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The Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Minnesota</st1:placename></st1:place> seeks applications to fill a tenured position at the Associate or Full Professor level in leadership studies.  The successful candidate must have strong and demonstrated teaching, research, and public engagement interests in leadership studies or in fields directly relevant to leadership studies.  Candidates must be willing and able to contribute to the University's new Center for Integrative Leadership, teach in the Institute's core curriculum, provide leadership to its master's degree programs, demonstrate a willingness to help prepare students for careers in public affairs, and function collaboratively in a multi- and inter-disciplinary college, and with external constituencies.

The Center for Integrative Leadership is a partnership between the Humphrey Institute and the Carlson School of Management at the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Minnesota</st1:placename></st1:place> and includes faculty from several other colleges of the University. The center's mission is to transform individuals, groups, organizations, and society through integrative leadership to foster collective action to advance the common good. The center's vision is to be world-renowned for research, instruction, personal and organizational development, outreach, and problem solving that integrates efforts across academic disciplines and social sectors. The person selected for this position will have a significant role in helping to achieve this vision, in part through a demonstrated ability to integrate teaching, research, and service activities. 

A Ph.D. or equivalent foreign degree is required in leadership studies, public policy, public administration, management, political science, sociology, psychology, anthropology, history, communication, economics, urban planning, or related fields with a focus on leadership.  An interdisciplinary social science background that includes institutional, political, and cross-cultural knowledge and competence is highly valued.  The Institute is especially interested in candidates who have a demonstrated interest in leadership as it relates to institutional, social, and organizational change. Professional experience in leadership positions is highly desirable. We seek someone whose approach to teaching and research is innovative and inclusive in terms of race, gender, class and ethnicity.

Applications should include a curriculum vita, the names and addresses of three references, a sample of recent research, a brief account of research and teaching interests and experience, and a statement detailing fit with the position.  Applications will be reviewed beginning <st1:date year="2007" day="10" month="12" w:st="on">December 10, 2007</st1:date>.  The position will remain open until filled.  Please submit applications online to: https://employment.umn.edu and reference requisition number 149928, or insert this quicklink in your browser: employment.umn.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=64800.  Address cover and reference letters (if not submitted online) to:  Associate Dean John M. Bryson, Chair of CIL Search, c/o Human Resources, Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, 152HHH, 301-19^th Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, email: lanex025@umn.edu.

Salary will be commensurate with experience.  Benefits include health, dental, faculty life/disability insurance, retirement, and social security.  The starting date for this appointment is <st1:date year="2008" day="25" month="8" w:st="on">August 25, 2008</st1:date>, or as soon thereafter as possible.

The University of Minnesota is committed to the policy that all persons shall have equal access to its programs, facilities and employment without regard to race, creed, religion, color, sex, ational origin, disability, age, veteran status, marital status, public assistance status, or sexual orientation.

--  Paul M. Vaaler Associate Professor of International Business Department of Strategic Management & Organization Carlson School of Management University of Minnesota 3-424 CarlSMgmt 321 19th Avenue South Minneapolis 55455 USA Tel (612) 625-4951 Fax (612) 626-1316 Email vaal0001@umn.edu Internet http://www.csom.umn.edu/Page2075.aspx?type=faculty&eid=78297405 

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