Naval Postgraduate School

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The Department of Defense Analysis at the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School invites applications from candidates for a tenure-track position. Above all, the department seeks a candidate who can apply the methodologies of his or her discipline in rigorous and innovative ways to the study of military and security affairs. Preference will be given for expertise in network analysis and design thinking (exemplified in the study of networks, organizations, or strategy).

Primary duties include: 1) instruction for the Defense Analysis Department, including courses that build on the department’s methodological expertise in design thinking, social network analysis, geospatial analysis, and ethnography; 2) research that supports the department’s two primary sponsors: US Special Operations Command and the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy; and 3) supervising thesis work by students called upon to address the complicated problems that US security personnel and their allies face in the 21st Century.

A completed Ph.D. is strongly preferred, and U.S. citizenship is required. Candidates in the final phases of completing their dissertations will also be considered. Salary is highly competitive and includes a generous locality allowance. The position will remain open until filled. The Naval Postgraduate School is an equal opportunity employer.