Visiting InstructorVisiting Assistant Professor of Political Science AF7780
Job Location:
Stillwater, NY - USA
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Job Summary
OSU-Stillwater
Dr. Howard Sanborn
TBD
9 months or less
Commensurate with education and experience
Oklahoma State Universitys College of Arts and Sciences seeksaVisiting Assistant Professoror Visiting Instructor of Political Scienceto teachsections of POLS 1113: American Governmentasamember of our Cowboy Concurrent Academy Concurrent Academy faculty teach concurrent courses to talented motivated high-school students from across the State of Oklahoma and beyond. OSU grants concurrentcredit boththrough its Cowboy Concurrent Online and Early University in-person offerings. Occasionally as part of their assigned workload Academy facultymay alsoteach online and/or in-person courses to OSU students enrolled on its Stillwater Tulsa or distance campuses.
In partnership with OSUs Division of Academic Affairs the College of Arts and Sciences has developed or isin the process of developingnearly threedozen discrete concurrent courses. All concurrent courses award students general-education credit much of which doubles as credit toward students high-school graduation requirements. All CAS concurrent courses must pass through a rigorous development approval and revision process. Meanwhile studentsfromacross the State of Oklahoma can earn with full tuition remission up to 27 college credit hours while theyremainenrolled in high schoolup to nine hours during their junior years and 18 hours during their senior years.
Responsibilities
Cowboy Concurrent Academy faculty members teach three courses per in professional development and service to help ensure the vibrancy of CCO and EU coursework. Cowboy Concurrent Academy faculty likewise must be ready to teach online-asynchronous and in-person courses; theymayalsobe asked toinstructonline and/or in-personsections of POLS 1113: American Governmentto OSU students
They must be available for professional development activities that take place during the summer months as will report to the respective academic unit but coordinate closely with Academic Programs in the College of Arts and is competitiveandcommensuratewith experience.
Required qualificationsfor a Visiting Instructor:
Earned masters degree in the relevant discipline
Evidence of successful in-person and online teaching
Strong communicationand interpersonal skills with the ability to effectively mentor and collaborate with students and colleagues
Required qualifications for a Visiting Assistant Professor
PhD in the relevant discipline
Evidence of successful in-person and online teaching
Strong communicationand interpersonal skills with the ability to effectively mentor and collaborate with students and colleagues
About Oklahoma State University its College of Arts and Sciences and its Department of Political Science
With a 130-year-long history Oklahoma State University is one of the nations most comprehensive land-grant university systems. OSU welcomes more than34000 studentsand 7400 employees to its campuses in Stillwater Tulsa Oklahoma City and Okmulgee. Exceptional strengths in thearts and humanities social sciences and natural sciences and mathematics arehallmarks of the College of Arts and Sciences. The collegehomes 23 distinct academic units and offers coursework tonearly everystudent who enrolls at the university. OSU also can point to major institutional strengths in engineering agricultureand business.
The Department of Political Sciences mission is to address challenging questions of governance and societal relevancein order tobroaden awareness about civic and political issues among students colleagues and members of thegeneral publicin order toprepare them to act effectively in the its facultyhave developedseveralprograms in service of these goals includingbachelors degreeoptions in campaigning global politics pre-law and public policy as well asmastersdegrees in Politics and Policy StudiesandPeace Conflict and Security Studies.
Stillwater where the colleges mainofficesreside is a growing community consistently winning awardsas a best place to livemost recently inMoney islocatedabout an hours drivefrom bothOklahoma Cityto the southand Tulsa to the addition of commercial air travel wide availability of gigabit internet and the McKnight Center for the Performing Arts enhance Stillwaters vibrant culture. The cost of housing isroughly 20 percentlower than the national average.
To apply submit a letter of application curriculum vitae teaching philosophy and contact information from a minimum of three professional references. Address your applications to Dr. Howard Sanborn Professor and Head Department of Political Science (). For full consideration please submit your application materials by July 1 2026.
While applications will be accepted until a successful candidate has been hired interested parties are encouraged to submit their materials by July 1 2026 to ensure full consideration.
Required Experience:
Junior IC
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