Vanderbilt-Health, illness-Asst

[oncearound]

VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SOCIOLOGY JOB ANNOUNCEMENT
With funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and in collaboration with the Center for Health Policy at Meharry Medical College, the Department of Sociology at Vanderbilt University is recruiting a tenure-track Assistant Professor with expertise in health, illness, and medicine. Applicants should submit a letter of interest, curriculum vitae, examples of recent scholarship, evidence of teaching effectiveness, and three letters of reference. Review of applications will begin on October 17, 2011. The search will continue until the position is filled and the appointment will begin fall 2012. Black and Hispanic scholars are especially encouraged to apply and the selected applicant would join a diverse intellectual community committed to research on health, illness, and medicine. Vanderbilt is an Equal Opportunity-Affirmative Action Employer. Please send all materials to Search Committee Chair, Department of Sociology, 2301 Vanderbilt Place, VU Station B Box 351811, Nashville, TN 37235-1811. Information about the department, the College of Arts & Science, and Vanderbilt University may be found at www.vanderbilt.edu/sociology

[anon]

I'm a bit confused about this position. While its in the Vandy Soc Dept, it has ties with Meharry Medical College, & digging around the RWJF grant is to increase understanding of racial disparities in health. I also have not seen a position which has specified illness. Are looking for a social psychologist who studies race disparities in health, without saying so? Please note I'm trying to decode the ad, and am *not* saying they are explicitly trying to hire minorities [as some archie bunkers may conclude].

[everyoneneedsatenurehome]

My understanding is that a significant part of the funding for the line comes from a grant from RWJF to the research center base din the med school. However, faculty affiliates need to have a tenure home in one of the departments. In this case sociology.