Associate Professor of Practice

James Madison University•Harrisonburg, VA

13d•Onsite

About The Position

James Madison University (JMU) is seeking applications for a faculty position in its Bachelor’s Degree Program in Intelligence Analysis, beginning in August 2027. The successful candidate will be appointed either as a tenure-track Assistant/Associate Professor or an RTA Assistant/Associate Professor of Practice, based on their qualifications and experience. The Intelligence Analysis Program, now in its 20th year, is a sought-after, multidisciplinary undergraduate degree designed to prepare students for careers as analysts, with a specialization in intelligence analysis. The program aims to provide a versatile education that integrates critical and creative thinking with data analytics for the collection, interpretation, and visualization of data in the production and communication of analysis, often within a security context. The program serves approximately 250 students and maintains national and international partnerships to offer students opportunities to apply their education to real-world security challenges. The program emphasizes the involvement of undergraduate students in applied and scholarly work. The Intelligence Analysis Program is part of the School of Integrated Sciences (SIS) within the College of Integrated Science and Engineering. SIS fosters innovative academic careers for over 50 faculty across three undergraduate programs: Geography, Integrated Science and Technology, and Intelligence Analysis, with potential for renewed graduate programs. SIS is characterized by a vibrant, welcoming, and supportive culture that values innovation, collaboration, humility, and student engagement, aiming to balance teaching and research, specialized disciplines, and distinctive degree programs.

Requirements

A Ph.D. in a relevant academic field is required for a Tenure-Track Assistant or Associate Professor appointment.
A minimum of a master’s degree in combination with substantial, demonstrated experience as an analyst is required for an RTA Assistant or Associate Professor of Practice appointment.
Sufficient education and/or experience to demonstrate the ability to teach specific courses in (ideally) two or more of the following areas of the IA Program: critical thinking and reasoning methodologies, data analytics, the social context and lived experience of analysts, and the development and delivery of analytic products.
Commitment to excellence in teaching undergraduates and thoughtfulness about improving approaches to undergraduate education for analysis.
Commitment to professional mentoring of students seeking to become future analysts.
Significant potential as a scholar with a strategic and intentional research agenda.
Research focusing on the study and practice of analysis, to include, but not limited to, Intelligence Analysis.
Collaboration to support and expand the scope and reach of the IA Program, and corresponding opportunities for its students and faculty.

Nice To Haves

Applicants from any academic discipline (to include the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences) and/or any professional analytical background in the public or private sectors are welcome.

Responsibilities

Teach a typical load of three in-person courses per semester.
Teach existing courses within the Intelligence Analysis Program.
Assist in curricular development to advance the teaching of analysis.
Speak with credibility about the process of doing analysis.
Teach in (ideally) multiple areas of the curriculum.
Advance scholarship on analysis and in the disciplines that support it.
Engage in internal and external professional service that improves the disciplines and communities promoting good analysis.