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Virginia Tech invites applications for one full-time, nine-month, tenure-track position in quantitative methods in the Department of Sociology at the Assistant Professor level to begin Fall, 2015. Applicants must be competent in advanced quantitative methods and statistics. Additional competency in survey design and analysis is preferred. Substantive areas of research are open. Applicants must have Ph.D. in hand at the start of appointment. We seek a scholar who will contribute to graduate training in advanced quantitative methods, maintain a productive research program, and contribute to both the graduate and undergraduate programs. The normal teaching load is two courses each semester.The Department of Sociology grants the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in sociology with options in Africana Studies or Women’s and Gender Studies. The faculty includes about 30 tenure-track professors who have Ph.D.s in sociology, anthropology, ethnic studies, English, history, foreign languages, or African Diaspora studies. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to collaborate with faculty from Virginia Bioinformatics Institute and the Network Dynamics and Simulation Science Laboratory. http://www.vbi.vt.edu/ndssl.Virginia Tech does not discriminate against employees, students, or applicants on the basis of age, color, disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, genetic information, veteran status, or any other basis protected by law: (http://www.vt.edu/about/equal-opportunity.html).Virginia Tech is the largest state-supported university in Virginia. Blacksburg was voted as one of the ten best places to live in the United States by Outside Magazine.Applications must be submitted online on or before January 1, 2015 at http://listings.jobs.vt.edu (posting #TR0140133). The application package should include a cover letter, curriculum vitae, a research plan, and a statement of teaching philosophy. Have three letters of recommendation sent to socsearch@vt.edu.