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Director of Undergraduate Services

The Department of Political Science is accepting applications for a Student Services Coordinator to direct undergraduate advising, and to administer the department's undergraduate program.  Primary duties include advising, career services, curriculum development, course enrollment, and supervision of undergraduate advising staff. Candidates should have at least five years of experience in academic advising in a higher education setting. Education requirement is a minimum of Bachelor's degree; a Master's degree with a background in Political Science, Public Policy, or related field is strongly preferred.  

Complete vacancy listing at http://www.ohr.wisc.edu/WebListing/Unclassified/PVLSummary.aspx?pvl_num=76174. Deadline to apply is May 25, 2013.


Benjamin Franklin Postdoctoral Fellow

Job category Postdoctoral Fellowship / Fixed term
AOS History of Philosophy, Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Science
AOS categories Early Modern Philosophy
Philosophy of Science
AOC History of Philosophy, Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Science
AOC categories 19th/20th Century Philosophy
American Philosophy
Early Modern Philosophy
Philosophy of Science
Workload Full time
Location Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Application deadline No deadline specified (applications considered on an ongoing basis)
Start date August 2013
Details The Benjamin Franklin Initiative, housed in the Department of Political Science, invites applications for a postdoctoral fellow. The Benjamin Franklin Initiative is part of an expanded collaborative partnership between the American Democracy Forum and the Jack Miller Center (JMC). Advancing a national project on the role of the humanities in pre-professional education made possible with the generous support of the John Templeton Foundation, JMC will sponsor a visiting fellow at six institutions, each of whom will contribute to a three year national project on Creativity, Innovation, and Free Institutions.

At Wisconsin, the post-doctoral fellow will offer three undergraduate courses per year on topics relevant to the history and political thought of the American Founding as extensions of the new law and science of the Atlantic Enlightenment. A strong preference will be given to candidates whose work has an interdisciplinary focus, connecting ideas of scientific and technological innovation, politics and law. Candidates with a background in history of science, American political thought, history of political thought and political theory considering Enlightenment understandings of invention, property and law are particularly encouraged to apply.

In addition to engaging in an active research and publishing agenda, the candidate is expected to contribute to organizing other activities associated with the Benjamin Franklin Initiative and the American Democracy Forum. The appointment will run for three academic years, beginning August 2013 and ending July 2016.

Candidates may learn more at American Democracy Forum homepage and apply online here. Review of applications will begin May 1 and continue until the position is filled. The University of Wisconsin is an EOE/AA Employer. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.
Vacancies 1
Contact name John Zumbrunnen
Contact email zumbrunnen@wisc.edu
Web address to apply http://www.polisci.wisc.edu/recruit
Web address for more information http://www.adf.wisc.edu

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