The Department of Political Science, Faculty of Arts at the University of Alberta, invites applications for a full-time tenure track position in Indigenous Politics. The Department seeks candidates with an excellent record of scholarship and publishing in Indigenous Politics, especially those whose area of expertise concerns policy studies, broadly conceived.

Areas of policy include, but are not limited to:

Indigenous economic development, ecology, urban policy, health policy, child policy, criminal justice and mass incarceration, human rights, Northern and circumpolar politics, politics and community engagement, land and treaty policies, Indigenous governance and knowledges, migration and borders, gambling, dispossession, militarization and/or war.

All qualified candidates must hold a PhD from the social sciences or the humanities (i.e. the candidate need not have a PhD in Political Science). Evidence of relevant teaching experience is required and community collaboration and of feminist and de-colonial pedagogies is particularly welcomed.

Salary will be commensurate with experience and qualifications in accordance with the Faculty Agreement as per the negotiated salary scales.

To have your application considered, please apply online and submit the following:

• cover letter that includes highlights of the candidate’s profile and the names of the three referees (see below for more information)
• curriculum vitae (CV)
• research statement that outlines main areas of current and future research (submit under “Research Plan”)
• teaching dossier that includes a brief teaching philosophy, evidence of (potential for) teaching effectiveness, and sample course outline(s) (submit as an attachment under "Statement of Teaching/Research Interests")
• up to three sample publications (submit as one attachment under "List of Publications" option)

Applicants are also expected to contact three referees and arrange to have them submit their letters of reference via e-mail to the Executive Assistant in Political Science, Sharina Prasad by the application deadline. Please enter “A111137150 REFERENCE” in the subject line.

All applications and letters of reference can be addressed to the attention of Dr. Catherine Kellogg, Chair, Department of Political Science.