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Rockford University invites applicants for a full-time Assistant Teaching Professor (non-tenure-track) of Sociology, to begin August 2025.  Ph.D. preferred (ABD considered).  The Assistant Teaching Professor will teach 15 credit hours (five 3-credit-hour courses) per semester.  The preferred candidate should have teaching experience, preferably in a college setting, and will be able to teach introduction to sociology, research methodology (qualitative and quantitative); race and ethnicity, family, deviance, and sociological theory. Applicants who are also able to teach courses in criminal justice will be preferred.  Enthusiasm for teaching in a small-university liberal arts setting is essential. 

Applications will be reviewed starting immediately and will be accepted until December 15, 2024.  Please email, via a single .pdf, to HumanResources@rockford.edu

• Letter of application
• Curriculum vitae
• Statement of teaching philosophy
• Transcripts—undergraduate and graduate—(official transcripts required upon hire)
• Three letters of recommendation 

Rockford University’s search committees and hiring managers are especially interested in candidates who through their research, teaching, and/or service will contribute to the diversity and excellence of our academic community. Rockford University is committed to being an Equal Opportunity Employer.