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Primary Purpose of Organizational Unit
The Department of Philosophy is committed to advancing and transmitting an understanding of fundamental questions of reality, knowledge, and value, and is an essential element of a liberal education. The Department of Philosophy looks at the history of struggles to answer these fundamental questions and develops analytical and critical resources for engaging these questions as they arise in individual and common experience. There is a permanent faculty count of 21 and a fixed-term faculty count of 5 (depending on academic year and funding availability) who provide instruction on both the Undergraduate and graduate level. The Department currently enrolls hundreds of students every fall, spring and summer and houses the PPE Program (Philosophy, Political Science and Economics) and the Parr Center for Ethics. There are also 37 enrolled graduate student teaching assistants who provide instruction to undergraduates throughout the academic year. Both the faculty and the graduate students are actively engaged in research in areas including ethics, political philosophy, ancient philosophy, philosophy of mind, metaphysics, philosophy of science, and philosophy of language.
Position Summary
The Department of Philosophy in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is recruiting at the level of Tenure-Track Assistant Professor or Tenured Associate Professor in political philosophy (broadly conceived to include philosophy of law), social philosophy (broadly conceived to include philosophy of race/gender and social ontology), or metaphysics. Significant promise of research excellence is a necessary condition for consideration, as is evidence of strong skills in teaching. The successful applicant will normally teach two courses per semester (graduate and/or undergraduate); will be involved in thesis supervision; and will have other standard non-teaching duties such as departmental administration, graduate and undergraduate mentorship, and participation in our department’s vigorous intellectual life.
Minimum Education and Experience Requirements
Ph.D in Philosophy or a closely related field by 7/1/2028.
Preferred Qualifications, Competencies, and Experience
Demonstrated excellence in research and teaching in the areas of political philosophy, social philosophy, or metaphysics.
Campus Security Authority Responsibilities
Not Applicable.
Organization
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Undergraduate Enrollment: 19,117
Graduate/Professional Enrollment: 10,894
Total Student Enrollment: 30,011
Founded: 1789, as the first state university in the United States
Type of Institution: Public, four-year
Faculty: 3,000
Percentage of faculty who hold Ph.D.s or the highest degrees in their field: 94 percent
Faculty/student ratio: 1/14
