PA Bridge to the Faculty Postdoctoral Fellowship for Diverse Faculty
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Announcement
Bridge to the Faculty Postdoctoral Fellowship for Diverse Faculty
The University of Illinois at Chicago announces an opening for a Bridge to the Faculty Postdoctoral Fellow in Public Administration and Policy, to begin August 16, 2020.
Purpose: Bridge to the Faculty Program seeks to advance diversity in the permanent faculty by encouraging the recruitment, retention and promotion of outstanding scholars from different backgrounds with an emphasis on attracting individuals who have been historically underrepresented in the discipline. This new postdoctoral program is designed to recruit scholars with the goal of transitioning them to tenure-track faculty members after two years, starting in the 2022-2023 academic year. Postdoc Fellows will participate in a university-wide mentoring experience, with the opportunity to meet other Fellows and faculty through the Diverse Faculty Learning Community (Office of Diversity and the Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs).
Department Information: The Department of Public Administration (DPA) offers four graduate degrees: the Master in Public Administration (MPA), Master in Public Policy, Master of Science in Civic Analytics, and PhD in Public Administration as well as an undergraduate degree (B.A.) in Public Policy. The NASPAA-accredited MPA program is currently ranked 35th (of 318) in the nation by US News and World Report and ranked 3rd in the nation in Urban Policy. DPA faculty have ranked in the top 10 in research productivity over the past ten years by Academic Analytics.
DPA is part of the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs. CUPPA was created in 1995 as part of UIC’s Great Cities Initiative and is home to two academic departments and eight research centers. In addition to the DPA, the college also houses the Department of Urban Planning and Policy. The research centers within the college are: the Urban Transportation Center, the Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy, the Great Cities Institute, the Urban Data Visualization Lab, the Center for Urban Economic Development, the Institute for Policy and Civic Engagement, the Voorhees Center for Neighborhood and Community Improvement, and the newly established Government Finance Research Center. Research in the college is organized around three pillars: disparities (economic, political, and social), finance (especially state and local government), and networks and governance (urban and regional).
Eligibility: We seek candidates with a PhD in Public Administration, Public Policy or a related discipline who exhibit a promising research trajectory and a commitment to excellence in teaching at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. Research specialization is open, but we especially seek candidates who can contribute to growing the department’s new public policy and civic analytics research and program offerings. Candidates should demonstrate their capacity to contribute to the themes embodied in CUPPA’s research pillars, to the department’s public policy and urban governance focus, and to one or more of the department’s other core competencies: financial management, nonprofit management, public management, and survey research. The department would particularly welcome candidates who do research related to racial and ethnic disparities and equity. Candidates must have received their PhD no earlier than January 2017. PhD must be in hand by August 16, 2020.