Assistant Professor, Comparative Politics

Is this a tenure track position?: Yes
Position Status: Full-time

Position Summary:
The Department of Political Science at Colorado College is hiring an Assistant Professor in Comparative Politics, with a focus on China. We particularly welcome candidates who situate China in comparative perspective. Crucial to the position is potential for excellence in scholarship as well as commitment to providing students with a liberal education.

Colorado College is committed to becoming an anti-racist institution. Through our anti-racism initiative, we are working to foster an intellectually rigorous and inclusive environment in which students and employees of diverse backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives can learn and work. Candidates should identify the ways in which they can contribute to these goals. Details about Colorado College's antiracism plan can be found here.

Colorado College has a distinctive academic program, the Block Plan, in which professors teach, and students take, one course at a time. Each block is three and a half weeks long, with an academic year of eight and a half blocks. The average teaching load is five blocks per year, with an additional block overseeing senior research. Faculty can apply for a limited number of release blocks, as well as various sources of funding, to pursue research.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER: Colorado College is an equal opportunity employer committed to increasing the diversity of its community. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender, age, religion, gender identity or expression, disability, or sexual orientation in our educational programs and activities or our employment practices.

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