Assistant or Associate Professor in Educational Policy Studies

University of Wisconsin Madison • Madison, WI

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About The Position

The Department of Educational Policy Studies at the UW-Madison invites application for a full-time, tenure-track faculty position at the Assistant/Associate level, with a focus on Education, Environment, and Society. The faculty member is expected to develop original, innovative research that can attract external funding to explore the relationships among education, environmental systems, and social, cultural, economic, and political systems. Fields of educational study might include (but are not limited to): environmental change, sustainability, planetary health, environmental justice, Indigenous lifeways and ecologies, or similar topics. Applicants should have the capacity to teach EDPOL 320: Climate Change, Sustainability, and Education; and to develop new courses on environmental change, sustainability, and education, as well as undergraduate and graduate courses that are specialized topically, theoretically, and/or methodologically. Candidates should have earned a Ph.D. or terminal degree in education or a related field by the position start date. The position will begin August 2026. The Department of Educational Policy Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is one of the nation’s highest-ranked public programs in educational policy and practice. We examine educational policies, practices, movements, outcomes, dilemmas, and controversies — as well as the forces shaping them — through the lenses of international and comparative education, anthropology, economics, geography, history, sociology, philosophy, policy analysis, and politics. We value a collegial interdisciplinary environment for research and teaching. The Department of Educational Policy Studies resides in the UW-Madison School of Education, which is regularly ranked as one of the top Schools of Education in the nation. The School is proud of the outstanding breadth of its programs, with departments in Education, Health and the Arts. The School views this broad range of programs as a tremendous strength. This position is part of the Wisconsin Research, Innovation and Scholarly Excellence (RISE) Initiative. Through accelerated and strategic faculty hiring, research infrastructure enhancement, interdisciplinary collaboration, and increased student and educational opportunities, RISE addresses complex societal challenges of importance to the state, nation and world. Building on UW–Madison’s strengths, RISE expands the University’s successful track record of connecting with communities and industry on collaborative solutions. Over the next three academic years, UW–Madison will substantially increase current hiring levels, bringing 150 new RISE faculty to campus. Candidates hired through RISE will join a community of scholars working across disciplines, schools and colleges on research, teaching and outreach endeavors. The community will engage regularly in venues such as seminar series and colloquia to share ongoing projects and identify opportunities to work together. The University will support the community, facilitating access to research infrastructure, and funding to support broad and rich collaboration.

Requirements

• Candidates should have earned or be completing a PhD or terminal degree in education or related field to be conferred by the start date of the position.
• Expertise in education, broadly construed, in relation to environmental change/sustainability, environmental justice, planetary health, Indigenous lifeways and ecologies, and other related fields of study.
• Evidence of established research and scholarship
• Candidates at the rank of Associate Professor must possess all of the above qualifications commensurate for appointment with tenure at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Nice To Haves

• Evidence of success in securing external funding to support research (preferred)
• Evidence of excellence in teaching (preferred)
• Experience working in settings that reflect a broad spectrum of identities and experiences (preferred)

Responsibilities

• Engage in professional service at the university, local, regional, national, and/or international level commensurate with appointment level
• Participate in interdisciplinary and collaborative efforts with other departments, schools, and colleges
• Conduct original research and generate scholarly publications sufficient for tenure at a major research university
• Develop and teach undergraduate and graduate courses in educational policy studies
• Supervise and serve on the committees of Master’s and Doctoral candidates
• Serve on departmental, School of Education, and university committees

Benefits

• This position offers a comprehensive benefits package, including generous paid time off, competitively priced health/dental/vision/life insurance, tax-advantaged savings accounts, and participation in the nationally recognized Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS) pension fund.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree