Teaching Assistant Professor

Philosophy - 311900

02/13/2025

Yes

Permanent Faculty

Teaching Assistant Professor

Fixed Term Faculty

FAC0005473

Full-Time Permanent

40

1

North Carolina, US

Dependent on Experience and/or Qualifications

07/01/2026

A global higher education leader in innovative teaching, research and public service, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill consistently ranks as one of the nation’s top public universities. Known for its beautiful campus, world-class medical care, commitment to the arts and top athletic programs, Carolina is an ideal place to teach, work and learn.

One of the best college towns and best places to live in the United States, Chapel Hill has diverse social, cultural, recreation and professional opportunities that span the campus and community.University employees can choose from a wide range of professional training opportunities for career growth, skill development and lifelong learning and enjoy exclusive perks for numerous retail, restaurant and performing arts discounts, savings on local child care centers and special rates on select campus events. UNC-Chapel Hill offers full-time employees a comprehensive benefits package, paid leave, and a variety of health, life and retirement plans and additional programs that support a healthy work/life balance.

The Philosophy, Politics & Economics (PPE) Program is a rapidly growing interdisciplinary program at the University of North Carolina that focuses on the intersection of the three disciplines in its title, where concerns for efficiency and efficacy as well as commitments to rights, justice, and liberty, are applied to social and political institutions. The PPE Program houses the international Philosophy, Politics & Economics Society, provides a regular influx of faculty on multi-year non-tenure track positions (which the program then works to place), offers an undergraduate PPE Minor, and runs an active extra-curricular program. The PPE Program is committed to integrating abstract work in philosophy, political science, and economics with an informed and practical understanding of social, economic, political, and moral problems.

The Department of Philosophy and the Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) Program seek to appoint one (or more) non-tenure track Teaching Assistant Professor(s) to begin July 1, 2025. Initial appointments will be for a term of 1 year with the possibility of renewal for two more years. These candidates should have an AOS in social and political philosophy, or another area directly related to PPE. They will be joining an active, vigorous, and welcoming philosophical community. The successful candidates will teach two undergraduate PPE-related courses per semester and be actively involved in the PPE Program, helping to organize and run aspects of its active extracurricular programming. They should also be able and willing to teach courses that count toward the PPE minor, including the ‘Gateway’ course that introduces students to the tools of PPE. Further information about the PPE Program and its courses is available at ppe.unc.edu.

PhD in Philosophy.

PhD in social and political philosophy or another are directly connected to PPE.

Not Applicable.

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