Assistant Professor

The School for Workers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is seeking to fill a tenure-track Assistant Professor position with a focus on work, employment, and the empowerment of working people.

The School for Workers is a multidisciplinary department that embraces a wide variety of social science fields and subjects, including labor studies, the sociology of work and employment, working-class studies, history, globalization and its impacts on workers, work organization, unionization, workplace and community inequality, labor precarity, job quality, and the future of work. The department is in UW-Madison's Division of Continuing Studies.

We seek a faculty member who will combine rigorous research with a deep interest in outreach that engages people, communities, and institutions, and that results in real-world impact. The ideal candidate will produce relevant research that can be meaningfully applied to the benefit of working people and their communities in Extension-style community-based education and outreach programs.

Responsibilities:

Duties will include individual and classroom teaching in Extension-style adult noncredit education settings, with potential for teaching credit-bearing courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels; scholarly research in one or more areas of labor and working-class studies; and service to the department, college, university, and academic community, nationally or internationally. Through their work, faculty are expected to contribute to the department's program revenue requirements. Junior faculty will be supported in their work toward meeting UW-Madison tenure requirements.

Qualifications:

The ideal candidate will have at least 5 years' experience in one or more fields such as: worker and community organizing, collective bargaining, research in the area of empowering working people, applied or community research, or university-community partnerships. Candidates will also be evaluated on a demonstrated track record of developing, promoting, and delivering education and outreach programs to diverse audiences. Candidates possessing experience with qualitative research methodologies and a minimum of nine months of postdoctoral experience are preferred. Proven success in writing and securing grants is highly desirable.

Continuing Studies, School for Workers

Minimum $59,151 ANNUAL

- Track record of research and publication in peer-reviewed journals in field(s) of expertise.

- Track record of adult labor education, providing programming in non-credit, Extension-style settings with labor unions and worker organizations.

- Demonstrated ability in teaching adult education programs and traditional university courses in both face-to-face and online modalities.

- Record of successfully leading community-based participatory or action research projects with non-English dominant working communities.

- Evidence of knowledge of the research literature related to labor studies, working-class studies, or labor education and demonstrated potential to impact their field of study.

- Documented record of writing, receiving, and successful administration of grant- funded projects.

- Highly effective teaching and presentation skills.

- Capacity to conceive, design, coordinate, and teach in both in-person and online adult education programs that contribute to the department's program revenue requirements.

- Occasional lifting of boxes of teaching materials, computers, and projectors, with assistive devices

Required PhD in a field related to labor and working-class studies, such as sociology, labor studies, adult education, organizational behavior or organizational development, or a similarly related field in the social sciences or humanities.

To apply for this position, please click on the "Apply Now" button. You will be asked to upload a resume, cover letter, and list of three professional/supervisor references as a part of the application process. References will not be contacted without prior notice. Please ensure your resume and cover letter address how you meet the minimum/preferred qualifications for the position.

Zachary Yafai, HR Business Partner

zyafai@wisc.edu

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