Assistant Professor (Sociology of Health and Quantitative Methods) chez University of Hawaii, HI

About the Department

Title: Assistant Professor (Sociology of Health and Quantitative Methods)

Position Number: Pending Position Number

Hiring Unit: UHM College of Social Sciences - Sociology

Location: Manoa Campus

Date Posted: September 24, 2025

Closing Date: Continuous; applications review begins November 15, 2025. Applications received by November 14, 2025 will be given priority.

Salary Information: Commensurate with qualifications and experience

Monthly Type: 9 Month

Tenure Track: Tenure 

Full Time/Part Time: Full Time

Other Conditions:

The Department of Sociology, College of Social Sciences (CSS), University of Hawai‘i at Manoa (UHM) in Honolulu, Hawai‘i invites applicants for the position of Assistant Professor (F-3). This is a 9-month, full-time, permanent, tenure-track faculty appointment to begin August 1, 2026, subject to position clearance and availability of funds.

We are seeking a candidate with a commitment to contribute to one or more of our department’s other areas of specialization, which are Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Class; Asia, Pacific, and Hawai‘i in Regional and Global Contexts; Crime, Law, and Social Control; and Nationalism, Globalization, and Sustainability.

About the University of University of Hawai‘i at Manoa: UHM is an R1 institution (Very High Research Activity, Carnegie Classification) located on a beautiful arboretum campus. UHM is a land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant university with the core mission of generating, preserving, and disseminating knowledge for the greater good of the people of the state of Hawai‘i and the world beyond through teaching, research, and service.

More information about the Department of Sociology is available at https://sociology.manoa.hawaii.edu/

Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Develop a research record; undertake research/scholarly or creative projects in the field or branch of learning represented by and consistent with the goals of the UHM CSS.
2. Publish research in peer-reviewed journals and/or books.
3. Teach introductory and upper-level graduate and undergraduate courses, including courses on medical sociology and quantitative methods.
4. Seek extramural funding.
5. Maintain a professional level of performance and productivity in assigned areas of teaching, research, and service. 
6. Supervise and mentor undergraduate and graduate students in quantitative methods as well as the candidate's areas of interest. 
7. Contribute to development activities at the discipline, department, and campus levels. 
8. Work independently and with colleagues to select, develop, and revise curricular materials, instructional techniques, and assessment strategies at the course, credential and/or discipline levels.
9. Provide service and leadership to the department, college, university, and community.
10. Participate in professional and self-development activities.
11. Other duties as assigned by the Department Chair.

Minimum Qualifications: 

1. A Ph.D. in sociology or a related field. ABDs will be considered only if all degree requirements will be met; ABDs must submit a letter from their committee chair attesting that the dissertation and all degree requirements will be completed prior to the date of hire; Ph.D. degree is conferred by date of hire;
2. Demonstrated ability to conduct research; 
3. Ability to teach introductory and advanced undergraduate and graduate courses in quantitative methods; 
4. Demonstrated ability to mentor students;
5. Ability to contribute to our specialization in Health, Aging, and Medical Sociology;
6. Demonstrated ability to maintain professionalism in meeting and conferring with others.

Desirable Qualifications: 

1. Demonstrated teaching experience in both sociology of health and quantitative methods. 
2. Demonstrated ability to mentor and teach graduate and undergraduate students with varying backgrounds.

To Apply:

Click on the “Apply” button on the top right corner of the screen to complete an application and attach the following required documents:

1. Curriculum vita
2. Cover letter
3. Three (3) writing samples
4. Statement summarizing your teaching interests
5. Statement summarizing your research interests
6. Three (3) reference letters, to be sent to CSS HR via UH FileDrop (recipient [email protected]) by the letter writer.

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Inquiries:
Dr. Sun-Ki Chai, Search Committee Chair, [email protected]

Position Duties

The University of Hawai'i is an Equal Opportunity Institution and is committed to a policy of nondiscrimination in employment, including on the basis of veteran and disability status.  For more information, visit:  https://www.hawaii.edu/offices/eeo/policies/

 Employment is contingent on satisfying employment eligibility verification requirements of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986; reference checks of previous employers; and for certain positions, criminal history record checks.
 
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