SLP - Assistant Professor/Associate Professor in Organizational Leadership - 530321

The University of Alabama•Tuscaloosa, AL

84d•Onsite

About The Position

The University of Alabama School of Leadership and Policy (SLP) is seeking to fill multiple tenure-track faculty positions in organizational leadership at the rank of assistant or associate professor, starting August 2027. The SLP, established as the first new college-level unit at UA in 60 years, offers a unique opportunity for faculty to contribute to building a curriculum, research culture, and programs from the ground up. The school aims to develop leaders across various sectors and fields, focusing on research agendas relevant to leadership and organizational effectiveness. Areas of interest include organizational behavior, leadership development and assessment, group and team dynamics, leadership decision-making, industrial-organizational psychology, and organizational change. The university offers a competitive salary, startup package, relocation assistance, and research support.

Requirements

Hold a PhD (in hand or expected by the start date) in management, organizational behavior, industrial-organizational psychology, organizational sociology, public administration, or a related field.
Demonstrate strong potential for scholarly research.
Demonstrate strong potential for undergraduate and graduate teaching.
For associate professor level: possess a research and teaching record appropriate to that rank.

Nice To Haves

A well-defined, active research agenda that produces peer-reviewed scholarship and engages questions of practical consequence for people who lead and manage organizations.
Interest in and capacity for pursuing external research funding.
For associate professor level: an established record of highly visible peer-reviewed publications and a sustained, active research agenda appropriate to that rank.
Demonstrated aptitude for directing or teaching the Capstone in organizational leadership.
Ability to develop additional courses that reflect their own research expertise and areas of specialization.

Responsibilities

Develop leaders across sectors and fields.
Contribute to building a curriculum, research culture, and set of programs from the ground up.
Conduct scholarly research relevant to leadership and organizational effectiveness.
Teach in the SLP's organizational leadership curriculum, including Foundations of Leadership, Team Dynamics, and Ethics in Leadership.
Potentially direct or teach the Capstone in organizational leadership.
Develop additional courses reflecting their own research expertise and areas of specialization.