Description

The School of Public Affairs (SPA) in the Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions at Arizona State University (ASU) is conducting a search for a tenured faculty position at the Full Professor level with a specialization in emergency management. This is a full-time, benefits-eligible, academic-year (9-month) faculty position that will begin in August 2025. We are open to emergency management broadly defined. We will consider any candidate who would be eligible for the rank of full professor within SPA at ASU. The successful candidate will demonstrate the ability to produce novel, high-impact research that enhances the national and international reputation of SPA and ASU. Before applying, applicants should review information about the School of Public Affairs at https://spa.asu.edu.

About the School of Public Affairs

SPA has a rich and active culture that strongly values research. Our faculty are productive, and collaborative. They have deep and broad expertise in a range of areas across public policy and public administration. As a result, SPA is ranked #13 in the nation by US News and World Report, and #5 in the U.S. by Shanghai Global Ranking of Academic Subjects. In addition, US News and World Report ranks SPA top 20 in ten different subfields, including #2 in Emergency Management and Homeland Security, #3 in Local Government Management, and #5 in Public Management and Leadership. Our breadth means we offer degrees at all levels and in multiple modalities. These include a bachelor of science in Emergency Management and Homeland Security (EMHS), a bachelor of science in Public Service and Public Policy with a concentration in EMHS, a Master's degree in Public Administration with a concentration in EMHS, a Master’s of Arts in EMHS, and a PhD in Public Administration and Policy.

The Watts College of Public Services and Community Solutions has a student body of over 6,700 undergraduate and graduate students, with over 57 percent students of color. We are located in the heart of downtown Phoenix, the fifth largest city in the United States. The School is within walking distance of Arizona’s State Capitol, Phoenix’s City Hall, and myriad restaurants, hotels, and other cultural amenities. Our values, reputation, and location enable us to attract students motivated by the promise of public service and drawn to the unique opportunity of an interdisciplinary public affairs education. For more information about the School of Public Affairs, please visit our website at https://spa.asu.edu.

Job Duties

• Teach undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral courses in person, online and hybrid.
• Advise and mentor students.
• Maintain and strengthen a record of scholarly productivity as demonstrated through peer-reviewed publications, external funding, and presentations at national conferences.
• Provide service contributions to the school, college, university and profession.

Required Qualifications

• A Ph.D. in public administration, public policy, emergency management, disaster science, geography, sociology, complex systems, public health, political science or related field;
• Candidates should have strong evidence of a research agenda in emergency management, hazards governance, disaster science, risk reduction, homeland security, or related areas.
• A record of distinguished scholarly research and professional accomplishments that merits appointment as a full professor with tenure.
• Consistent with ASU’s Charter, a demonstrated commitment to inclusion.

Desired Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience collaborating with external organizations, such as emergency management agencies, government entities, nonprofit organizations, or private sector partners, to advance research, policy, or community preparedness initiatives.
• Experience with administration of academic programs, such as a department chair, director of graduate studies, or director of undergraduate studies
• Demonstrated ability to secure external funding to support research.
• Demonstrated excellence in teaching at the undergraduate or graduate level.
• Proven experience mentoring junior faculty and students, fostering their academic and professional development through research collaboration, guidance on career advancement, and support in teaching and service activities

Application Process

Complete application materials must contain the following items:

• Cover letter of no more than two (2) pages describing the following:

o interest in the position and fit relative to the required and desired qualifications.

o research interests in emergency management and engagement with the broader professional community.

• A complete curriculum vitae or resume that details the applicant’s educational and professional history.
• The names and complete contact information (titles, organization affiliations, mailing addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses) for three references. Please note that references are not contacted until a candidate is identified as a finalist for this position and the candidate will be consulted first.

Application Deadline

Application deadline is March 13, 2025, at 3:00 p.m. Arizona Time. Applications will continue to be accepted on a rolling basis for a reserve pool. Applications in the reserve pool may then be reviewed in the order in which they were received until the position is filled.

Please direct any questions about the position to Dr. Brian Gerber, the Search Committee Chair, at bgerber2@asu.edu

All we do at ASU is guided and inspired by the University Charter, which reads:

ASU is a comprehensive public research university, measured not by whom it excludes, but by whom it includes and how they succeed; advancing research and discovery of public value; and assuming fundamental responsibility for the economic, social, cultural and overall health of the communities it serves.

Successful candidates will demonstrate throughout their materials how their teaching, research, and service will contribute to the fulfillment of this charter.