Career Opportunities

Visiting Assistant Professor, Sociology

This position is no longer open.

School of Arts and Sciences

Department: Social Sciences
Campus: Beirut/Byblos
Vacancy date: Fall 2015

The Department of Social Sciences at the Lebanese American University is seeking to appoint a Visiting Assistant/Associate Professor of Sociology effective September 2015 for a two-year term, which can be renewed. A PhD in Sociology is a must. The successful candidate must have: a demonstrated capacity to conduct research and attract research grants; a reasonable record of university-level teaching in different areas of sociology, including research methods, community studies, migration studies and political sociology; and a demonstrated capacity to contribute to graduate teaching (including supervising MA theses) and research. The successful candidate will be expected to demonstrate how his/her field of expertise will extend and develop the Department’s research and teaching agendas.

The Lebanese American University is an Equal Opportunity Employer operating in Lebanon under a charter from the Regents of the State University of New York. Information about the University can be found at http://www.lau.edu.lb


Interested candidates should apply electronically by sending a letter of interest, a resume and the names, addresses and phone numbers of three references to: Assistant Provost for Academic Affairs, Lebanese American University, Email: apaa@lau.edu.lb. Candidates must refer to position no. AS-15-25. Alternatively, candidates may send the application material by regular mail to one of the following addresses:

Assistant Provost for Academic Affairs

Provost Office

Lebanese American University

P. O. Box 13-5053, Chouran 1102 2801

Beirut, Lebanon

Assistant Provost for Academic Affairs

Provost Office

Lebanese American University (LAU)
211 East 46th Street

New York, N.Y. 10017-2935 - USA

Deadline for applying: March 22,2015