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Department of Philosophy
University of California, Riverside
2025-26 Academic Year

Position(s): Professor of Teaching: Philosophy of Law: Social and Political Philosophy

Starting Date: July 1, 2025

Salary: Salary is commensurate with education and experience.

The Department of Philosophy at the University of California, Riverside invites applications for a Tenure track, open rank, Professor of Teaching position to begin July ,1, 2025. Philosophy of law, any areas in normative jurisprudence. Social and Political Philosophy. The successful candidate will contribute to and revitalize our interdisciplinary Law and Society program and will teach courses central to that curriculum, such as LWSO100. A Ph.D. in Philosophy required by the time of the appointment.

Deadline: The position is open until filled, but review of applications will begin December 12, 2024. To ensure full consideration, applications and supporting material should be received by December 12, 2024.

Starting Date: Position available July 1, 2025. Ph.D. by the time of appointment.

Duties: The position requires teaching 6 courses per year on the quarter system, typically a 2-2-2, participating in the direction of the Law and Society program, pre-law advising, and standard non-teaching duties. Candidates should flag in their cover letters whether they intend to apply as tenure-track assistant professor or tenured associate professor or professor. All candidates must show evidence of excellence in teaching and evidence of active engagement with the field through research, service, or creative activity. Most importantly, candidates for tenured professor must have an established track record of distinction in teaching and active engagement in the field through research, service, or creative activities.

Advancement through the faculty ranks at the University of California is through a series of structured, merit-based evaluations, occurring every 2-3 years, each of which includes substantial peer input. In UCR’s Professor of Teaching ranks, candidates are expected to introduce intellectual fields to students, train students in more advanced studies in their areas of interest, and foster students’ intellectual independence, creativity, and reasoning abilities, and arouse curiosity.

Application Procedure: We are accepting electronic applications only. Junior applicants should submit a cover letter, CV, sample syllabi, evidence of teaching excellence/teaching evaluations, a teaching statement, a sample of research writing, a statement of contributions to diversity, and at least three letters of recommendation, at least one of which must pertain to teaching.

Senior candidates should submit a cover letter, CV, sample syllabi, evidence of teaching excellence/teaching evaluations, a teaching statement, a sample of research writing, a statement of contributions to diversity and need only to submit names of references; letters of recommendation will be solicited at a later date. (Confidential Letters are solicited via AP Recruit System Only – Applicant inserts reference names and references are solicited by APRecruit at time of application.

For applicants using Interfolio. The following link on the Interfolio website shows how to set this up (http://product-help.interfolio.com/m/27438/l/266289-confidential-letter-uploads-to-online-application-systems.))

Department Contact person: Crystal M Petrini (crystal.petrini@ucr.edu) or Professor Coleen Macnamara (coleen.macnamara@ucr.edu).

Applications and materials will be submitted using UCR’s online application system located at https://aprecruit.ucr.edu/JPF02007

The University of California values salary transparency and reports salaries annually in the UC Annual Wage Database. Advancement through the faculty ranks at the University of California is through a series of structured, merit-based evaluations, occurring every 2-3 years, each of which includes substantial peer input. The posted UC salary scales set the minimum pay determined by rank and/or step at appointment. See Table(s) [https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/2023-24/oct-2023-acad-salary-scales/t1.pdf]. The salary range for this position is $$78,200 through $205,40. “Off-scale salaries” and other components of pay, i.e., a salary that is higher than the published system-wide salary at the designated rank and step, are offered when necessary to meet competitive conditions.

The University of California, Riverside is a world-class research university with an exceptionally diverse undergraduate student body. UCR is a member institution of the American Association of Universities (AAU) as well as the Alliance of Hispanic Serving Research Universities (HSRU). Its mission is explicitly linked to providing routes to educational success for underrepresented and first-generation college students. A commitment to this mission is a preferred qualification.

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or protected veteran status.

For the University of California’s Affirmative Action Policy please visit: https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/apm/apm-035.pdf.

For the University of California’s Anti-Discrimination Policy, please visit: https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/1001004/Anti-Discrimination.

As a University employee, you will be required to comply with all applicable University policies and/or collective bargaining agreements, as may be amended from time to time. Federal, State, or local government directives may impose additional requirements.