Job Description
Texas State University-San Marcos invites applications for a tenure-track position in public administration at the assistant professor level. Fields of specialization are open, although research
and teaching interests in public administration, information technology, public policy, organization theory/behavior, and finance are welcome. Applicant must be willing to teach day and evening
classes at on-campus and off-campus locations. Salary is commensurate with entry-level assistant professor position in political science.
Required Qualification
- PhD in public administration, DPA, PhD in Political Science with emphasis in public administration, or terminal degree in a related field from accredited university in the United States.
Applicant must have successfully defended dissertation by August 31, 2011.
- Willingness and ability to teach day and evening classes at on and off campus locations.
- Potential to do scholarly research.
Preferred Qualification
- The potential to teach undergraduate and graduate levels in public administration, information technology, public policy, organization theory/behavior, and finance.
- Potential for sustained public administration/public policy scholarship.
- Potential for grant writing and grant administration.
- Effective interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work with diverse constituencies such as students, faculty, practitioners, and administrators.
- Potential for working with community and/or public service clients.
- Experience in working as a practitioner in public administration, public policy and/or not-for-profit organizations.
About Texas State
Texas State's 30,803 students choose from 97 bachelor’s, 89 master’s and nine doctoral degree programs offered by the following colleges: Applied
Arts, McCoy College of Business Administration, Education, Fine Arts and Communication, Health Professions, Liberal Arts,
Science, University College and the Graduate
College.
Texas State students come from around the globe, and our student body is diverse. Thirty-five percent of Texas State students are ethnic minorities. In fact, Texas State is ranked 20th in the
nation for the number of degrees we grant to Hispanic undergraduates. See the University Factbook for more information on our student
body.
Texas State University-San Marcos is an equal opportunity educational institution.