Postdoctoral Fellowship in History or Sociology of Food, Agriculture, or Environment
Company: Georgia Tech
Location: Atlanta
Posted on: April 25, 2024
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Overview Georgia Tech prides itself on its technological resources,
collaborations, high-quality student body, and its commitment to
building an outstanding and diverse community of learning,
discovery, and creation. We strongly encourage applicants whose
values align with our institutional values, as outlined in our.
These values include academic excellence, diversity of thought and
experience, inquiry and innovation, collaboration and community,
and ethical behavior and stewardship. Georgia Tech has policies to
promote a healthy work-life balance and is aware that attracting
faculty may require meeting the needs of two careers. About Georgia
Tech Georgia Tech is a top-ranked public research university
situated in the heart of Atlanta, a diverse and vibrant city with
numerous economic and cultural strengths. The Institute serves more
than 45,000 students through top-ranked undergraduate, graduate,
and executive programs in engineering, computing, science,
business, design, and liberal arts. Georgia Tech's faculty
attracted more than $1.4 billion in research awards this past year
in fields ranging from biomedical technology to artificial
intelligence, energy, sustainability, semiconductors, neuroscience,
and national security. Georgia Tech ranks among the nation's top 20
universities for research and development spending and No. 1 among
institutions without a medical school. Georgia Tech's Mission and
ValuesGeorgia Tech's mission is to develop leaders who advance
technology and improve the human condition. The Institute has nine
key values that are foundational to everything we do: Students are
our top priority. We strive for excellence. We thrive on diversity.
We celebrate collaboration. We champion innovation. We safeguard
freedom of inquiry and expression. We nurture the wellbeing of our
community. We act ethically. We are responsible stewards. Over the
next decade, Georgia Tech will become an example of inclusive
innovation, a leading technological research university of
unmatched scale, relentlessly committed to serving the public good;
breaking new ground in addressing the biggest local, national, and
global challenges and opportunities of our time; making technology
broadly accessible; and developing exceptional, principled leaders
from all backgrounds ready to produce novel ideas and create
solutions with real human impact. About the School of History and
Sociology at the Georgia Institute of Technology The School of
History and Sociology (HSOC) is a uniquely interdisciplinary unit
with an intellectual culture of cross-pollination between
sociological and historical scholarship, as well as work in science
and technology studies. The School is united around a vision of
scholarship and teaching that elucidates processes of local,
national, and global change, past and present. This includes
promoting a broader understanding of how racial, gender, and class
inequalities intersect, as well as how technology, science,
environment, and culture are intertwined. HSOC offers a Bachelor of
Science degree in History, Technology, and Society and several
joint undergraduate minors including Health, Medicine, and Society;
Science, Technology, and Society; and Social Justice. At the
graduate level, HSOC offers master's and doctoral degrees in the
History and Sociology of Technology and Science. More information
about HSOC and its degree programs is available on the HSOC website
. HSOC is one of six schools in Georgia Tech's Ivan Allen College
of Liberal Arts. The Ivan Allen College is home to researchers and
educators whose expertise spans the humanities and social sciences,
with strengths in economics, the history and sociology of
technology and science, global media and cultures, digital
humanities, technology-focused international security, and science
and technology policy.
Location
Atlanta, GA
Job Summary
The School of History and Sociology at the Georgia Institute of
Technology invites applications for a two-year postdoctoral
fellowship. The postdoctoral fellow is expected to teach two
undergraduate classes per year (one each Fall and Spring semester)
as part of the established undergraduate teaching program in the
School of History and Sociology.The expected start date for
successful candidates is July 1, 2024.
Responsibilities
The postdoctoral fellow is expected to teach two undergraduate
classes per year (one each Fall and Spring semester) as part of the
established undergraduate teaching program in the School of History
and Sociology. They should carry out independent research related
to food, agriculture, or the environment in the twentieth or
twenty-first centuries. Ideally the candidate will also be an
active participant in the project - From Collection to Cultivation:
Historical Perspectives on Crop Diversity and Food Security,
including by attending a monthly virtual meeting led by Professor
Helen Anne Curry, which provides funding for the fellowship.
Required Qualifications
Ph.D. in history, sociology, or related discipline.
Preferred Qualifications
The successful candidate will have a strong commitment to teaching
excellence and an active program of research in the history or
sociology of food, agriculture, or the environment.
Required Documents to Attach
Interested and qualified individuals should apply by
submitting:
Contact Information
Requests for further information may be directed to Professor Helen
Anne Curry . An earned doctorate is required by the start of the
appointment.We will begin reviewing application materials on March
15, 2024, but the search will continue until the position is
filled. Applications are to be submitted via Georgia Techs Careers
Site at https://hr.gatech.edu/careers (Job ID:268646).
Equal Employment Opportunity
The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) is an Equal
Employment Opportunity Employer. The University is committed to
maintaining a fair and respectful environment for all. To that end,
and in accordance with federal and state law, Board of Regents
policy, and University policy, Georgia Tech provides equal
opportunity to all faculty, staff, students, and all other members
of the Georgia Tech community, including applicants for admission
and/or employment, contractors, volunteers, and participants in
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national origin discrimination in hiring, firing, and recruitment,
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where they are required by Federal, State, or local government
contract.
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of Core Values, which consists of Integrity, Excellence,
Accountability, and Respect. These values shape and fundamentally
support our University's work. Additionally, all faculty, staff,
and administrators must also be aware of and comply with the Board
of Regents and Georgia Institute of Technology's policies on
Freedom of Expression and Academic Freedom. More information on
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