Two Tenure-Track Assistant Professor Faculty Positions in Comparative Politics

Description

The Department of Political Science at the College of the Holy Cross invites applications for TWO full-time tenure-track Assistant Professors in the area of comparative politics to begin in August 2025.

Each of these positions is open to specialists in regions including (but not limited to) Asia, Russia, Latin America, and Africa; we are not currently seeking candidates specializing in Western Europe and the Middle East. Areas of interest include (but are not limited to) political economy, the politics of development, political behavior, and social movements. The successful candidates will teach Introduction to Comparative Politics (27 students) and upper-division courses (19 students) in their area of regional and/or thematic expertise. Candidates will also have the opportunity to contribute to the College’s interdisciplinary programs, such as International Studies ; Peace and Conflict Studies ; Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies ; and other programs housed in the College’s Center for Interdisciplinary Studies .

Each of these positions carries a 3-2 teaching load with a research leave prior to tenure review of either a full year at 80% salary or a semester at full salary, and generous sabbatical and fellowship leaves for tenured faculty. To enable a smooth transition to Holy Cross, new full-time tenure-track Assistant Professors receive start-up funding to support their research and professional development and have a one-course reduction in their first year of teaching (i.e., 2-2). All full-time appointments offer competitive salaries and full benefits. Faculty at the College cultivate a richly diverse academic community, pursue innovative teaching, and create high-impact scholarship. To learn more about faculty life at the College & the Worcester area, candidates are encouraged to visit our Prospective Faculty page .

Qualifications

Candidates must demonstrate excellence in scholarship and a commitment to effective undergraduate teaching in the context of a liberal arts college. Ph.D. required by the beginning of the appointment.

Application Instructions

Please submit a cover letter addressing the position requirements listed above, a current curriculum vitae, unofficial undergraduate and graduate transcripts, and a statement on teaching. Candidates reaching the interview stage will be expected to provide three confidential letters of recommendation.

In your cover letter and statement on teaching, in addition to describing your research and teaching interests, please address how your scholarship, teaching, mentoring, and/or service would support the College’s mission as a Jesuit, undergraduate liberal arts college and its core commitment to diversity and inclusion . The College values cultural and intellectual pluralism as integral to this mission and essential to the excellence of our academic program.

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

The College of the Holy Cross uses Interfolio to collect all faculty job applications. Please submit all application materials only through this platform: to https://apply.interfolio.com/151681 . Materials submitted through any other means will not be considered.



Applications should be submitted by September 8. Initial interviews of selected applicants via Zoom will take place in September and October, and campus visits for selected applicants will take place in October and November. Questions about this search may be directed to Dr. Denis Kennedy, Chair of the Department of Political Science, at dkennedy@holycross.edu .



Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

College of the Holy Cross is a highly selective Catholic liberal arts college in the Jesuit tradition. It enrolls about 3,100 students and is located in Worcester, Massachusetts, a medium-sized city 45 miles west of Boston. The College seeks faculty members whose scholarship, teaching, advising, and on- and off-campus service demonstrate an enduring commitment to academic excellence and who embrace the educational benefits of a richly diverse community. Holy Cross aspires to meet the needs of dual-career couples, in part through its membership in the Higher Education Consortium of Central Massachusetts and the New England Higher Education Recruitment Consortium .

The College is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and complies with all Federal and Massachusetts laws concerning equal opportunity and affirmative action in the workplace.