Open Searches

Washington University seeks individuals who are excellent teachers and scholars for the following positions in the faculty of Arts & Sciences for appointments expected to begin with the 2008-09 academic year. Applications or requests for further information should be directed to the individual at the campus box listed, at:

Washington University
One Brookings Drive
St. Louis, MO 63130-4899

Equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.
Employment eligibility verification required upon hire.

Asian & Near Eastern Studies
Assistant Professor in Korean Language, Literature, and Culture (Robert Hegel, Campus Box 1111)

Applied Statistics & Computation
Assistant Professor with a joint appointment in the Education Department. Interested in scholars who study education, broadly defined, and have strong skills in the development or use of cutting-edge statistical methods (Carolyn Davis, Campus Box 1203)

Chemistry
Assistant Professor in the area of inorganic chemistry including at the interfaces with biological and materials chemistry. Assistant Professor in the area of biochemistry (Search Committee, Campus Box 1134)

Classics
Assistant Professor specializing in Hellenism focusing on Greek Literature (Susan Rotroff, Campus Box 1050)

Comparative Literature
Assistant Professor with joint appointment in Asian & Near Eastern Studies, English, Performing Arts, or Romance Languages and Literatures (Search Committee, Campus Box 1107)

Economics
Senior candidates and an Assistant Professor in any field, preference for candidates in applied economics (Search Committee, Campus Box 1208)

Education
Assistant Professor in the area of language with academic backgrounds in the psychology of language, reading, applied linguistics, sociolinguistics, social policy, or learning disabilities (Marilyn Broughton, Campus Box 1183)

English
Professor or Associate Professor in American literature and culture 1900-present (David Lawton, Campus Box 1122)

Film Studies
Senior candidate expected to take a leadership role. (Derek Hirst, Campus Box 1062)

History
Open search for an historian of slavery with a research focus on the Western Hemisphere, joint appointment in African and African American Studies (Search Committee, Campus Box 1062)

Performing Arts
Senior candidate in theatre studies, expected to take leadership role in 1 – 4 years (Derek Hirst, Campus Box 1062)

Philosophy
Open rank in philosophy of neuroscience or philosophy of psychology or philosophy of mind, joint appointment with Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology Program (Search Committee, Campus Box 1073)

Physics
Assistant Professor in Astro/Particle Physics Theory (aspsearch@wuphys.wustl.edu)

Political Science
Assistant Professor in American Politics. Open rank in Comparative Politics (Andrew Martin, Campus Box 1063)

Psychology
Open rank in Behavior Genetics (Randy J. Larsen, Campus Box 1125)

Romance Languages & Literatures
Assistant Professor in contemporary Latin American literary and cultural studies and an Assistant Professor in 19th Century Latin American literary and cultural studies (Elzbieta Sklodowska, Campus Box 1077)

Sociology
Open Urban Sociologist (Richard Smith, Campus Box 1114)