Academic Job Opportunities
A listing of academic jobs, postdoctoral fellowships, and other opportunities for career development in academia.
The Jack Miller Center supports the professional development of our fellows and other members of our academic network. This section provides current academic opportunities for both young scholars beginning their academic careers and established professors.
Academic Positions
Professorships, both tenure and non-tenure track, as well as directorships, deanships, university presidencies, and more.
- Associate Director of the Salmon P. Chase Center for Civics, Culture, and Society at The Ohio State University – Application deadline: October 9, 2026
- Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Post-1945 U.S. History at Providence College – Application deadline: October 9, 2026
- Tenured/Tenure-Track Open Rank Professorships in the Salmon P. Chase Center for Civics, Culture, and Society at The Ohio State University – Application deadline: October 9, 2026
- Executive Director of the Graduate Student Intellectual Diversity Initiative at Johns Hopkins University – Review of applications begins October 15, 2026
- Tenured Associate/Full Professor in the History of Political Thought at Stanford University – Application deadline: October 15, 2026
- Tenure-Track Open Rank Professor in the School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership at Arizona State University – Review of applications begins October 16, 2026
- Instructor of American Constitutional Thought in the School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership at Arizona State University – Review of applications begins October 19, 2026
- Assistant/Associate Teaching Professor of American Constitutional Thought in the School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership at Arizona State University – Review of applications begins October 22, 2026
- Visiting Scholar of Civic Thought in the Salmon P. Chase Center for Civics, Culture, and Society at The Ohio State University – Application deadline: October 26, 2026
- Assistant Professor of History at Ave Maria University – Review of applications begins November 1, 2026
- Associate/Full Professor of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame – Review of applications will begin November 1, 2026
- William F. May Endowed Director of the Cary M. Maguire Center for Ethics and Public Responsibility at Southern Methodist University – Review of applications begins November 1, 2026
- Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in History of the Early American Republic in the Center for American Civic Leadership and Public Discourse at the University of South Carolina – Review of applications begins November 2, 2026
- Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Political Science at Sweet Briar College – Review of applications begins November 2, 2026
- Open Rank Faculty Positions in the Institute of American Constitutional Thought & Leadership at the University of Toledo – For priority consideration, apply by November 13, 2026
- Dean of the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Texas at Austin – Applications will be accpeted until the position is filled
- Lecturer in Political Theory and American Politics at the University of North Texas – Applications will be accepted until the position is filled
- Liberty Lab Director in the Institute for Governance and Civics at Florida State University – Applications will be accepted until the position is filled
- Open Rank Research Faculty in the Institute for Governance and Civics at Florida State University – Applications will be accepted until all positions are filled
- Open Rank Teaching Faculty in the Institute for Governance and Civics at Florida State University – Applications will be accepted until all positions are filled
- Sanders Chair in Law and Liberty and Director of the Institute for the American Constitutional Heritage at the University of Oklahoma – Applications will be accepted until the position is filled
- Tenured Professor in Political Theory at Harvard University – Applications will be accepted until the position is filled
- Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in American Politics at Aquinas College – Applications will be accepted until the position is filled
- Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Education Policy at the University of Arkansas – Applications will be reviewed until the position is filled
- Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame – Applications will be accepted until the position is filled
- Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Political Science at Sam Houston State University – Applications will be accepted until the position is filled
- Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Political Science at Towson University – Applications will be accepted until the position is filled
- Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison – Applications will be accepted until the position is filled
- Tenure-Track Open Rank Professor of Classical Liberal Thought and Assistant Director of the Tocqueville Center at Furman University – Applications will be accepted until the position is filled
- Tenure-Track Open Rank Professor in the Institute of American Civics at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville – Applications will be accepted until the position is filled
- Tenure-Track/Tenured Humanities Faculty in the Center for Humanities at the University of Texas at Austin – Applications will be accepted until the positions are filled
- Tenure-Track/Tenured Open Rank Faculty Positions in American Government, History, Literature, and Law in the Hamilton School at the University of Florida – Applications will be acepted until all positions are filled
- Tenure-Track/Tenured Open Rank Faculty Positions in American History in the School of Civic Leadership at the University of Texas at Austin – Applications will be accepted until all positions are filled
- Tyler Haynes Professor of Leadership Studies in the Jepson School at the University of Richmond – Applications will be accepted until the position is filled
- Visiting Scholar in Conservative Thought and Policy in the Benson Center at the University of Colorado Boulder – Applications will be accepted until the position is filled
Calls for proposals
Apply for conference opportunities, paper workshops, academic writing opportunities, and more.
- Call for Papers: 2027 New England Political Science Association Annual Meeting – Submission deadline: December 4, 2026
- Call for Proposals: ACTC Annual Conference – “Faring the Strange Ways: Core Texts and Odysseys Past and Future” – Submission deadline: January 15, 2027
- Call for Submissions at Front Porch Republic – Accepted on a rolling basis
- Call for Submissions at Providence Magazine – Accepted on a rolling basis
Fellowship opportunities
Sabbatical fellowships, postdoctoral fellowships, research fellowships, and more.
- Postdoctoral Fellowship in Democratic Deliberation at Hope College – Application deadline: October 1, 2026
- Postdoctoral Associate in the Program on Freedom and Free Societies at Cornell University – Application deadline: October 16, 2026
- Postdoctoral Research Associate in the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions at Princeton University – For priority consideration, apply by December 4, 2026
- Visiting Fellow in the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions at Princeton University – For priority consideration, apply by December 4, 2026
- Graduate Fellowships at the American Institute for Economic Research – Accepted on a rolling basis year-round
- Harwood Visiting Research Fellowships at the American Institute for Economic Research – Reviewed quarterly: January 15, April 1, July 1, and September 1
- John Jay Fellows Program for Young College Graduates – Applications reviewed throughout year for upcoming terms
- Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Center for Revitalizing American Institutions at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University – Applications will be accepted until the position is filled
- Postdoctoral Fellowship in History in the Kinder Institute at the University of Missouri – Applications will be accepted until the position is filled
- Postdoctoral Fellowship in Political Science in the Kinder Institute at the University of Missouri – Applications will be accepted until the position is filled
- Postdoctoral Fellowships in the Hamilton School for Classical and Civic Education at the University of Florida – Applications will be accepted until the positions are filled
- Royal Historical Society Fellowships – Applications accepted on a rolling basis throughout the year and reviewed periodically
- Short-Term Visiting Research Fellowships at the American Institute for Economic Research – Applications accepted on a rolling basis
- Visiting Researcher in the Benson Center at the University of Colorado Boulder – Applications will be accepted until the position is filled
Other opportunities
Book prizes, student opportunities, university administrative jobs, internships, and more.
- Director, National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities – Application deadline: October 2, 2026
- Call for Conference Attendees: “Turning 250: The View from the Midwest” – Registration deadline: October 9, 2026
- Call for Applications: 2027 Roots of American Order Faculty Seminar with Pepperdine’s School of Public Policy – Application deadline: November 2, 2026
- Call for Nominations: 2027 Catherine and Michael Zuckert Book Award – Nomination deadline: January 22, 2027
- Call for Applications: Huygens Master’s Program in Liberal Arts with the Pascal Institute and St. John’s College – Program begins in March 2027
- National Endowment for the Humanities Peer Reviewers – Applications accepted on a rolling basis
- Paid Student Internships at the Bipartisan Policy Center – Applications accepted on a rolling basis