Assistant Professor

Universities of Wisconsin • Madison, WI

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

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.

Requirements

• 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
• 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.

Nice To Haves

• 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.
• Demonstrated track record of developing, promoting, and delivering education and outreach programs to diverse audiences.
• Experience with qualitative research methodologies.
• A minimum of nine months of postdoctoral experience.
• Proven success in writing and securing grants is highly desirable.

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.

Benefits

• Tenure-track position
• Support for meeting UW-Madison tenure requirements
• Potential for teaching credit-bearing courses at undergraduate and graduate levels
• Opportunity for service to the department, college, university, and academic community, nationally or internationally
• Contribution to program revenue requirements
• Work with purpose, make an impact, and grow your career
• Commitment to equity, inclusion and employee well-being

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree