Liberty University

Liberty University

Associate Professor of Gov't and Public Policy - Helms School of Government

Lynchburg, VA · Senior · Full-time

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 8 days ago
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About the role

  • Faculty should view their teaching, engagement with students, and scholarship as a ‎‎‎means to a significant educational ‎‎end.
  • Faculty are responsible for creating an academic atmosphere of mutual respect and consideration for individual dignity.
  • include teaching advanced courses, mentoring students in applied policy research, supporting capstone and senior seminar experiences, and contributing to curriculum development.

Responsibilities

  • Experience teaching upper-division undergraduate courses involving research design, policy analysis, and/or data interpretation.
  • This position supports upper-division undergraduate instruction in public policy, governance, and related fields, with particular emphasis on policy analysis, research design, and data-informed decision-making.

Requirements

  • Demonstrated expertise in public policy analysis, including applied research methods.
  • Ability to mentor students in substantial research or policy analysis projects.
  • Professional experience in legislative, executive, or policy environments.
  • Experience integrating real-world datasets and case studies into coursework.
  • Experience teaching in high-enrollment environments.​

Skills

  • Strong quantitative research skills, including statistical or data analysis for policy evaluation.
  • Experience using tools such as R, Stata, SPSS, or similar.

Compensation

  • All personnel related activities such as compensation, benefits, transfers, job classification, assignments, working conditions, educational assistance, terminations, layoffs, and return from layoffs, and all other terms, conditions and pri

Equal opportunity

  • The University is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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