The Department of Political Science at Stony Brook University invites applications for a full-time Lecturer starting in Fall 2025. The position will serve as the Director of the M.A. in Public Policy program and will manage the program?s development and strategic growth. The ideal candidate will be a dynamic leader capable of advancing the department?s mission to prepare students for successful careers in government, nonprofit organizations, and the private sector. We are especially interested in candidates with a background in public policy and/or public administration, teaching experience, and some familiarity with academic administrative work. This is a twelve-month, year-round position. This is not a tenure-track position. Salary is commensurate with experience and qualifications up to $90,000, plus $4,000 in location pay.

Key Responsibilities:

Teaching, Advising, and Supervision

• Proactively advise new and continuing students in the program to support student success, retention, and timely degree completion.
• Teach four graduate courses within the program each academic year (2-2).
• Teach the capstone preparation seminar each fall, spring, and summer terms.
• Supervise capstone internship placements and oversee advising for capstone thesis projects.
• Other instructional duties that may arise to support the program.

Program Administration

• Work with campus graduate recruitment teams to plan and execute recruitment campaigns to attract high-quality and diverse student populations.
• Perform outreach to prospective students as part of the recruitment/admissions process. Manage program application reviews and make admissions decisions.
• Lead the development of curriculum appropriate for the program.
• Oversee the program's course planning and scheduling process, including planning hiring requests for course instructors to meet scheduling and enrollment needs.
• Develop and implement a program assessment plan.
• Organize campus and external events, including events, speakers, workshops, open houses, and conferences, to support the program's visibility and impact.
• Develop relationships with external stakeholders, such as alumni networks and private, public, and non-profit practitioners. Cultivate relationships with alumni to grow and strengthen the professional networks of current and graduating students.
• Collaborate with department faculty, staff, and campus partners (the Graduate School, School of Professional Development, etc.) to support any program administrative initiatives.
• Additional departmental, university, or professional service may be required.

Required Qualifications:

• A master?s degree (foreign equivalent or higher) in public policy, public administration, political science, or a related field.
• Teaching experience at the graduate level in administration/planning and strong familiarity with topics such as budgeting and finance, governmental relations and policy delivery, and data applications of policy, among others.
• At least three years of relevant work experience in a policy, planning, administration, or closely related field.
• Strong quantitative analysis skills as evidenced by CV and writing sample.

Preferred Qualifications:

• A doctorate or comparable degree (or foreign equivalent) in public policy, public administration, political science, law, or a related field.
• Demonstrated record of the following, as evidenced by the applicant?s CV and supporting materials:
  • Ability to successfully lead administrative initiatives and programs in a complex work environment (higher education, private, or nonprofit settings).
  • Evidence of excellence in teaching, including educating, supporting, and mentoring students and practitioners.
  • Commitment to enhancing diversity, equity, and inclusion among faculty, undergraduate, and graduate students.

Please upload:

1. Cover letter
2. Curriculum Vitae
3. Teaching statement
4. Quantitative writing sample
5. Recent course syllabi
6. Course teaching evaluations
7. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) statement
8. Three confidential letters of reference, submitted via Interfolio

All application materials must be submitted online. The names of applicants will be kept confidential until a list of finalists is confirmed. Referees will not be contacted without the candidate?s prior consent. Please use the Apply Now button to begin your application. For technical support, please visit Interfolio's Support Site (https://support.interfolio.com/) or reach out to their Scholar Service Team at help@interfolio.com or (877) 997-8807.

For questions regarding this position, please contact the search chair, Professor Ryan Vander Wielen at ryan.vanderwielen@stonybrook.edu. 

For full consideration, please submit your materials by 11:59 PM Eastern Time on Monday, April 28, 2025.

Special Notes: This is a non-tenure track, FLSA Exempt position, not eligible for the overtime provisions of the FLSA. 

The selected candidate must successfully clear a background investigation. 

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About the Department:
The Department of Political Science is committed to excellence in research and scholarship, graduate student training, undergraduate teaching and learning, public outreach, and the promotion of responsible citizenship. It contributes to the generation of knowledge about politics and aims to deepen scholarly and public understanding of political institutions and the citizenry. The department seeks to prepare students for successful careers in government, academics, and the private sector. In addition to the M.A. in Public Policy program, the Department administers B.A. and Ph.D. programs in Political Science, as well as an M.A. in Political Psychology. It is home to 13 tenured and tenure-track faculty, roughly 600 undergraduate majors and minors, staff, Political Science graduate students, and several non-tenure track full-time lecturers. The Department is ranked in the top 30 Political Science graduate programs in the most recent U.S. News & World Report rankings, and the dynamic, interdisciplinary faculty produce high-quality research that is consistently published in top-rated journals. http://www.stonybrook.edu/polsci/

About the College:
As part of a great research university, the College of Arts and Sciences at Stony Brook University focuses on scholarly creativity, connecting our disciplines of fine arts; humanities; social, behavioral and natural sciences; and mathematics with medicine, technology, culture, education, business and environment. As the largest College for the campus, we help students and faculty begin a lifetime of learning and discovery by exploring new ideas that drive innovation and inspiration across all sectors of society. http://www.stonybrook.edu/cas/

About Stony Brook University:
Stony Brook University, one of two flagships within the State University of New York (SUNY) system, is one of America?s most dynamic public universities, a center of academic excellence, and an internationally recognized research institution that is changing the world. After more than 60 years of existence, it is ranked among the top 100 universities in the nation and the top 25 public universities in the nation. It is a member of the prestigious invitation-only Association of American Universities, composed of the top 66 leading research institutions in North America. As Long Island?s largest single-site employer, Stony Brook has nearly 15,000 full- and part-time employees, including 2,800 faculty and nearly 27,000 students ? including almost 18,000 undergraduates ? and offers more than 200 majors, minors and combined-degree programs. Located approximately 60 miles east of Manhattan on Long Island?s beautiful North Shore, Stony Brook is situated on 1,454 wooded acres, encompassing 13 schools and colleges; a Research and Development Park; world-class athletics facilities, including an 8,300-seat stadium and a 4,000-seat arena; and Stony Brook Medicine, Long Island?s premier academic medical center. Also part of the University is a teaching and research campus in Southampton, New York, which offers graduate arts programs and is the site of the Marine Sciences Center. In addition, Stony Brook has a role in running, and performs joint research with, Brookhaven National Laboratory, the only Department of Energy Laboratory in the Northeast. Home to the Emerson String Quartet, the Pollock-Krasner House in East Hampton, NY, and the Humanities Institute, with endeavors that extend to the Turkana Basin Institute in Kenya and the Ranomafana National Park in Madagascar, Stony Brook sustains an international reputation that cuts across the arts, humanities, social sciences and natural sciences.

Stony Brook University is committed to excellence in diversity and creating an inclusive learning, and working environment.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, pregnancy, familial status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, and all other protected classes under federal or state laws.

If you need a disability-related accommodation, please get in touch with the Office of Equity and Access at (631)632-6280.

Stony Brook University is committed to creating and maintaining a workplace and educational environment that is safe, accessible, and free of all forms of discrimination, sexual misconduct, or research misconduct, among other infractions. In support of this commitment, certain candidates for employment will be required to disclose such employment-related misconduct findings and pending investigations or proceedings, and final candidates for certain faculty and staff positions will authorize their current and previous employer(s) from the last seven (7) years to disclose such information to the University. Employment is contingent on your full and complete disclosure on these matters. In the event that you fail to disclose any such matter or in the event of an unsatisfactory outcome of the disclosure and review process, an offer of employment may be revoked at SBU's sole discretion. If SBU becomes aware of a failure to disclose or misrepresentation of any such matter after your employment commences, you may be subject to discipline, up to and including termination.

About Stony Brook University

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