About this role
Job Summary
Air University's Air Command and Staff College seeks qualified applicants for Professor of Military and Security Studies, concentrating in Joint All-Domain war fighting operations & Strategies, Leadership, with the opportunity to concentrate in joint all domain warfighting operations & strategies, leadership, or military campaigning. Expertise in economics, security studies, related disciplines, emerging technologies, or AI/data science is preferred.
Qualifications
- Successful applicants will be mission-motivated, with a growth mindset and willingness to broaden their academic skillset, and be able to demonstrate: -Knowledge of educational requirements, instructional methods, evaluation methods and procedures, and multidisciplinary teaching. -Knowledge of contemporary debates within security studies and their relevance to airpower employment, warfighting, and force development.
- Knowledge of a variety of research methods, ability to conduct and lead research, and ability to demonstrate its relevance to contemporary National Security issues.
- Ability to effectively lead a team to design, develop, execute, and evaluate course material aligned with program outcomes.
- Ability to develop curriculum and present the material to senior leadership.
- Skilled in employing a variety of instructional modalities and in teaching across disciplines.
- Skilled in written and oral communication to brief and/or lecture a wide variety of civilian and military audiences to include Air Force and DoW Agencies.
Major Duties
- The Air Command and Staff College provides a dynamic and evolving academic environment for teaching and research.
- Students in residence at ACSC are mid-career military officers and civil servants preparing to assume increased operational and strategic responsibilities across the world.
- Primary instructor responsibilities will include teaching, developing curriculum, and developing interdisciplinary expertise, to include knowledge of warfighting strategy and operations; teaching electives in the applicant's area(s) of specialization; grading student work; advising student research; conducting research and outreach of value to the airpower and security communities of interest; and service to the institution.
- Teaching duties approximate at 2/2 teaching load per academic year.
- Seminar size is approximately 12-14 students.
- The Air Command and Staff College contains a multi-disciplined faculty of security studies experts engaged in rigorous research on critical issues in contemporary security debates.
- It is a leading contributor of national security and airpower thought across the U.S. Government, and highly encourages policy-relevant scholarship from its faculty.
- Candidates will be expected to: engage in professional research and writing in areas of expertise and/or areas of governmental need; integrate research into graduate-level curriculum; actively seek publication of book manuscripts as well as scholarly works such as articles, monographs, and book reviews for publication in peer-reviewed scholarly journals, professional journals, and other outlets; and present results of research at appropriate conferences and symposia.
- Service responsibilities include: course leadership and curriculum development; committee assignment to fill departmental and institutional needs; and service as a subject matter expert to ACSC, Air University, the U.S. Air Force, and the Department of War on topics related to the applicant's area(s) of expertise.
- Conducts outreach and academic service to scholarly discipline, regional/thematic professional associations and/or other higher education communities of interest/practice.
- Advises students in support of their research efforts and ensures advice or feedback is given in a timely manner and reflects sound understanding of research principles and subject matter discipline.
- Sponsors or supports appropriate dissemination of student research in briefings, presentations, scholarly journals or commercial and government publications.
- Provides subject matter expert's input on policies, regulations, plans, and other taskers.