University of Richmond - Asst. Prof. of Leadership Studies

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The University of Richmond’s Jepson School of Leadership Studies (JSLS) invites applications for a full-time tenure-track social scientist position at the rank of Assistant Professor for the 2020-21 academic year. Although ABDs will be considered, the successful candidate must have completed a Ph.D. in public administration, public policy, educational policy, political economy, political science, sociology, or a related field, by August 19, 2020.  JSLS is a collaborative, inclusive community of scholars in anthropology, economics, history, literature, philosophy, politics, social psychology and religion.  We seek applicants who study, or have the potential and desire to study, leadership by drawing on their disciplinary expertise to inform their work. We are particularly interested in candidates whose demonstrated scholarly interests focus on the empirical analysis of data related to justice and explaining social and economic inequality. Applicants should have the potential and desire to teach inan interdisciplinary undergraduate liberal arts environment. The successful candidate will be expected to teach elective courses related to his or her disciplinary training and to contribute to the curriculum by teaching such required courses as Leadership and the Social Sciences, Quantitative Social Science, and Theories and Models of Leadership. In their cover letter, candidates should demonstrate how their scholarly and teaching interests connect, or have the potential to connect, to leadership, broadly construed.

The full job description and instructions for applying can be found at jobs.richmond.edu.  Review of applications will commence August 15, 2019.  Phone or Skype interviews will be conducted in September. Committee members will be in
attendance at the APSA Conference; attendance is not required for consideration. We anticipate inviting candidates to campus in October.

JSLS_Asst_Prof_SS_Ad_2019_FINAL.pdf (19.28 KB)