University of Wisconsin - Madison

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The La Follette School of Public Affairs seeks a faculty member who studies poverty and public policy. The school is open with regards to the specific area and approach to poverty research. However, we are particularly interested in a scholar who focuses on U.S. domestic poverty policy.

The La Follette School is a highly ranked school of public affairs, and one of many highly ranked social science units at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The University is consistently ranked among the top universities in terms of success in federally funded research grants and is highly supportive of an interdisciplinary approach to scholarship.

The selected candidate will conduct productive research, be a committed teacher, and welcome being part of an interdisciplinary department dedicated to promoting good public policy. Teaching will involve core graduate and undergraduate courses in public affairs or international public affairs, as well as upper-level electives in poverty and social policy. We are especially interested in a scholar who will contribute core classes to the school's growing undergraduate program.