Position Summary

The Department of Political Science at Michigan State University is seeking to hire a 9-month academic year, tenure system professor at the rank of Assistant Professor, with experience in applying data analytics to political science questions. MSU actively promotes a dynamic research and learning environment in which qualified individuals of differing perspectives and cultural backgrounds pursue academic goals with mutual respect and shared inquiry. We are particularly interested in candidates who employ innovative computational technologies and large-scale data to expand knowledge about the political world. Skills in Bayesian methodologies, temporal or geospatial prediction, network analysis, text analytics, statistical learning, or causal inference are highly valued. The specific subfield for this position is flexible; however, candidates with a history of receiving research funding, or those who have plans to apply for funding, will be highly favored. The candidate would be expected to teach political and computational methods courses at both the graduate and undergraduate levels.

Successful candidates will have a promising research agenda and strong analytical and empirical skills, a strategy for external funding, as well as aspire to the highest standards of scholarship, professional activity, and commitment to graduate and undergraduate education. 

Please contact Shahryar Minhas (minhassh@msu.edu), chair of the search committee, with any questions.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, age, disability or protected veteran status.

Required Degree

Doctorate

Minimum Requirements

Candidates must have completed a PhD by the date of hire. 

Desired Qualifications

A successful candidate will be expected to have a promising research agenda and strong analytical and empirical skills, a strategy for external funding, as well as aspire to the highest standards of scholarship, professional activity, and commitment to graduate and undergraduate education.

Required Application Materials

Applicants must submit a CV, cover letter, research statement, teaching statement, two samples of written work, and a diversity and inclusion statement (a statement addressing how past/and or potential contributions to diversity and inclusion will advance MSU’s commitment to inclusive excellence).  Applicants must complete contact information for three references.

Review of Applications Begins On

09/15/2023

Website

polisci.msu.edu

Department Statement

MSU is located in East Lansing, MI, with easy access to the state capital, Lake Michigan, great school districts, and two large metropolitan areas (Grand Rapids, Detroit). The University is pro-active in exploring opportunities for employment for dual career couples, both inside and outside the University. Information about MSU's dual career support can be found at http://miwin.msu.edu/.

MSU Statement

Michigan State University has been advancing the common good with uncommon will for more than 160 years. One of the top research universities in the world, MSU pushes the boundaries of discovery and forges enduring partnerships to solve the most pressing global challenges while providing life-changing opportunities to a diverse and inclusive academic community through more than 200 programs of study in 17 degree-granting colleges.

About Michigan State University

Spartans work every day to advance the common good in uncommon ways.Together, we tackle some of the world?s toughest problems to find solutions that make life better?from alternative energy to better food safety to breakthrough medical and environmental applications achieved through rare isotope research.We teach. We explore and we discover. We collaborate and lead. We innovate, inspire, and empower. We achieve our potential and create circumstances that help our students and others achieve theirs.We're good at it, and we've been at it for more than 150 years.The nation?s pioneer land-grant university, MSU began as a bold experiment that democratized higher education and helped bring science and innovation into everyday life. The revolutionary concept became a model for the nation.Today, MSU is one of the top research universities in the world?on one of the biggest, greenest campuses in the nation. Home to nationally ranked and recognized academic, residential college, and service-learning programs, we?re a diverse community of dedicated students and scholars, athletes and artists, scientists and leaders.In ways both practical and profound, we work to create a stronger, more sustainable, and more hopeful future for all.

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