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Assistant Professor of Political Science

Employer
Centenary College of Louisiana
Location
Louisiana, United States
Salary
Salary Commensurate with experience
Date posted
Aug 20, 2020

Centenary College of Louisiana invites applications for a tenure-track political science position at the rank of assistant professor to begin August 2021. Candidates should be broadly trained in American Politics and prepared to teach a range of introductory and upper division courses including constitutional law and civil liberties, the Presidency, and public law subfields, especially public interest law.  Research interests in social justice, race and minority politics, or social movements are preferred.

Candidates must also be prepared to advise the department’s legal studies program.  The Legal Studies minor is an interdisciplinary course of study that exposes students to a range of classes that strengthen their critical thinking and communication skills, hone their ability to interpret and apply case law, and understand the role and effect of law within various societal contexts.  Centenary maintains a partnership with The LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center that provides Centenary students who meet LSU Law admission requirements and who are interested in public interest careers an opportunity for an expedited admissions review and notification process. 

Preference will be given to candidates with a strong record of teaching and a background in a liberal arts education.  Engaging teaching and pedagogical skills, a record of scholarship, and a sincere commitment to student mentoring are required. The standard teaching load is six courses per year, with some opportunity to teach in immersive May and August terms, and to participate in college-wide programs such as the first year experience (TREK) program and Centenary in Paris. A completed Ph.D. by August 2021 is required.

Centenary College recognizes that diversity is essential to its goal of providing an educational environment where students explore the unfamiliar, invent new approaches to understanding, and connect their work and lives to the world at large. We thus welcome applicants who would add to the College’s diversity of ideas, beliefs, experiences, and cultural backgrounds. Centenary is an Equal Opportunity Employer. 

Centenary College of Louisiana is a selective, residential, national liberal arts college affiliated with the United Methodist Church. Founded in 1825, it is the oldest chartered liberal arts college west of the Mississippi river and is a member of the Associated Colleges of the South. 

Review of applications will begin on October 19, 2020.

To apply, send a letter of application, curriculum vitae, and transcripts for your terminal degree to Dr. Chad Fulwider either via email: hr@centenary.edu  or to the address below. Additional materials may be requested as the search advances.

Political Science Search Committee
c/o Department of Human Resources
Centenary College of Louisiana
2911 Centenary Blvd.
Shreveport, LA 71104

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