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    Our majors study the world of politics and government.. They are well prepared to pursue graduate studies in law, public policy, public administration, and more advanced studies in the discipline of political science.

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Open Faculty Position - Assistant Professor: Politics of Race and/or Ethnicity

The Political Science Department at San Diego State University invites applications for a tenure-track position in the Politics of Race and/or Ethnicity at the rank of Assistant Professor, to begin Fall 2018. The department seeks candidates who have a well-developed research agenda, a promise of sustained scholarly productivity and a record of effective and devoted teaching.

The department is open to all areas of expertise within race and ethnicity and particularly encourages those studying African-American or Latino politics. Substantive topics of interest may include but are not limited to social movements-protest politics, economic justice, environmental racism, democracy, law and race, and comparative examinations of race-ethnicity. The successful candidate will be able to teach a range of political science courses, including our upper-division undergraduate course, Politics of Race and Ethnicity. 

For more information and to apply, please visit: https://apply.interfolio.com/42903