USA: Peace and Justice Studies - Assistant Professor

Dec 23, 2021 | Pace University, Dyson College of Arts and Sciences
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For more than 100 years, Pace University has been preparing students to become leaders in their fields by providing an education that combines exceptional academics with professional experience and the New York advantage. Pace has campuses in New York City and Westchester County. A private metropolitan university, Pace enrolls nearly 13,000 students in bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral programs in the College of Health Professions, Dyson College of Arts and Sciences, Lubin School of Business, School of Education, Elisabeth Haub School of Law, and Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Systems.

Dyson College of Arts and Sciences of Pace University is seeking applicants for a tenure-track faculty position in Peace and Justice Studies Program, which is housed in the Women’s and Gender Studies Department, at the rank of Assistant Professor. The position is located at the University’s campus in lower Manhattan New York City.

Position Summary

The selected candidate will be expected to teach required major courses, have the ability to develop specialty courses in Racial Justice and Peacebuilding, Indigenous Studies and Peacebuilding, Transformative/Restorative Justice, Trauma Healing, Environmental Justice, or others, share student advisement and mentorship, and contribute to departmental, college and university programs and student-led social justice initiatives.

Position Qualifications  

Applicants must have an earned doctorate in a discipline closely related to Peace and Justice Studies (with a particular emphasis on interdisciplinary training), although preference will be given to those with a Ph.D. in Peace and Justice Studies, Conflict Studies/Transformation, or Peacebuilding. Applicants should have demonstrated expertise in racial justice, which could encompass issues such as Afro-descendent communities, caste, colonization, settler colonialism, occupation, Indigenous / settler relations, ethnic minorities, environmental racism, and more in local, national, and/or transnational contexts.

Candidates with applied experience in a range of practices (advocacy, community organizing, activism, relief/development/aid work, mediation, facilitation, negotiation, arts-based peacebuilding, monitoring/evaluation, nonprofit or nongovernmental work) are preferred. Candidates must also have a strong research agenda and demonstrated excellence in undergraduate teaching with teaching experience and/or familiarity with multiple forms of pedagogy (lecture, discussion, simulation, workshops) and multiple forms of assessment in a classroom setting.

Special Instructions to Applicant

For full consideration, applicants should submit a letter of interest, including a statement of their teaching philosophy and research interests; curriculum vitae; and contact information for three references. Review of applications will begin immediately, and applications received by January 3, 2022, are guaranteed consideration.