Assistant Professor of Law, Societies, and Justice — Environmental Justice (broadly defined)

The University of Washington seeks a full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor of Law, Societies, and Justice with a focus on environmental justice. The position involves teaching, research, and community engagement, emphasizing diversity and inclusion. Candidates should have a Ph.D. or be ABD in a relevant field, with a strong research agenda and teaching experience in environmental justice. The role is located in Seattle, WA, and starts in September 2024.
The Department of Law, Societies and Justice (LSJ) at the University of Washington’s Seattle campus invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor position focusing on environmental justice. Positive factors for consideration include, but are not limited to, work illuminates the role of race and its intersections with class, gender, sexuality, disability, indigeneity, nationalities, and/or other axes of inequality in struggles for environmental justice.

This position is part of multiple hires aimed at enhancing LSJ’s excellence in law, rights, and justice. The successful applicant will be expected to support LSJ’s commitment to inclusive teaching, mentorship, community engagement, and research excellence. As part of an interdisciplinary liberal arts education, LSJ features dynamic classroom conversations with diverse undergraduate students and experiential learning opportunities that enable our students to explore and tackle various inequities and injustices. LSJ’s undergraduate student body is approximately ⅓ first-generation and ¼ Pell-eligible, and our department is administrative home to the Disability Studies Program. LSJ’s undergraduate student body is approximately ⅓ first-generation and ¼ Pell-eligible, and the Department is administrative home to the Disability Studies Program. LSJ also offers a graduate certificate for PhD students from a variety of disciplines. We welcome applications from candidates with all types of social science training, including, but not limited to, scholars who take humanistic and/or interdisciplinary approaches. The successful candidate will teach a large introductory course and upper-level courses, including courses focusing on environmental justice. Tenure track faculty at the University of Washington engage in teaching, research, and service, and have an annual service period of nine months (Sept 16-June 15). This position is a 100% FTE, tenure eligible position, and is expected to start in September 2024. Washington State Law requires that this ad list a binding salary range. The base salary range for this position will be $9,250 – $13,500 per month on a 9-month basis ($83,250 – $121,500 annually), commensurate with experience and qualifications, or as mandated by a U.S. Department of Labor prevailing wage determination.

Positive factors for consideration include research quality and productivity (as demonstrated through publications and/or presentations, for example); excellence in undergraduate teaching; contributions to DEI; and a record of service such as public scholarship, community engagement, and/or service to the profession.

Qualifications

Applicants should demonstrate 1) evidence of an active research agenda foregrounding environmental justice and its relation to race/racialization; 2) evidence of experience or preparation to teach on environmental justice and 3) a plan for successful teaching with students from diverse backgrounds.

Candidates should have completed all requirements for a Ph.D. in a social science or related interdisciplinary field (or foreign equivalent) by the appointment start date, although applicants at the ABD level will also be considered.

Application Instructions

Applications should include a cover letter, current CV, research statement, teaching statement, DEI statement, writing sample, and three letters of recommendation. The research statement should describe the applicant’s substantive research interests, experiences, and plans for future research. The teaching statement should describe the applicant’s teaching philosophy and undergraduate and graduate teaching interests, and describe race, law, rights, or justice related courses that the applicant has taught and/or is prepared to teach in LSJ. The DEI statement should describe the applicant’s efforts to support diversity, equity, and inclusion and ideas for expanding that work. Each statement should be no more than 500 words. Review of applications will begin on September 1, 2023. Questions about this position should be directed to Angelina Godoy, Search Committee Chair, at agodoy@uw.edu.