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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://jobs.uncc.edu/postings/24224">https://jobs.uncc.edu/postings/24224</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=4 cellpadding=0 width=0 style='width:510.0pt;background:white'><tr><td width=158 style='width:112.5pt;background:#DDDDDD;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:13.2pt'><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>Position Number<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td style='background:#EFEFEF;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:13.2pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>003734<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=158 style='width:112.5pt;background:#DDDDDD;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:13.2pt'><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>Working Title<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td style='background:#EFEFEF;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:13.2pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>Assistant Professor<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=158 style='width:112.5pt;background:#DDDDDD;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:13.2pt'><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>Classification Title<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td style='background:#EFEFEF;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:13.2pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>9-Mo Tenure-Track/ Tenured Faculty<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=158 style='width:112.5pt;background:#DDDDDD;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:13.2pt'><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>College<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td style='background:#EFEFEF;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:13.2pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>Col Liberal Arts & Science (Col)<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=158 style='width:112.5pt;background:#DDDDDD;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:13.2pt'><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>Department<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td style='background:#EFEFEF;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:13.2pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>College of Liberal Arts and Sciences<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=158 style='width:112.5pt;background:#DDDDDD;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:13.2pt'><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>Position Designation<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td style='background:#EFEFEF;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:13.2pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>Faculty<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=158 style='width:112.5pt;background:#DDDDDD;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:13.2pt'><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>Employment Type<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td style='background:#EFEFEF;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:13.2pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>Permanent - Full-time<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=158 style='width:112.5pt;background:#DDDDDD;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:13.2pt'><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>Months per year<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td style='background:#EFEFEF;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:13.2pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>9<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=158 style='width:112.5pt;background:#DDDDDD;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:13.2pt'><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>Primary Purpose of Department<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td style='background:#EFEFEF;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:13.6pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>The United States faces substantial social and economic health and health care disparities, as identified in numerous studies by such organizations as the Center for Disease Control, the US Department of Health and Human Services, and the American Public Health Association. Confronting and rectifying these disparities requires interdisciplinary and collaborative research across a diverse array of organizations, including universities, community alliances, and healthcare organizations.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:13.6pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>The University of North Carolina at Charlotte has identified health research as a critical area for investment, and is working with faculty to build new infrastructures in data sharing (the Institute for Social Capital), community partnerships (e.g., the Academy for Population Health Innovation and the Integrated Network for Social Sustainability), and competitive graduate programs (e.g., Health Psychology, Public Health Sciences, and Health Services Research).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:13.6pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>UNC Charlotte’s Social Aspects of Health Initiative (SAHI) is designed explicitly to identify and address health inequities in urban regions. Building upon a strong and growing cadre of health researchers across the university, and especially in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences and the College of Health and Human Services, SAHI focuses on social, institutional and environmental contexts, as well as policies and practices that contribute to equitable health care provision, health outcomes, and quality of life.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:13.6pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>The College of Liberal Arts & Sciences is strengthening its already robust social science expertise in health research through a cluster hire of four faculty members in the departments of Anthropology, Geography and Earth Sciences, Psychological Science, and Sociology. These new hires will join current faculty in developing extramurally-supported research to expand SAHI, support community partnerships, and disseminate its contributions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:13.6pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>This initiative has particular salience in the Charlotte community, which is taking steps to address significant social challenges stemming from limited social and economic mobility among its residents. Ultimately, SAHI intends to strengthen the University’s collective research efforts in order to illuminate the causes and consequences of health inequities and the responses that communities, and the greater Charlotte community in particular, can use to build a more equitably healthy society.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:13.6pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>The College of Liberal Arts & Sciences advances the ethical discovery, dissemination, and application of knowledge and creativity, and – by building the academic programs for tomorrow – educates students to be informed, critical thinkers and competent communicators, to work successfully in a world of increasing diversity and change, and to be engaged citizens in a global society.<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=158 style='width:112.5pt;background:#DDDDDD;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:13.2pt'><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>Vacancy Open to<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td style='background:#EFEFEF;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:13.2pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>All Candidates<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=158 style='width:112.5pt;background:#DDDDDD;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:13.2pt'><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>Description of Work<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td style='background:#EFEFEF;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:13.6pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>The University of North Carolina at Charlotte recognizes the differentiation of mission, goals, and objectives inherent in the diversity of disciplines represented by its colleges and departments. Thus, the Job Responsibilities and Essential Functions for Tenured and Tenure Track Faculty should be interpreted in the context of the related departmental and collegiate goals.<br>Teaching, Advising, Curriculum and Instructional Development – Faculty responsibilities and essential functions with respect to teaching may include but are not limited to: subject matter competence, course design, course presentation, advising and consultation, directing student research, curriculum and instructional development, and grading student work.<br>Scholarly Research, Creative, and Other Professional Activities – All tenured and tenure-track faculty are expected to participate in expanding the knowledge base of her/his academic field by conducting research or engaging in other creative activities as appropriate to the faculty member’s discipline. Faculty responsibilities and essential functions with respect to research may include but are not limited to: research/creative activity that generates new knowledge and/or synthesizes and/or integrates existing knowledge, publication, an on-going agenda for research, scholarly, and creative activity, and are expected to seek extramural support for their work.<br>Service to University, the Public, and the Profession – All tenured and tenure-track faculty are expected to engage in a program of service appropriate to their discipline. Faculty responsibilities and essential functions with respect to service may include but are not limited to: service to the administration and governance of the University, public service, and service to the profession.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:13.6pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>To view the complete Job Responsibilities and Essential Functions for Tenured and Tenure-Track Faculty document visit our website: http://provost.uncc.edu/academic-budget-personnel/handbook/search-committee<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=158 style='width:112.5pt;background:#DDDDDD;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:13.2pt'><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>Essential Duties and Responsibilities<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td style='background:#EFEFEF;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:13.6pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>1) a Ph.D. in Sociology or a related field; 2) a strong research agenda that focuses on health disparities; 3) commitment to teaching in a diverse environment; and 4) potential to secure external funding.<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=158 style='width:112.5pt;background:#DDDDDD;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:13.2pt'><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>Minimum Experience/Education<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td style='background:#EFEFEF;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:13.6pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>UNC Charlotte gives primary consideration to the earned doctorate or terminal degree in the teaching discipline or a related discipline.<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=158 style='width:112.5pt;background:#DDDDDD;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:13.2pt'><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>Preferred Education, Skills and Experience<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td style='background:#EFEFEF;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:13.6pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>A strong candidate’s application will indicate an interest in working with cross-disciplinary teams to conduct health research.<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=158 style='width:112.5pt;background:#DDDDDD;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:13.2pt'><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>Necessary Licenses/Certifications<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td style='background:#EFEFEF;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'></td></tr><tr><td width=158 style='width:112.5pt;background:#DDDDDD;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:13.2pt'><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>Special Notes to Applicants<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td style='background:#EFEFEF;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:13.6pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>Please upload the following documents with your electronic submission:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:13.6pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>1) Cover letter<br>2) Curriculum vita<br>3) A writing sample<br>4) Contact information for references<br>5) A statement about teaching and research<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:13.6pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>Please ask your references to email their letters to SOCsearch@uncc.edu with the subject “SEARCH.” The candidate chosen for this position will be required to provide an official transcript of their highest earned degree and submit to a criminal background check.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:13.6pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>As an EOE/AA employer and an ADVANCE Institution that strives to create an academic climate in which the dignity of all individuals is respected and maintained, the University of North Carolina at Charlotte encourages applications from all underrepresented groups.<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=158 style='width:112.5pt;background:#DDDDDD;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:13.2pt'><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>Job Open Date<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td style='background:#EFEFEF;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:13.2pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>10/10/2018<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=158 style='width:112.5pt;background:#DDDDDD;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:13.2pt'><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>Job Close Date<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td style='background:#EFEFEF;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'></td></tr><tr><td width=158 style='width:112.5pt;background:#DDDDDD;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:13.2pt'><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>Open Until Filled<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td style='background:#EFEFEF;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:13.2pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>Yes<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=158 style='width:112.5pt;background:#DDDDDD;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:13.2pt'><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>Date Review of Applications will Begin<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td style='background:#EFEFEF;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:13.2pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>11/10/2018<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=158 style='width:112.5pt;background:#DDDDDD;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:13.2pt'><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>Proposed Hire Date<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td style='background:#EFEFEF;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:13.2pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>08/15/2019<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>