What are the responsibilities and job description for the Assistant Professor position at Arizona State University?
The School of Politics and Global Studies (SPGS) at Arizona State University (ASU) invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in International Relations and/or Comparative Politics, with a research focus on Taiwan, Taiwan-China relations, and the politics of East Asia. We welcome applicants whose research engages Taiwan–China relations and broader regional and geopolitical dynamics, including security, political economy, democratic governance, information environments, great-power competition in East Asia, and the domestic politics of Taiwan.
This position reflects the School’s strategic commitment to deepening expertise on Taiwan and East Asia and to advancing scholarship on one of the most consequential geopolitical relationships of our era. It will also reflect ASU’s commitment to the study of Taiwan via the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences’ new Taiwan Initiative (learn more at https://thecollege.asu.edu/taiwan-studies-initiative ). The successful candidate will join a collegial and interdisciplinary faculty and will have opportunities to collaborate across the University, including in the Asia Center and Melikian Center for Russian, Eurasian and East European Studies, both located in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. We welcome applications from scholars employing quantitative, qualitative, or mixed-methods approaches. Appointment will begin August 16, 2027.
About The School Of Politics And Global Studies
SPGS is one of the largest social science academic units at ASU, serving over 1,900 undergraduate majors and 550 graduate students pursuing many different career paths. In addition to our PhD in Political Science and multiple MA programs, SPGS offers six BA and BS degrees in the fields of Political Science, Global Studies, International Relations, and Politics and the Economy (learn more at https://spgs.asu.edu/degrees). Our faculty conduct cutting-edge research of public value on salient challenges facing the United States and the world and are recognized for their commitment to student mentorship and instructional excellence.
About The College Of Liberal Arts And Sciences
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is the academic heart of Arizona State University, committed to improving communities on a local, national, and global scale. We support the professional development and growth of our faculty and staff in their cutting-edge research to advance these aims. Within The College, our faculty engage with a large, curious student body, guiding them as they grow into socially aware, critical thinkers and writers able to succeed in a wide range of careers and to address the challenges of the twenty-first century. Advancing the success of our students remains our top priority. To learn more about The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, please visit https://thecollege.asu.edu.
About Arizona State University
ASU exemplifies a new prototype for the American public research university. As articulated in the ASU Charter, 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.
Essential Functions
This position reflects the School’s strategic commitment to deepening expertise on Taiwan and East Asia and to advancing scholarship on one of the most consequential geopolitical relationships of our era. It will also reflect ASU’s commitment to the study of Taiwan via the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences’ new Taiwan Initiative (learn more at https://thecollege.asu.edu/taiwan-studies-initiative ). The successful candidate will join a collegial and interdisciplinary faculty and will have opportunities to collaborate across the University, including in the Asia Center and Melikian Center for Russian, Eurasian and East European Studies, both located in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. We welcome applications from scholars employing quantitative, qualitative, or mixed-methods approaches. Appointment will begin August 16, 2027.
About The School Of Politics And Global Studies
SPGS is one of the largest social science academic units at ASU, serving over 1,900 undergraduate majors and 550 graduate students pursuing many different career paths. In addition to our PhD in Political Science and multiple MA programs, SPGS offers six BA and BS degrees in the fields of Political Science, Global Studies, International Relations, and Politics and the Economy (learn more at https://spgs.asu.edu/degrees). Our faculty conduct cutting-edge research of public value on salient challenges facing the United States and the world and are recognized for their commitment to student mentorship and instructional excellence.
About The College Of Liberal Arts And Sciences
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is the academic heart of Arizona State University, committed to improving communities on a local, national, and global scale. We support the professional development and growth of our faculty and staff in their cutting-edge research to advance these aims. Within The College, our faculty engage with a large, curious student body, guiding them as they grow into socially aware, critical thinkers and writers able to succeed in a wide range of careers and to address the challenges of the twenty-first century. Advancing the success of our students remains our top priority. To learn more about The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, please visit https://thecollege.asu.edu.
About Arizona State University
ASU exemplifies a new prototype for the American public research university. As articulated in the ASU Charter, 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.
Essential Functions
- Maintain an active and independent research agenda leading to publication in leading peer-reviewed journals and with premier academic presses
- Pursue external funding from federal agencies, foundations, and other sponsors as appropriate to the candidate’s research program
- Teach undergraduate and graduate courses in international relations and/or comparative politics, including courses on East Asian politics, Taiwan, and China, in both immersion and online settings
- Mentor and advise doctoral students, including serving on dissertation committees, and supervise undergraduate research
- Contribute to the intellectual life of the School through participation in workshops, colloquia, and public programming
- Participate in school, college, and university service, including committee work and community outreach
- A Ph.D. in Political Science, International Relations, Global Studies, or a closely related social-scientific field from a regionally accredited university by the time of appointment
- A demonstrated research focus on Taiwan and/or Taiwan–China relations and the politics of East Asia
- Demonstrated potential for excellence in research, including publication in peer-reviewed outlets
- Demonstrated potential for excellence in teaching
- A record of publication in leading peer-reviewed journals or an advanced book project with a major academic press
- Research proficiency in Mandarin Chinese and demonstrated capacity for fieldwork or primary-source research in Taiwan and/or the region
- Evidence in success or clear potential in securing external research funding
- Experience teaching courses on East Asian politics
- Demonstrated commitment to working with faculty, staff, students, and communities to advance the principles of the ASU Charter