Part-Time Sociology Lectures

The Department of Sociology at Tufts University will be hiring lecturers for the following courses for Spring 2010.  Candidates should send a letter indicating the course they are applying to teach, their qualifications for the position, a curriculum vitae, teaching evaluations (especially if available for the course they are applying to teach), a tentative syllabus for the course, and the names of two references to:  Joan Kean, Department Administrator; Department of Sociology; 115 Eaton Hall; 5 The Green; Tufts University; Medford, MA 02155.  Review of applications will begin November 16, 2009, and continue until each position is filled.  Tufts University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer.  We are committed to increasing the diversity of our faculty.  Members of underrepresented groups are strongly encouraged to apply.

Sociology 40: Media and Society

Social and economic organization of the mass media of communication.  Effects on content.  Themes of mass culture.  Social composition of the audience.  Effects of the media on the audience.  Topics such as television, films, the press, books, magazines, and advertising.

Sociology 149C: Sociology of Culture

Sociological investigation of culture, broadly defined to include the meanings of cultural objects such as religious symbols, 

consumer goods, and art, as well more abstract meanings and values such as racial identity, love, and nationalism.  

Classical and contemporary theories of the sources and impact of cultural meanings.  

Possible applications of the theories include “culture wars,” social stratification, immigrant communities, and various subcultures.