Cleveland State University
Tenure-track Position in City Management/Public Finance
Duties: The Levin College of Urban Affairs seeks applicants for a tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor level to enhance its programs in City Management/Urban Policy. We seek a colleague who will bring innovative research and public engagement to a research agenda focused on city management, with particular emphasis in public financial management. The responsibilities of the successful candidate include teaching across undergraduate, masters, and Ph.D. programs as needed in the area of city management, public finance/ budgeting, and general public administration; generation of a robust and productive research agenda appropriately supported by external funding; service to the college and university; and service to the greater Cleveland community as appropriate. Hiring is contingent upon maintaining existing levels of funding from the state of Ohio.
Minimum Qualifications: Ph.D. in public administration, public finance, political science, public policy, or economics or related field.
Preferred Qualifications: College-level teaching experience; track record of successful grant funding, either academic or in the public sector; demonstrated excellence as a practitioner in city management and public finance.
The Levin College and Cleveland State University
U.S. News and World Report has ranked the Levin College #2 among schools of public affairs in the specialty area of City Management/Urban Policy for over a decade. The college’s public administration and policy faculty members are nationally and internationally recognized for their work in collaborative governance, public management for sustainability, consolidation of public services, public health and safety, environmental finance, economic development policy and finance, and the role of nonprofit organizations in public governance. We seek a colleague who can enhance or complement these areas of research and who will strengthen our national ranking in city management.
This new colleague will have opportunities to collaborate on applied research projects with the Center for Public Management and the Great Lakes Environmental Finance Center (funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency) or to work with the Center for Leadership Development, which provides leadership training across the state.
We are a large multidisciplinary faculty, offering 11 degree programs at the doctoral, masters, and undergraduate levels (http://urban.csuohio.edu/acad
The Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs webpage can be found at:http://urban.csuohio.edu/. Further information on this position can be obtained by contacting Professor Nancy Meyer-Emerick through the Levin search emaillevin.faculty.search@csuohio.e
Candidates should submit a curriculum vita and a personal statement that describes the candidate’s interest in the Levin College, his or her research, teaching and service interests and expertise, and the courses currently offered at the Levin College the candidate is qualified to teach. Please also submit the following: an academic writing sample; a sample syllabus from one course the candidate has taught with student and/or peer evaluations; and three letters of reference.
For full consideration application materials should be received by January 20, 2012. Application materials should be sent in PDF format (others will not be accepted) to the following email address: levin.faculty.search@csuohio.e
Cleveland State University is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer. Minorities, women, and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply.