Claremont Graduate University

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Claremont Graduate University's Department of Politics and Policy invites applications for an open-rank tenure-line position in Public Policy beginning Fall 2015. Ph.D. is required. Ability to teach core public policy classes such as policy implementation, policy evaluation, and cost-benefit analysis is required. Substantive area is open, but preference will be given to candidates whose research areas complement those of existing faculty and Claremont's location: in LA County but next to the Inland Empire. Prior teaching experience is strongly preferred. The successful candidate will provide evidence of an active research agenda, a cross-disciplinary perspective in teaching or research, readiness to mentor graduate students, and ability to work with a diverse group of students. The Successful candidate will also demonstrate experience and/or capacity for advising a diverse student body.

The Department of Politics and Policy offers only graduate-level degrees, with four MA programs, including an MA in Public Policy, and a Ph.D. in Political Science. We are located in the same Division as the Department of Economics, which emphasizes behavioral and neuro Economics. We are in the School of Social Science, Policy & Evaluation, which includes a program in Evaluation. CGU is associated with five undergraduate colleges and one graduate institute that comprise The Claremont Colleges. Teaching and joint research opportunities with those institutions may be possible.

Claremont Graduate University is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, place of national origin, age, gender, sex, sexual orientation, or physical handicap in its employment practice and in admission of students to educational programs and activities in accordance with the requirements of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and other applicable laws. Claremont Graduate University is committed to affirmative action in employment practices regarding ethnic minorities, the physically handicapped, Vietnam-era veterans, and women. In addition to meeting its obligations under Federal and state law, Claremont Graduate University is committed to increasing faculty diversity.

Applicants should send a cover letter, a current curriculum vitae, 1-3 samples of scholarly writing, teaching evaluations, and three letters of reference to the Public Policy Search Committee, Department of Politics and Policy, Claremont Graduate University, 170 E. 10th St., Claremont, CA 91711. dpesearch@cgu.edu Review of applications will begin on December 1, 2014.