Dear Colleagues, We have just started a new Environmental Studies program here at Reed College, and are renewing our search this fall for a tenure-track position in Environmental Politics. The job description is below. The chair of the department (Paul Gronke) and the chair of the search (me) will be at APSA tomorrow through Sunday; we'll be at the Elinor Ostrom reception in the Marriott Foyer at 7:30 on Friday. We are also searching for a second tenure-track Political Science position open to field except Theory with a preference for Comparative. Please feel free to pass on to others.
Best, -Alex Montgomery Environmental Politics/Environmental Studies, Reed College, Portland, OR Reed College is inaugurating a new interdisciplinary program in environmental studies. To support this program, the Department of Political Science invites applications for a tenure-track position in environmental politics, beginning Fall 2011. The Assistant Professor level is preferred but applications from more advanced candidates will be considered. Field of specialization within environmental politics and subfield in political science is open. Interdisciplinary training and/or a background in the sciences is a plus, but a firm disciplinary grounding in Political Science is necessary and should be evident in the application. The position will be involved in an interdisciplinary team-taught course in environmental studies. Candidates should have a broad research program and scholarly interests that reach into other parts of political science. Since we are a small department, candidates who incorporate multiple methods of analysis (including quantitative) and who integrate this orientation into their teaching of undergraduate seminars and in the advising of student research are attractive. Our pedagogy emphasizes the conceptual and theoretical foundations of the discipline and includes supervision of undergraduate thesis students. We expect the Ph.D. to be in hand, or very near completion, by the start of the appointment. Reed does not hire with tenure but salaries for advanced candidates are competitive and a shortened tenure clock is possible. Above all, we seek candidates with a strong commitment to teaching excellence at the undergraduate level, a lively and serious program of scholarship, and an interest in treating their specialties explicitly in the light of broader problems in the social sciences. More information about our department and Reed College can be found at http://web.reed.edu. An equal opportunity employer, Reed College values diversity and encourages applications from underrepresented groups. Electronic applications are required and must be sent as PDF (preferred) or Word attachments. Send cover letter, curriculum vitae, a writing sample (no longer than 25 pages), transcript, and three letters of reference to [email protected]. If letters of reference must be sent in hard copy, please submit to Political Science Search c/o Karin Purdy, Reed College, 3203 SE Woodstock Blvd., Portland OR 97202). Applications must be received by October 1, 2010.
