Conflict and Development (One Assistant Professor)

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Description Position Announcement: Conflict and Development (One Assistant Professor) School of International Service: American University The School of International Service (SIS) at American University (AU) invites applications for a full-time, tenure-line position at the rank of Assistant Professor beginning August 1, 2016. Applicants should possess a Ph.D. or the highest equivalent degree in a relevant discipline by August 2016. We seek scholar-teachers whose work is theoretically grounded, empirically tested, and policy relevant. Candidates should demonstrate excellence in research and teaching and a commitment to university service. Candidates should also share the School’s commitment to diversity. We seek candidates whose work focuses on the development and well-being of societies abroad in the face of extreme violence, including issues of transitional justice and reconciliation, post-conflict development, inequity, vulnerability, human rights, and the relationship between violence, local governance, and collective action. As a school that includes a diversity of scholarly disciplines and approaches, we seek the best candidates, without respect to a particular discipline, wi...