The successful candidate will demonstrate expertise in one or more areas central to Native and Indigenous sociology or social sciences, including but not limited to: Tribal sovereignty and governance; settler colonialism and its contemporary manifestations; Indigenous data sovereignty and epistemological justice; identity, representation, and nationhood; Indigenous knowledge systems and sociological theory; health inequities and structural determinants of Native well-being; systemic crises affecting Native communities (e.g., Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives/MMIR); and Native-led social movements, including treaty rights advocacy, environmental justice, and cultural resurgence. This statement should include three components: (a) how you meet the required and preferred qualifications; (b) how your teaching, service, and/or scholarship has supported students from pluralistic societies that are underrepresented in their academic fields (applicants who have not yet had the opportunity for such experience should note how their work will further CWUs commitment to access and opportunity); (c) share a research statement that describes your plans for development of a research program at CWU.