Advanced Assistant Professor/Untenured Associate Professor Faculty Position in Race and Ethnicity in the United States - Military Veterans

Advanced Assistant Professor/Untenured Associate Professor Faculty Position in Race and Ethnicity in the United States

Description
The Department of Political Science at the College of the Holy Cross invites applications for a full-time advanced Assistant or untenured Associate Professor of Political Science with demonstrated expertise in the field of Race and Ethnicity in the United States. The appointment begins in August 2025.

This position is open to experienced candidates trained in American Politics whose research and teaching expertise is focused on race and ethnicity in the United States, broadly defined. We welcome candidates with research and teaching on themes including race and ethnicity in electoral politics, immigration, health policy, and other topics that complement existing course offerings. The successful candidate will teach courses at all levels, including introductory courses in American Politics and upper division courses in their area of specialization. Holy Cross supports collaborative cross-disciplinary teaching and scholarship. Many programs and departments at the College are engaged in the study of race and ethnicity in the United States, including but not limited to the following: Critical Race and Ethnic Studies ; History ; Sociology & Anthropology ; Education ; Peace and Conflict Studies ; Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies ; the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies .

Tenure-track faculty positions at Holy Cross include competitive salaries and benefits, generous individual startup funding and annual individual research & professional development funding, regular research leave opportunities, and a one-course reduction in the first year of the appointment. The normative teaching load is 3-2. 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. Candidates must have a minimum of two years experience as a full-time tenure-line (or equivalent) Assistant Professor. Candidates with more extensive experience may be considered for appointment as untenured Associate Professors. All candidates will need to present four semesters of teaching at Holy Cross before they may be considered for tenure.

Application Instructions
Please submit a cover letter addressing the position requirements listed above, a current curriculum vitae, and a sample of scholarly writing relevant to the position. Candidates reaching the interview stage will be expected to provide teaching materials and three confidential letters of recommendation.

In your cover letter 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/162551 Materials submitted through any other means will not be considered.

Applications should be submitted by February 14. Initial interviews of selected applicants via Zoom will take place in February and March, and campus visits for selected applicants will take place in March and April. Questions about this search may be directed to Dr. Denis Kennedy, Chair of the Department of Political Science, at dkennedy@holycross.edu .

To apply, visit https://apply.interfolio.com/162551

The College of the Holy Cross is a highly selective Catholic liberal arts college in the Jesuit tradition. It enrolls about 3,000 students and is located in 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 commitment to 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 Higher Education Consortium of Central Massachusetts ( http://www.heccma.org ) and the New England Higher Education Recruitment Consortium ( https://new-england.hercjobs.org/ )

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