Location: Binghamton, NY Category: Faculty Posted On: Fri Jun 6 2025 Job Description: Research Assistant Professor, Source Project; 10 mo. 3-year term (renewable) We seek applicants with a Ph.D. in a Humanities or Social Science discipline (or from an interdisciplinary doctoral program) who have a commitment to interdisciplinary and experiential learning to join the Source Project, Binghamton University's distinctive first-year research program in the Humanities and Social Sciences. The position begins August, 2025. PhD in hand by appointment required. The Source Project is a sequence of two, four-credit courses over the fall and spring semesters (research streams), where first-year students have the opportunity to conduct authentic research and generate new results. Students will ask questions and seek answers, guided by faculty who can help identify topics and appropriate research methods. Students will produce original projects that express their findings and learn how to communicate the relevance of what they have found with classmates as well as others in the University's Research Days poster sessions. The successful candidate will teach two research streams per year, either two sections of one theme or two differently themed streams. Each stream is capped at 25 students. This amounts to a 2/2 teaching load with a maximum of 50 students each semester. Each course carries associated departmental rubrics and general education designations. In addition, the Research Assistant Professor will be responsible for advising students, a dynamic research agenda, and University service on behalf of the Source Project, the External Scholarships and Undergraduate Research center, and the Division of Academic Affairs. Job Requirements: Minimum Requirements: + PhD in a Humanities or Social Science discipline (or from an interdisciplinary doctoral program) by August 22, 2025. + Experience advising and mentoring undergraduate research. + College teaching experience. Preferred Requirements: + Experience teaching first-year undergraduate students. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. Additional Information: Binghamton University is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. To request reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, contact: Ada Robinson-Perez, ADA Coordinator email: arobins@binghamton.edu. The State University of New York is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. It is the policy of Binghamton University to provide for and promote equal opportunity employment, compensation, and other terms and conditions of employment without discrimination on the basis of age, race, color, religion, disability, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, veteran or military service member status, marital status, domestic violence victim status, genetic predisposition or carrier status, or arrest and/or criminal conviction record unless based upon a bona fide occupational qualification or other exception. As required by title IX and its implementing regulations, Binghamton University does not discriminate on the basis of sex in the educational programs and activities which it operates. This requirement extends to employment and admission. Inquiries about sex discrimination may be directed to the University Title IX Coordinator or directly to the Office of Civil Rights (OCR). Contact information for the Title IX Coordinator and OCR, as well as the University's complete Non-Discrimination Notice may be found here (https://www.binghamton.edu/diversity-equity-inclusion/policies-and-procedures/title-ix-.html) . Pursuant to Executive Order 161, no state entity, as defined by the Executive Order, is permitted to ask, or mandate, in any form, that an applicant for employment provide his or her current compensation, or any prior compensation history, until such time as the applicant is extended a conditional offer of employment with compensation. If such information has been requested from you before such time, please contact the Governor's Office of Employee Relations at (518) 474-6988 or via email at info@goer.ny.gov. Binghamton University is a tobacco-free campus effective August 1, 2017.