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The Department of Political Science at Auburn University seeks a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Global Politics to begin August 16, 2025. Areas of interest include contentious politics and authoritarian systems, ethnic politics, and international/comparative political economy. Regional expertise in Sub-Saharan Africa or the Middle East/North Africa is also desirable.

The successful candidate will be expected to teach undergraduate and graduate courses in Comparative Politics and International Relations, as well as the Department's University Core Course: Global Politics and Issues. We seek candidates with strong methodological skills who can contribute to quantitative methodological instruction in the Department, both at the undergraduate and graduate levels. The standard teaching load is two courses per semester for at least the first three years of appointment. In-person instruction.

Auburn University is an elite, top-tier Carnegie R1 research institution, enrolling more than 33,000 students. It is one of the nation's premier public land-grant institutions. In 2024, U.S. News and World Report ranked it among the top 50 public universities in the country. The University is nationally recognized for its commitment to academic excellence, positive work environment, student engagement, and beautiful campus.

The Department of Political Science has 26 tenured or tenure-track faculty. It offers undergraduate majors in political science, law and justice, public administration, and health services administration, master’s degree programs in public administration and community planning, and a Ph.D. in public administration and public policy. The political science major is one of the largest in the College of Liberal Arts, consistently enrolling around 275 students, on average.