Assistant Professor of Political Science

Position description

The Department of Political Science at the University of Louisiana, Lafayette seeks applications for a tenure track appointment at the rank of Assistant Professor beginning August 2024.  A robust academic record with a teaching specialization in U.S. Public Law is necessary.  Successful candidates will be an active educator in their field, with a standard teaching load of three courses per semester. The successful candidate will teach introductory sections of American National Government and upper division pre-law courses in support of the Department of Political Science’s Pre-Law Concentration, which is a practically-focused, skills-based law school preparation curriculum, and which comprises roughly half of the department’s majors.  The successful candidate will also assist other pre-law faculty in offering required Pre-Law courses such as Introduction to Law & Legal Reasoning, Judicial Politics, Constitutional Law, Civil Rights Law, and/or Civil Liberties, as well as offer new pre-law courses of the candidate’s choosing and design. In additional to teaching these courses via the traditional face-to-face method, the candidate must be willing to develop and teach some of these courses as online and/or hybrid courses. The successful candidate will also share in the department’s advising and service responsibilities and will work with colleagues to assess and improve curricula, conduct research and/or creative works such as publications and other scholarship in their respective area of specialization, and demonstrate institutional citizenship through active engagement at the department, college, university, public, and professional communities.  

Qualifications

Ph.D. in Political Science required; a candidate with a Ph.D. and J.D. is desired. Experience in teaching pre-law courses is strongly preferred. Online teaching experience is a plus.  Evidence of scholarship or scholarship potential. Successful candidates must be committed to working effectively with diverse student populations. Applicants are expected to describe their commitment to fostering a diverse educational environment through their research, teaching, and/or service activities.

Application instructions

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