Assistant Professor of Conflict Management

Assistant Professor of Conflict Management

School of Conflict Management, Peacebuilding and Development

Kennesaw State University is now accepting applications for a nine-month, tenure track assistant professor faculty position in the School of Conflict Management, Peacebuilding and Development (SCMPD) to begin August 2021.

The successful applicant will have documented evidence of teaching excellence and will maintain a productive research program that can successfully compete for external funding. Strong scholarship, along with a commitment to excellence in teaching and engagement, is expected of all faculty members in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at KSU. Faculty in SCMPD teach in a variety of modalities, including face-to-face, hybrid, and online.

Responsibilities

• Develop and teach graduate level classes in the field of international development as it relates to conflict management and peacebuilding
• Policy relevant research focus at the intersection of peace, security and development; practitioner experience desired
• Ability to teach quantitative methods (required) and qualitative methods (desired)
• A strong preference will be given to candidates who are also able to teach critical and socio-cultural perspectives on conflict and peace (gender, post-structural, feminist, environmental, etc.)

The candidate will teach a 3-2 load comprised of graduate classes in the SCMPD and undergraduate classes in the candidate’s home discipline and any other relevant departments as befits the candidate’s fields of expertise.

The candidate will be expected to supervise Ph.D. dissertations and serve on dissertation committees as well as supervise master’s theses as needed.

The candidate’s research, teaching, and service should exemplify the SCMPD’s commitment to diversity in all its forms. Our faculty members have developed this statement: “We value diversity, equity, and equality of opportunity. We believe peace requires justice. We must end individual, but especially institutional, forms of discrimination and bias. In our classrooms, our research, our service, our homes, and our communities…We will strive to be the change we seek in the world.”

An earned Ph.D. in a field relevant to Peace, Security and Development, or its foreign equivalent, is required by August 1, 2021, as well as a record of effective university teaching at the graduate level and demonstrated potential for research.

Preferred qualifications include:

• Policy-relevant or Practitioner experience
• Quantitative research skills
• Qualitative research skills
• Evidence of teaching and working with a culturally and an ethnically diverse community
• Experience teaching on-line and/or hybrid courses
• Record of graduate teaching
• Record of grant-seeking activity
• We particularly welcome candidates who celebrate and affirm the diversity of our student body, SCMPD’s diversity statement, and KSU’s commitment to diversity in all its forms

For more than 50 years, Kennesaw State University has been known for its entrepreneurial spirit and sense of community. Offering campuses in Marietta and Kennesaw, the university is located just north of Atlanta and combines a suburban setting with access to one of the country’s most dynamic cities. As Georgia’s third-largest university, Kennesaw State offers more than 100 undergraduate and graduate degrees, including a growing number of doctoral programs.

Designated by the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia as a comprehensive university, Kennesaw State is committed to becoming a world-class academic institution positioned to broaden its academic and research missions and expand its scope on a local, regional and national level.

For a full description of this position, application deadlines, and application procedures, visit https://facultyaffairs.kennesaw.edu/faculty_openings.php.

Kennesaw State University, a member of the University System of Georgia, is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, color, disability, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, and/or veteran status. Georgia is an Open Records state.