University of Texas at Austin

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Education Policy (Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor)

The LBJ School of Public Affairs at UT Austin invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor of Public Policy to begin in in Fall 2025-26. One of the nation’s top ten programs in public affairs, the LBJ School is seeking to strengthen its faculty in education policy design, implementation, and evaluation.

The appointment may be joint with UT’s College of Education. Ranked among the top public colleges of education in the country, UT’s College of Education endeavors to bridge research and practice while promoting equity, excellence, innovation, empowerment, and community.

The ideal candidate will possess proven experience and expertise as an education policy scholar in one or more of the following areas:
• Impact evaluation, effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of education programs and policies
• Topics in the economics of education
• Education technology and public policy
• Policy applications of the science of learning and motivation

The appointee will teach topical and methodological courses focused on public policy.

A Ph.D. in Economics, Psychology, Public Policy, Sociology, or Education with an emphasis on policy is required. ABD candidates will be considered. The search committee will begin considering applications November 17.

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