Assistant Professor (Philosophy)

UMass Boston•Boston, MA

2d•$80,000 - $93,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Department of Philosophy at the University of Massachusetts Boston invites applications for a tenure-track position to be filled at the rank of Assistant Professor beginning September 1, 2027. The area of specialization is Law and Philosophy. We welcome candidates working in a variety of legal traditions, methodologies, and topics. Candidates should hold a PhD in philosophy by August 31, 2027; legal education or experience is also a plus. The successful candidate will teach introductory and advanced undergraduate courses related to law and philosophy among the department’s current course offerings, including legal reasoning. We also invite the successful candidate to help the department develop new courses over time, especially for our Philosophy and Law minor, our Philosophy, Law and Ethics major, and our Philosophy and Public Policy major; to continue the development of these thriving programs; and, to contribute to pre-law efforts across the College of Liberal Arts. A typical teaching load is two courses per semester, and candidates are expected to be productive scholars with active research agendas and pedagogical commitments. Additional duties include advising students and participating in faculty governance at the departmental and university level. We are especially interested in candidates whose research, teaching and service will contribute to the excellence and diversity of our department and to the University’s mission. UMass Boston is an urban public research university with a teaching soul, whose impact is both local and global. We are the third most diverse university in the country - more than 60% of our undergraduate students come from minoritized communities and groups and more than half of our students are the first in their families to attend a college or university. Thus, our students come to us from richly diverse life experiences and backgrounds; they bring to our classrooms and research settings the robust range of perspectives growing out of the socio-cultural, economic, and historical contexts in which they have lived, along with the challenges they encounter, engage, and strive to overcome. We invite applications from candidates who engage the diverse life experiences of our student body, who appreciate that students bring their holistic selves into the academic setting, and who recognize and articulate how their own life experiences and backgrounds have shaped their journeys, practices, and commitments as researchers, scholars, and educators.

Requirements

PhD in philosophy by August 31, 2027.
Cover letter.
Curriculum vitae.
Statement of research interests.
Teaching statement.
Article-length writing sample.
Three letters of recommendation.

Nice To Haves

Legal education or experience.

Responsibilities

Teach introductory and advanced undergraduate courses related to law and philosophy.
Develop new courses for the Philosophy and Law minor, Philosophy, Law and Ethics major, and Philosophy and Public Policy major.
Contribute to pre-law efforts across the College of Liberal Arts.
Be a productive scholar with an active research agenda and pedagogical commitments.
Advise students.
Participate in faculty governance at the departmental and university level.
Contribute to the excellence and diversity of the department and the University's mission.