Employment Opportunities

American Politics & Empirical Methods

The Department of Political Science seeks to make a tenure-track appointment at the beginning or advanced assistant professor level in  American politics and empirical methods. We encourage applications from all American politics subfields.  Applicants should expect to teach a variety of undergraduate and graduate courses including those in statistical methods.  We seek a person with a strong publication record or a productive research program with strong publishing potential. Appointments will begin in August 2010 and a Ph.D. is required prior to start of appointment. Applicants may obtain information and apply online at: http://recruit.polisci.wisc.edu. To ensure full consideration, all application materials should be received by November 25, 2009. The University of Wisconsin is an EOE/AA Employer. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.
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Comparative Politics

The Department of Political Science seeks to make a tenure-track appointment at the beginning or advanced assistant professor level in Comparative Politics. We prefer a candidate with a geographic focus in Latin America, Southeast Asia, Japan, or Europe, and with expertise in quantitative methods. We seek a person with a strong publication record or a productive research program with strong publishing potential. Appointments will begin in August 2010 and a Ph.D. is required prior to start of appointment. Applicants may obtain information and apply online at: http://recruit.polisci.wisc.edu. To ensure full consideration, all application materials should be received by November 25, 2009. The University of Wisconsin is an EOE/AA Employer. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.
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Educational Sciences Scholar

The College of Letters and Science at UW-Madison seeks to appoint an outstanding scholar engaged in scientific research on education from a disciplinary perspective, e.g. economics, sociology, psychology, or political science. The successful candidate will be appointed in a social science department and will contribute to an interdisciplinary training program in education science located at the Wisconsin Center for Education Research. The program emphasizes statistical approaches that permit causal inference on practical problems in education, including the design, implementation, and analysis of randomized trials. More generally, the successful candidate will be expected to pursue rigorous, cutting-edge research; advise graduate research in the area of education, science from a disciplinary perspective; develop and maintain extramural funding for research; teach graduate and undergraduate courses; and participate in faculty governance activities.
To ensure consideration, application must be received by: November 1, 2009.
Please send resume, cover letter and three letters of reference referring to Position Vacancy Listing #62717 to: Molly Wesling 453a Educational Sciences 1025 W. Johnson Street Madison, WI 53706 Phone: (608) 265-9483 Email: wesling@wisc.edu