Tenure-Line (Open Rank)

Vanderbilt University • Nashville, TN

1d

About The Position

The Department of Human and Organizational Development (HOD) at Vanderbilt University invites applications for an open-rank, tenure-line or tenured faculty position at the assistant, associate, or full professor level. HOD is an interdisciplinary department focused on human and organizational development in context, including schools, neighborhoods, civic organizations, communities, and social policy. Its faculty bring expertise in community psychology, sociology, geography, anthropology, communication studies, and public health.

The department welcomes social scientists whose active research programs contribute to interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary inquiry and educational programs. It is especially interested in scholars conducting community-engaged research using quantitative and mixed methods to address complex social problems across multiple scales or levels.

The successful candidate will teach and mentor students in Vanderbilt’s undergraduate Human and Organizational Development program and doctoral program in Community Research and Action, and, depending on the candidate’s research area, one or more master’s programs in Community Development and Action, Organizational Development for Social Innovation, and Human Development Counseling. The position offers the opportunity to join a highly productive, interdisciplinary faculty at a research-intensive university.

Application review will begin December 15, 2026, and continue until the position is filled. Applications submitted by December 15, 2026, will receive full consideration.

Requirements

• A strong research program appropriate for the candidate’s career stage, demonstrated by publications and a track record of, or strong potential for, securing external research support.
• Excellent teaching credentials.
• Demonstrated capacity to provide leadership and mentoring to graduate and undergraduate students.
• An active social science research program that can contribute to interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary inquiry and educational programs.

Nice To Haves

• Community-engaged research using quantitative and mixed methods to address complex social problems across multiple scales or levels.

Responsibilities

• Conduct a strong research program appropriate to career stage.
• Contribute to interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary inquiry and educational programs.
• Teach and mentor students in the undergraduate Human and Organizational Development program and doctoral program in Community Research and Action.
• Depending on research area, teach and mentor students in one or more master’s programs: Community Development and Action, Organizational Development for Social Innovation, and Human Development Counseling.
• Provide leadership and mentoring to graduate and undergraduate students.
• Pursue external research support, as appropriate to career stage.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed