office of Equal Opportunity and Accessibility, 1840 Melrose Avenue Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-3560 or  eoa@utk.edu or (865)974-2498. Inquiries and charges of violation of Title VI (race, color and national origin), Title IX (sex), Section 504 (disability), the ADA (disability), the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (age), sexual orientation, or veteran status should be directed to the Office of Investigation & Resolution 216 Business Incubator Building 2450 EJ. Chapman Drive Knoxville, Tennessee 37996 or (865)974-0717 or  investigations@utk.edu .

About University of Tennessee, Knoxville

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