AP Assistant Professor

The School of HHS aims to inspire and equip students, faculty, and staff to transform institutions to work in ways that make the world healthier and safer. We believe in social justice, equity, and a people-centered approach to community. Our school includes a rich and unique array of nationally ranked programs including Human Health Sciences, Communication Sciences and Disorders, Community and Therapeutic Recreation, Genetic Counseling, Gerontology, Human Development, and Family Studies, Kinesiology, Nutrition, Peace and Conflict Studies, Public Health Education, and Social Work. We celebrate our dynamic intellectual community by embracing interdisciplinary collaboration, the creativity of thought, and innovation of practice.

The Department of Peace and Conflict Studies (https://pcs.uncg.edu/) at the University of North Carolina Greensboro seeks applicants for a nine-month Professional Track (non-tenure track) teaching-focused faculty position at the rank of Assistant Professor. The position will begin August 2024 and offers a 2-year contract, which subsequently is renewable annually, depending on job performance and departmental needs. We are seeking candidates who have specialization in theory-driven practice and community engagement across local, national, and international contexts in the areas of group conflict and reconciliation, civic engagement, peace intervention and operations, and experience with diverse populations.

The Department of Peace and Conflict Studies ( UNCG/ PCS) is committed to conflict transformation to build peaceful and just social systems through both theory-informed practice and community engaged research and practice. This position is eligible for promotion in rank but does not include tenure. The position primarily supports the Department's teaching mission while also developing and maintaining community relationships and strategic partnerships. We address conflict across sectors and interpersonal, interorganizational, and international contexts throughout our MA and BA degree programs. We do this by educating students, online as well as face-to-face, to effectively design positive and sustainable changes within a variety of settings, sectors, and contexts. The praxis skills, knowledge, and abilities developed in PCS address the "wicked problems" of our times. We seek faculty who are interdisciplinary in approach, and transdisciplinary in scholarship, to join our department as we grow our global and local leadership in conflict intervention/transformation, social and environmental justice, and community peacebuilding and engagement.

The position focuses primarily on teaching and advising students. The successful applicant will teach eight courses annually (4:4) across the residential and online, graduate, and undergraduate programs, as well as advise students, contribute to curricular and programmatic development, and coordinate with community partners for the department's undergraduate practicum and graduate colloquium courses and projects. An important responsibility of this position, in addition to teaching and advising, is to sustain existing, and develop new, mutually beneficial, and reciprocal partnerships with organizations and communities within and beyond the university that benefit our theory-informed practice and community-engaged courses and scholarship. Experience in organizational development, conflict intervention, community organizing, engagement, and activism preferred.

Candidates must hold or anticipate a Ph.D. in Peace and Conflict Studies or a closely related discipline by the time of appointment. Candidates must have substantial training and experience in peace and conflict transformation (such as, but not limited to, community and civic engagement, global leadership, conflict management, peace and governance, and civil-military interaction), and demonstrated experience teaching in online and/or face-to-face classrooms, organizational, or community settings. The candidate must be able to teach courses in the core undergraduate and graduate curricula, online as well as face-to-face. They must have knowledge and critical perspectives of current issues and theoretical trends in the field of Peace and Conflict Studies related to equity, diversity, inclusion, social justice.

The qualities being sought include a strong record of teaching excellence and commitment to teaching and mentoring students online as well as face-to-face, superb communication and interpersonal skills, deep commitment to diversity, and collegiality. The successful candidate will be a collaborative partner within the department and university and in the wider community.

A full dossier of uploaded materials will include:

* Cover letter stating experience and qualifications;

* Curriculum vitae;

* Statement of teaching philosophy and evidence of teaching effectiveness;

* Names of three professional references with their position/relationship to applicant, address, email address, and telephone number.

For questions about the position, please contact the Chair of the Search Committee, Dr. Douglas P. Fry (dpfry@uncg.edu).