Position Announcement
Faculty Positions
Texas A&M University
Bush School of Government and Public Service
The Bush School of Government & Public Service, Texas A&M University’s graduate school of public and international affairs, celebrates its second decade with a strategic focus on significantly expanding its faculty, programs and student enrollments. Its two professional master’s degree programs in Public Service and Administration and in International Affairs are very competitive, attracting high caliber students from throughout the United States and abroad to study with a multidisciplinary faculty committed to teaching, research and engagement. Faculty scholarship is vigorously encouraged through robust professional development opportunities and affiliated research institutes. With a substantial endowment, both student scholarship assistance and faculty research support through chairs and professorships are significant. Additional information is available at http://bush.tamu.edu.
The Bush School invites nominations and applications for multiple tenured and tenure-track faculty positions for appointments effective September 1, 2011. For the positions enumerated below, applicants should send a formal letter of interest that includes reference to the relevant position, curriculum vitae, three letters of recommendation, and a sample of research work to either (1) Professor Jeryl Mumpower, c/o Ms. Kimberly Reeves, for Public Service and Administration Faculty Searches , or (2) Professor Charles Hermann, c/o Ms. Janeen Wood, for International Affairs Faculty Searches, addressed to The Bush School of Government & Public Service, Texas A&M University, 4220 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843-4220.
Public Service & Administration
Public Administration: Assistant or tenured associate professor in public administration/management. Fields of particular interest include financial management, budgeting, public management and human resources. The School seeks candidates who will support the MPSA program’s public management track and help respond to growing student interest in state and local government. Successful candidates must demonstrate evidence of a commitment to both high quality research and teaching in a professional school of government and public service. Review of applications will begin on October 1 and will continue until the
position is filled.
Public Policy Analysis: One or more assistant or tenured associate professors in public policy analysis. Fields of particular teaching and research interest include education, health, social welfare, domestic security policy, or other policy areas that build on existing strengths in the Bush School. Candidates should be able to contribute to core instruction in quantitative or qualitative research methods. Successful candidates must demonstrate evidence of a commitment both to high quality research and to teaching in a professional school of government
and public service.
