Job 2008-71 - Associate Professor/Professor
Responsibilities
Texas State University-San Marcos invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position in public administration at the full professor or senior associate professor level (Job Posting #2008-71). Fields of specialization are open, although research and teaching interests in public finance, budgeting, and/or economics are particularly welcome. Candidate must be eligible for tenure at the rank of full professor or associate professor in the department of Political Science and must have the ability to work collaboratively to develop and implement a Ph.D. in Public Administration program with curricular breadth that includes public administration, political science, and law. Must be willing to teach day and evening classes at on-campus and off-campus locations. Salary and rank commensurate with qualifications.
Qualifications
Required:
1) Earned doctorate in public administration, political science (Ph.D., DPA, or other terminal degree in related area) from accredited university in the United States; 2) Established record in scholarly research.
Preferred:
1) Ability to assume a leadership role to develop and implement a Ph.D. in Public Administration program with curricular breadth that includes public administration, political science, and law; 2) Demonstrated teaching ability with three or more years of experience teaching full-time at undergraduate and graduate levels in public policy, public finance, budgeting, economics, or related field; 3) Demonstrated public or non-profit organization management experience and/or academic program director experience working with curricular, external fund-raising, budgeting, scheduling, and other academic administrative issues; 4) Demonstrated experience chairing dissertation and thesis committees; 5) Demonstrated experience as a faculty member or academic administrator in a Ph.D. granting academic department; 6) Demonstrated experience in community and/or public service; 7) Ability to work with diverse groups such as students, faculty, practitioners, and administrators; 8) Effective interpersonal skills.
Application Procedures
Review of applications will begin November 20, 2007. All applications will be held in strict confidence and will be accepted until the position is filled, but applicants are strongly encouraged to submit materials before the review of applicants begins. Incomplete applications will not be considered. Applicants may submit application materials electronically, using Microsoft Word doc or rtf, or pdf files. Candidates must send a letters of application addressing each required and preferred qualification, a curriculum vita, official copies of all college transcripts, samples of written scholarly work, and three letters of recommendation to the following:
Dr. Howard Balanoff
PhD/PA Professor/Assoc. Search Committee Chair
Job Posting #2008-71
Department of Political Science
Texas State University-San Marcos
601 University Drive
San Marcos, Texas 78666-4616
Phone: 512-245-8051
Fax: 512-245-7815
hb02@txstate.edu