The School of Civic Leadership (SCL) at The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) invites applications for a one-year distinguished visiting professor positions at the full professor level. The position is open to a scholars from a broad range of disciplines whose work is in one or more of SCL’s core areas: 1) History of Philosophy, History of Political Thought; 2) Constitutional Studies: Law, History, and Theory; and 3) Economic Opportunity and Dynamism
Considering the responsibility public institutions of higher education have to prepare students for leadership in a free society, the University of Texas System Board of Regents established the School of Civic Leadership at UT Austin in 2023. Building on the strengths of the Civitas Institute, the School of Civic Leadership is an interdisciplinary school whose dual mission is to equip students with the knowledge and aptitudes necessary to lead in a free society, and to produce academic research at the highest levels of scholarly excellence.
The school offers a minor in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE) in collaboration with the College of Liberal Arts and will launch a new Civics Honors major and Civics minor in the 2025-26 academic year.
The School of Civic Leadership invites applicants to submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae, and list of three academic references. (References do not need to submit full letters at this stage.) Cover letters should give a brief overview of the candidate’s research agenda, highlight areas of teaching competence, and concisely describe how the candidate would contribute to developing the school.
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