Assistant or Associate Professor: Political Science & Comparative Politics

Title: Assistant or Associate Professor:
Political Science & Comparative Politics

Employee Classification: Assistant or Associate Professor

Campus: University of North Texas

Division: UNT-Provost

Sub Division-Department: UNT-College of Lib Arts & Soc Sci

Department: UNT-CLASS School Pub Pol & Env Sci-123700

Job Location: Denton

Salary: Compensation is competitive and commensurate with the candidate’s qualifications, experience, and discipline, in accordance with university guidelines and available funding.

FTE: 1.00

Retirement Eligibility: ORP Eligible

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The Political Science Program in the School of Governance, Economy and Spatial Sciences at UNT is highly productive with 31 faculty members who are committed to excellence in both teaching and research. The program offers BA, MA, and PhD degrees.

Faculty in the program have previously edited the American Political Science Review, International Studies Quarterly, Politics, Groups and Identity, Politics and Religion, and Journal of Political Science Education.

The Political Science program also houses the Castleberry Peace Institute, the Conflict and Human Security Studies Minor, and the International Studies Major. The program's web site is: (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..edu

UNT has a highly diverse campus with a wide range of languages spoken in addition to English. We welcome candidates who have experience with HSI/MSIs and/or who speak Spanish, Vietnamese, American Sign Language, Chinese (Cantonese, Mandarin and other variations), Arabic, Tagalog, Farsi, French, or/and Yoruba.

We are seeking an Assistant or Associate Professor who will enhance the political science program’s and our school’s ability to design and implement academic programs related to the UNT’s National Security and Economic Strategy (NSES) program. The faculty member will also be expected to contribute to the political science and international studies program’s Conflict and Human Security minor. This position will significantly augment our program’s ability to offer courses at both the undergraduate and graduate levels on Civil Wars, Terrorism, Insurgencies, and Security Studies.

This position also is expected to contribute to training our graduate students in cutting edge methodologies, such as survival/hazard analysis, time series panel regression analysis, geospatial…