Tenure-track position in Critical Animal Studies

The Department of Sociology at Brock University in Canada invites applications for a probationary (tenure track) position at the rank of Assistant Professor, effective July 1, 2009, subject to final budgetary approval. The successful candidate will have a recently completed Ph.D. in Sociology or related discipline, evidence of successful undergraduate teaching, and an independent research program. Areas of interest may include animal rights, environmental justice, animal exploitation in economic systems, interlocking animal and human oppressions, and cultural politics of animals. Ability to teach research design, methods and/or theory from a critical sociological perspective is an asset.