Full Professor, Department of Politics

In the fall of 2020, with the generous support of the John L. Nau Foundation and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the University of Virginia’s Democracy Initiative and College of Arts & Sciences launched a multiyear faculty hiring project. Over four years, we will hire a dozen or more new faculty members at all ranks in the departments of Classics, History, and Philosophy, Politics, and elsewhere. Across all the searches, the Departments seek to appoint scholars whose primary research is focused on the study of the principles of democracy, democratic accountability, and representation, either to advance the work of the core lab on the history and principles of democracy or to contribute to one of the Initiative’s other projects.

This year, with the support of the Nau Foundation, t he Department of Politics at the University of Virginia invites applications for a tenured full professor who studies democracy in the subfield of international relations or the subfield of political theory. Candidates should have an active research agenda and a strong commitment to excellent teaching at both the graduate and undergraduate levels.

The mission of the Democracy Initiative is to promote excellence in research, teaching, and public engagement on democracy at a global scale by bringing together a diverse range of scholars, government leaders, and practitioners to study and advance the prospects of democracy around the world. The Democracy Initiative is interdisciplinary and supports and advances the work of faculty, as well as graduate and undergraduate students, in the humanities, the arts, and the social sciences. To that end, the Initiative supports a variety of labs built on models of collaborative work. The Democracy Labs consist of a series of three-year, rotating labs on various topics, connected by the work of the John Nau III History and Principles of Democracy Lab (the Nau Core Lab), an interdisciplinary hub of research, teaching, and outreach . Current labs are focused on corruption and the rule of law, democracy and new media, democratic statecraft, the links between environmental and racial inequality, and race, religion, and democracy. The Democracy Initiative also supports two projects focused on community engagement and research, the Memory Project and The Equity Center. In addition to holding appointments in their home departments, each new faculty member hired under this initiative will also be a member either of the Nau Core lab or one of the Initiative’s other research labs or projects.

Application review will begin September 15th, 2022, and the position will remain open until filled. The appointment begins with the fall semester of 2023. Applicants must have received their PhD at least three years prior to the time of appointment.

TO APPLY:

Please apply through Workday , and search for R0037131 . Complete an application online with the following documents:

• Cover letter of application describing (1) areas of research and teaching interest; (2) potential research collaborations; (3) your demonstrated past experience working on issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion, and/or working with diverse populations (not to exceed three single spaced pages).
• Current curriculum vitae, including the names of three references
• A statement outlining what kinds of intellectual and/or institutional contributions you could envision making to the Democracy Initiative (not to exceed two single-spaced pages)
• A research statement (not to exceed three single-spaced pages)
• A teaching philosophy (not to exceed one single-spaced page)

Upload all materials into the resume submission field, multiple documents can be submitted into this one field. Alternatively, merge all documents into one PDF for submission. Applications that do not contain all required documents will not receive full consideration. Internal applicants must apply through their UVA Workday profile by searching 'Find Jobs'.

Questions about this position should be directed to Department Chair, Jennifer Lawless at jll9jx@virginia.edu , or Search Committee Chair John Owen at jmo4n@virginia.edu . Questions regarding the application process should be directed to Melanie Sponaugle, Academic Recruiter, at unw5dq@virginia.edu .

The University will perform background checks on all new faculty hires prior to making a final offer of employment.

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