Security Studies (Assistant Professor)

The School of Civic Leadership at The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) invites applications for full-time tenure-track at the Assistant Professor level in Security Studies. The School of Civic Leadership especially seeks diplomatic and military historians, political scientists, international relations theorists, political theorists, classicists, and others who bring relevant scholarly expertise to the perennial challenges of foreign affairs and its central activities of diplomacy, intelligence, and war.

In partnership with the Clements Center for National Security, the School of Civic Leadership will offer a major in Strategy and Statecraft in August 2027 with plans for graduate degrees forthcoming. The major in Strategy and Statecraft employs diplomatic and military history, a classical and modern 'bookshelf' of strategic thinkers, modern foreign languages, political science, and coursework with distinguished practitioners to educate students for careers in the public and private sectors, rigorous graduate programs, and advanced scholarship. While our program begins with studies in classical humanities, policy-relevant social science is welcome and squarely in our wheelhouse, too.

Applicants should be able to contribute to teaching some of the core courses in the major, including:

• American Diplomatic and Military History
• Classics and Modern Classics of Strategy (i.e. Herodotus through Brands)
• European Diplomatic and Military History or Non-Western Diplomatic and Military History
• Adversary Net Assessment
• Recent and Contemporary Challenges in Diplomacy, Intelligence, and Defense

The strongest applicants will also be able to teach advanced coursework that is consistent with these broad themes.

Considering the responsibility public institutions of higher education have to prepare students for leadership in a free society, the University of Texas System Board of Regents established the School of Civic Leadership at UT Austin. The School of Civic Leadership is an interdisciplinary school whose dual mission is to equip students with the knowledge and aptitudes necessary to lead in a free society, and to produce academic research at the highest levels of scholarly excellence.

We seek outstanding candidates whose work and approach to teaching respect the role and work of foreign affairs in a democracy and complement the School of Civic Leadership's core themes: political, economic, and individual liberty and its philosophical underpinnings; constitutionalism and the rule of law; and the political economy of a free society. Ideal candidates will (1) have excellent records of scholarship with robust research agendas, (2) provide evidence of exceptional teaching, and (3) show a readiness to contribute to the intellectual life, governance, and programmatic development of the School of Civic Leadership.

The School of Civic Leadership invites applicants to submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae, and three letters of recommendation. Cover letters should give a brief overview of the candidate's research agenda, highlight areas of teaching competence, and concisely describe how the candidate would contribute to developing the major in Strategy and Statecraft in the School of Civic Leadership.

Review of applications will begin September 15, 2025 and continue until all positions are filled.

The University of Texas at Austin, as an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, complies with all applicable federal and state laws regarding nondiscrimination and affirmative action. The University is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, religion, or veteran status in employment, educational programs and activities, and admissions.