job: assistant prof

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From: Kris Smock <k-smock at nwu.edu>

I thought this position announcement that a friend forwarded to me might
be of interest to comm-org subscribers.

Subject: Job Announcement UC Santa Cruz

The Department of Community Studies at the University of
California, Santa Cruz, invites applications for a full-time,
tenure-track Assistant Professor position beginning July 1, 2000.
Community Studies is an interdisciplinary department with an
undergraduate major emphasizing field study with community-based social
change organizations. We seek candidates from a
wide range of disciplinary backgrounds with demonstrated expertise in
urban-based struggles for social justice. The successful
candidate's expertise will combine analysis of the multifaceted
structural conditions which give rise to racial, class, and/or gender
inequality in cities, or other sites of contention, with analysis of how
grassroots movements, community-based organizations,
and/or governmental programs seek to ameliorate and overcome such
inequality. We are especially interested in candidates with
field experience in multi-ethnic urban settings, particularly involving
youth, and who have a commitment to qualitative research.

In addition to teaching in their area of expertise, candidates are
expected to teach core courses and work individually with
students on senior theses. Successful candidates may also have the
opportunity to teach and work with UCSC graduate
students in their own discipline. Candidates should share a commitment
to working in an interdisciplinary environment. We
welcome candidates with experience integrating their scholarly work with
social change activism.


RANK: Assistant Professor


SALARY: $43,100 - $48,800, commensurate with qualifications and
experience.


MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Ph.D. or equivalent in relevant field preferred
by July 1, 2000; must be conferred no later than June 30, 2001. The
successful candidate must be able to demonstrate
evidence of excellent research potential and demonstrated teaching
ability.


POSITION AVAILABLE: July 1, 2000 


APPLY TO: Applicants should submit a letter of application which
describes their research and teaching interests, curriculum

vitae or placement dossier, three letters of recommendation (all letters
will be treated as confidential), samples of current

research and written work, copies of teaching evaluations and course
syllabi to:


Chair, Search Committee

Department of Community Studies 

207 College Eight

University of California, Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz, CA 95064 


Please refer to position #531 in your reply.


CLOSING DATE: All materials must be postmarked by November 1, 1999