New York University

[crimey]

Job Description:
PROFESSOR
Department of Sociology
ARTS AND SCIENCE
New York University

The Department of Sociology at New York University invites applications for a faculty position with a track record of research appropriate for an advanced assistant professor or a tenured early associate professor. Substantive areas are open. Position is to begin September 1, 2012, pending budgetary and administrative approval.

Initial application deadline is September 15, 2011, but all applications received will be considered until the position is filled. Please upload letter of interest, Curriculum Vitae, three letters of reference and three writing samples to the NYU Department of Sociology web site at sociology.fas.nyu.edu/object/soc.facultysearch.

NYU is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.


Company:
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY

Department:
Department of Sociology

Contact:
Human Resources Department of Sociology

Address:
New York University
New York , NY
USA

Domestic Partner Benefits:
This employer offers employment benefits to domestic partners of employees.

Discrimination Policy:
This employer prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation/preference and gender identity/expression.

[UTRGV Sociology]

To me, this actually says: "we are looking for an associate professor, but are willing to entertain other attractive possibilities." Does anybody know that the search is actually for a full prof?

[Well]

Well, they interviewed almost 10 junior candidates last year (between the home campus and Abu Dhabi) in a year flooded with three years of talent and made no offers..... Maybe they have concluded that they are above junior faculty

This job is not as good as it seems. I'll leave it at that....

[Annoyed reader]

This is the second egregiously mis-titled thread on the job board. (The Indiana thread is the other one). I am glad there was some discussion because I would not otherwise have read the thread.

Yes, I know I can do my part to post things too, but please, be careful with the thread titles - advanced assistant is a FAR cry from full professor.

Also, very curious to hear more! Please don't leave it at that.

[i know]

Yes, tell us more please!! And the author might want to modify the title for this thread. It sounds like they mean "candidates without X number of publications need not apply."

[hm]

Annoyed reader, what is wrong with the Indiana posting? People have been requesting more specificity in the titles, and many positions are ambiguously "open"/"specialized."

[hmmmm]

I'm not annoyed reader, but the Indiana posting is for an open specialty, with qual 'especially encouraged' or whatever. To me, that means it's an open/qual posting, not a qual posting. As a quant guy, the 'qual' only title would make me overlook the posting, but if it said open/qual preferred, or something similar, I might take a look.

[i know]

I wouldn't have given this NYU posting a second glance if it weren't for my curiosity about a sudden post from "annoyed." Guess someone might want to contact the poster or the mod.

Re: IU Bloomington, sounds like they want someone awesome, & if they don't find an outstanding qual person they'll consider other methodological areas of expertise. So, yeah, the title is misleading there too, though not quite "wrong."

[weirdos]

Jul 20, 2011 9:02:08 GMT -5 @Annoyed reader said:

This is the second egregiously mis-titled thread on the job board. (The Indiana thread is the other one). I am glad there was some discussion because I would not otherwise have read the thread.

Yes, I know I can do my part to post things too, but please, be careful with the thread titles - advanced assistant is a FAR cry from full professor.

Also, very curious to hear more! Please don't leave it at that.

In the ASA job bank NYU chose the category "full professor" and titled the ad "PROFESSOR" -- but they want an asst or assoc? Weirdos.

[less annoyed]

Hey, annoyed here again. I guess it's not just OP's fault, then, since NYU did strange posting in the job bank. Also, thanks, OP! You changed the title (or so it seems to me).

(irrelevant post-script: the security check words were 'kiss me' - ok, creepy proboards, whatever...)