[Mary Arnstein]

The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences in the University of Illinois at Chicago seeks to recruit an exceptional scholar who can provide effective and visionary leadership as the Head of the Department of Political Science.

The Head is the chief administrative officer of the department with responsibility for instructional programs and for administrative, budgetary, promotion, and recruitment matters. Political Science at UIC has benefited from the presence on campus of the Great Cities Institute, the Institute for the Humanities, the Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy, and other interdisciplinary venues. The ideal Head will work effectively with key units within LAS, the UIC community, and the Chicago metropolitan area to enhance the mission of the Department, the College, and the University.Located in the heart of one of the world’s great cities, the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) is the city’s only Carnegie Research 1 public university. UIC has 30,000 students, 15 colleges, a law school, a hospital and a health sciences system. The Department of Political Science has 17 tenured, tenure-track, and clinical faculty, approximately 350 undergraduate majors and minors, 10 M.A. students, and 45 Ph.D. students.

See https://pols.uic.edu/ for more information. UIC is recognized as having one of the most ethnically and culturally rich college campuses in America. UIC is federally recognized as a Minority Serving Institution (MSI) through its status as an Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institution (AANAPISI) and a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI).

Qualifications:Applicants must have a PhD, a distinguished scholarship record commensurate with the rank of full professor, a strong teaching record, and appropriate academic administrative experience. A demonstrated ability to foster collaboration among a diverse group of scholars is highly desirable. To apply for this position, please complete and submit an online application with the names and e-mail addresses of at least three references, and upload a cover letter, full curriculum vitae, and research and teaching statements at https://jobs.uic.edu.  Click on the Job Board and then on the job link. To ensure full consideration, application materials must be received by October 1, 2019.

Inquiries should be directed to Angie Kessell (apacho5@uic.edu). Final authorization of the position depends upon the availability of funding. To apply for this position, please complete and submit an online application with the names and e-mail addresses of at least three references, and upload a cover letter, full curriculum vitae, and research and teaching statements at https://jobs.uic.edu.  Click on the Job Board and then on the job link.

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