Assistant Professor of Instruction - Human Dimensions of Organizations

Human Dimensions of Organizations (HDO) in the College of Liberal Arts at The University of Texas at Austin invites applications for a nontenured Assistant Professor of Instruction to teach in our undergraduate program. The preferred start date is the Spring semester of academic year 2025-26 but is negotiable. This is a full-time position teaching three courses per long semester, with potential opportunity for periodic summer teaching. The position is renewable annually, contingent upon programmatic need, performance, and funding.

HDO (liberalarts.utexas.edu/hdo/) teaches students to apply lessons from the humanities and social/behavioral sciences to organizational and workplace contexts. HDO offers a BA, an MA, and professional training (hdo.utexas.edu). HDO offers a unique opportunity to create innovative coursework and teach courses on the cutting-edge of liberal-arts pedagogy (see HDO's course descriptions here: https://hdo.utexas.edu/requirements-courses/ ).

The successful candidate will support required courses in the major. These include an introductory overview course, a course on belongingness in organizations, research methods, and the senior capstone class. On occasion the candidate will have the opportunity to teach a topics-centered course tied to their research specialty.

Candidates must hold a PhD in a liberal arts field or related discipline and demonstrated ability or potential to teach successfully in an interdisciplinary environment.

Please submit a cover letter, a current curriculum vitae, a sample syllabus from past teaching, and 3 letters of recommendation. 

The committee will begin reviewing applications in late August and continue until the position is filled.

For further information please contact: Mary Rose, HDO Director, mrose@austin.utexas.edu

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