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Post by cyclorama on Oct 6, 2010 17:52:16 GMT -5
Ithaca College’s Department of Sociology invites applications for a tenure-eligible assistant professor, to begin Fall 2011. We seek a colleague with culturally and academically diverse interests and commitments to teach courses with Global and International foci, to blend with department strengths in inequalities, culture, and social justice. Special consideration will be given to those who work in the area of Race and Ethnicity. Successful candidates will demonstrate an ability to integrate research and teaching; those who employ critical/creative analyses and those with public sociology interests are especially encouraged. The ideal applicant will have a commitment to both teaching and research with special consideration given to those with experience supervising (or incorporating) undergraduate research and learning in a liberal arts environment. The position requires a rotation in one (or more) of Sociological Theory, Research Methods, and/or Introduction to Sociology. Ph.D. in Sociology or closely related field is required by time of appointment.
Successful candidates will demonstrate an ability to teach in ways that value the varied learning needs and interests of a culturally diverse student population, and that reflect a commitment to encouraging the success of all students. We also seek candidates who have relevant experience and/or a record of professional engagement with groups and communities underrepresented in the academy. Candidates from underrepresented groups whose exclusion from the academy has been longstanding are strongly encouraged to apply.
Interested applicants should apply online (www.icjobs.org) by submitting a cover letter and CV. Questions about the online application should be directed to the Office of Human Resources at (607) 274-1207. Review of applications will begin December 15, 2010 and will continue until the position is filled.
Company: Ithaca College Department: Department of Sociology Contact: Sharon Loucks Email: sloucks@ithaca.edu Phone: (607) 274-3153 Fax: (607) 274-7332 Address: Department of Sociology 953 Danby Road Ithaca , NY 14850-7000
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Post by WTF on Nov 18, 2010 17:02:28 GMT -5
I saw this posted on the Rant board. An assistant professor alleged that she was sexually harrassed by a senior professor. The department allowed that professor to sit on her tenure committee. Surprisingly, he and his friends voted against her, but the majority of the dept voted for her. Then the President of the college rejected the tenure because of her activities on behalf of Palestinians. An appeals board found that there were serious violations in her case. It was sent back to the department and this time everyone voted against her. Links to the story: www.ithacatimes.com/main.asp?SectionID=16&SubSectionID=83&ArticleID=9171&TM=51070.07ithacacollegeinjustice.blogspot.com/
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Post by Oboy on Nov 18, 2010 18:37:26 GMT -5
A department that will protect me when I sexually harass and that will keep me from having to encounter viewpoints that I don't agree with! Where do I apply?
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Post by Stinks on Nov 19, 2010 13:41:57 GMT -5
The department is looking for someone who is "culturally diverse... to blend with department strengths in inequalities... and social justice." I can't wait to see the hypocrite that takes that job.
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Post by Stinky on Nov 20, 2010 23:45:39 GMT -5
I think hypocrite is too strong a word. Some people are very forthright about only being a feminist to get a position. So if they apply to a department like this, they are not exactly hypocrites are they? But you are right that it will be interesting to see who accepts such a position.
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Post by Thorough on Nov 21, 2010 16:21:33 GMT -5
Aren't there two sides to every dispute? Posters seem to be reading and accepting only one side's information (outdated at that) and then extrapolating to judgments about the department, college, and anyone who would accept a position there.
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Post by ComeOn on Nov 21, 2010 21:20:48 GMT -5
1. We don't know the truth of the sexual harrassment, but what possible reason could the department have for not asking the accused person to recues themselves from the tenure decision?
2. Everyone agrees that her teaching and scholarship were enough for tenure at Ithaca. What reason did the president have for rejecting it?
3. Do you know what it takes to get a college appeals board to overturn a department tenure decision?
4. Why would the four members of the department who thought her record to be good enough for tenure the first time, unanimously reject it the second time?
5. How can a sociologists who studies these patterns in gender, class and race inequality not recognize what is really going on? How can they not be a hypocrite?
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Post by Thoroughly on Nov 21, 2010 21:38:13 GMT -5
From one with inside scoop. There was not sexual harrassment. Maybe she wanted it. The appeals board was a bunch of women and, come on guys, they stick together! Give me high five! Besides this is all ancient history. The department is fixed now that we got rid of "Ms" Trouble.
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Post by Reality on Nov 22, 2010 9:01:38 GMT -5
5. How can a sociologists who studies these patterns in gender, class and race inequality not recognize what is really going on? How can they not be a hypocrite? Maybe because they want to eat and have electricity.
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Post by Guest on Nov 22, 2010 9:24:58 GMT -5
Most hypocrites have good reasons and every hypocrite is good at rationalizing, but that doesn't make them any less hypocrites. We will see if the person who takes that job was faced with the prospect of starvation if they didn't take the job.
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Post by Reality on Nov 22, 2010 9:29:48 GMT -5
I didn't apply for this job, but as someone who has been on the market for two years without any luck, I would happily take your silly judgment for a job.
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Post by Casting Stones on Nov 22, 2010 10:26:55 GMT -5
Most hypocrites have good reasons and every hypocrite is good at rationalizing, but that doesn't make them any less hypocrites. We will see if the person who takes that job was faced with the prospect of starvation if they didn't take the job. Everyone is a hypocrite. If starvation is the exception to taking this job, what are the exceptions to shopping at WalMart, opting not to recycle, taking showers longer than 20 min, or reifying the heternormative institution of marriage? Surely you and others who are casting stones can think of instances where you too have been a hypocrite, and continue to be a hypocrite.
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Post by yep on Nov 22, 2010 11:02:57 GMT -5
I didn't apply for this job, but as someone who has been on the market for two years without any luck, I would happily take your silly judgment for a job. +1
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Post by Researcher on Nov 22, 2010 11:17:37 GMT -5
Any applicant with the qualifications to receive an offer would also possess critical thinking skills to probe into the tenure-denial case. There's information online about how the various committees (department and appeal) committees voted repeatedly, how administrators acted, what the disappointed tenure candidate's C.V. shows, who are the current department faculty, and what the state investigatory agency has recently concluded about the allegations.
Job applicants would be wise to investigate any department they have the opportunity to join, but if some applicants avoid a department simply because of allegations, then other applicants find their chances improved. A cynic might even suspect that to discourage competitive applications by others, one applicant might call attention to allegations and rumors about a position.
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Post by Interesting on Nov 22, 2010 14:44:54 GMT -5
How interesting that nobody takes any issue with any of the points offered by ComeOn, any one of which is fatal to the claim that whoever takes this job is a hypocrite.
If you take a job with a specialty in social justice and inequality and claim not to have seen this pattern a hundred times, you are a hypocrite. You may have very good reasons for being a hypocrite. But you are still a hypocrite.
We will know who took this job. It will be one of your friends. You can decide whether or not s/he is a hypocrite. You can also decide whether or not s/he is one of the posters in this debate. If somebody who specialiizes in social justice and inequality takes this job, they are a hypocrite. If they also posted on this board attacking the hypocrisy, they are disgusting and should be shunned by whatever colleagues they have.
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