AssociateFull Professor and Department Head (Political Science)

Job Title Associate/Full Professor and Department Head (Political Science)

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Prairie View A&M University seeks an accomplished collaborative scholar-leader to serve as Associate or Full Professor and Department Head of Political Science beginning Fall 2027. As the leader of the newly established Department of Political Science the Department Head will shape its strategic vision and academic identity while advancing excellence in teaching research faculty and staff development student recruitment and success civic engagement and public impact. The role also includes developing academic and interdisciplinary programs expanding research and external funding cultivating government and community partnerships supporting experiential learning and career preparation engaging alumni and advancement efforts and strengthening the departments regional and national visibility. The successful candidate must be tenure-eligible upon arrival.

The salary is determined in accordance with the Universitys compensation structure and will be commensurate with the candidates education and experience within the assigned salary range for this position.

Responsibilities:

Strategic and Academic Leadership

• Lead an all-encompassing process for developing and implementing a shared strategic vision for the department. Establish departmental goals priorities performance indicators and assessment processes aligned with the strategic plans of the College and University.
• Provide leadership for curriculum development academic program review assessment and continuous improvement. Identify opportunities for new degree programs minors certificates concentrations micro credentials and interdisciplinary initiatives.
• Ensure the quality relevance and integrity of the departments academic programs and course offerings. Promote innovation in teaching learning civic engagement experiential education and the appropriate use of emerging technologies.

Faculty Leadership and Development

• Recruit retain support and mentor a high-performing faculty. Foster excellence in teaching research scholarship service and community engagement. Support faculty efforts to publish scholarly work develop research collaborations secure external funding and increase their professional visibility.
• Administer faculty evaluation promotion tenure and post-tenure review processes in accordance with University policies. Develop strategies for faculty succession leadership development and long-term departmental capacity.

Student Success and Enrollment Management

• Lead strategies to strengthen student recruitment enrollment retention academic progression graduation and post-graduation outcomes. Use enrollment course-demand academic-performance and student-success data to inform decision-making.
• Expand opportunities for internships undergraduate research experiential learning civic engagement study away conference participation and career preparation. Strengthen pathways for transfer students and relationships with community colleges and other educational partners as appropriate.

Research and External Funding

• Maintain an active and externally funded research program aligned with the departments mission and disciplinary standards. Publish regularly in peer-reviewed journals and present research at professional conferences.
• Mentor graduate and undergraduate students in research scholarship and creative activity. Advance a departmental research agenda that builds upon faculty expertise and addresses significant public political governmental legal and societal issues. Support faculty scholarship and encourage interdisciplinary research across the College and University.
• Encourage and support faculty efforts to secure grants contracts fellowships and other forms of sponsored funding. Promote opportunities for faculty-student research collaboration.
• Identify opportunities for research partnerships with public agencies nonprofit organizations foundations educational institutions and community partners.

Administration and Resource Management

• Provide effective and responsible oversight of the departments budget personnel course schedule and other resources.
• Develop annual budget requests and allocate departmental resources transparently and strategically. Ensure that faculty and staff assignments support academic priorities student needs and efficient departmental operations.
• Oversee departmental records reports assessments reviews and required institutional submissions.
• Collaborate with the Dean and other college leaders on budgeting hiring planning assessment and strategic initiatives. Evaluate progress toward departmental goals and make data-informed adjustments as needed.

Partnerships Advancement and Visibility

• Build productive relationships with alumni donors government agencies nonprofit organizations educational institutions professional associations and community partners.
• Collaborate with college and university advancement professionals to identify fundraising priorities and cultivate philanthropic support. Develop partnerships that create internships research opportunities employment pathways and professional experiences for students.
• Raise the visibility of the departments academic programs faculty expertise student achievements research and community contributions. Promote the department to prospective students families alumni partners and supporters.

Other Duties

• Performs other duties as assigned.

Required Education and Experience:

• An earned Ph.D. in Political Science or a closely related field from an accredited institution.
• At least three years of progressively responsible academic administrative experience such as service as a department head or chair program coordinator center director associate chair associate dean or in a comparable academic leadership role.
• At least 2 years of administrative experience.
• A record of teaching research scholarship and service that meets the Universitys requirements for appointment with tenure at the rank of Associate Professor or Professor. Evidence of effective leadership skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Four or more years of progressively responsible academic administrative or comparable leadership experience including roles such as department head/chair associate chair or academic program director.
• Experience leading the development transformation or strategic planning of an academic department program or organizational unit.
• Experience managing academic budgets and using data to guide planning assessment resource allocation and continuous improvement.
• Experience leading curriculum development academic program review and the creation of new academic programs or credentials.
• Demonstrated success in student recruitment retention enrollment management and degree completion.
• A record of securing or supporting external grants contracts philanthropic gifts or other funding. Experience fostering interdisciplinary research and collaboration.

Job Posting Close Date:

• Until Filled

Required Attachments:

Please attach all required documents listed belowin the attachment box labeled as either Resume/CV or Resume/Cover Letter on the application. Multiple attachments may be included in the Resume/CV or Resume/Cover Letter attachment box. Any additional attachments provided outside of the required documents listed below are considered optional.

• Resume or Curriculum Vitae

• Cover Letter

Application Submission Guidelines:

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The required documents listed in the above Required Attachments section must be attached to the application prior to the job closing date indicated to ensure full consideration for the application submitted. Please contact the Office of Human Resource on or before the closing date indicated above at or should you need assistance with the online application process.

Background Check Requirements:

All positions are security-sensitive. Applicants are subject to a criminal history investigation and employment is contingent upon the institutions verification of credentials and/or other information required by the institutions procedures including the completion of the criminal history check.

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Required Experience:

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