Tenure-Track Positions Advertised in the ASA Job Bank, 2022

Academic Jobs Rebound

A 2023 analysis of the prior year’s ASA Job Bank data revealed the number of tenure-system
positions continued to recover from the sudden drop in 2020 caused by the COVID-19 pandemic
and even surpassed some of the recent pre-pandemic numbers.

 

 

Top Ten Areas of Specialization, 2022

Mismatched Interests?

The list below shows the top 10 areas of specialization sought most frequently in advertisements
for academic positions in 2022. Although we do not have measures for the areas of expertise of
graduate student job seekers, the sociology interest areas identified by student members of ASA
could be a proxy measure. Areas of overlap are highlighted.

 

Note: In interpreting these results, we omitted the “Open to All Specialty” areas and the “Other”
category to isolate the specific areas of specialization. Otherwise, these two categories are included
in the top 10.

 

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