Department Chair

🇺🇸 Charlotte, NC

🕑 Full-Time

💰 TBD

💻 Operations

🗓️ November 24th, 2025

Edtech.com's Summary

The University of North Carolina at Charlotte is hiring a Department Chair for the Department of Philosophy. The Chair will lead daily operations, promote excellence in academic programs, provide leadership and mentorship to faculty, and coordinate teaching and research activities while fostering collaboration across university units and advancing the department's engagement mission.

Highlights

Lead daily operation and administration of the Department of Philosophy.
Promote academic excellence and coordinate undergraduate and graduate education programs.
Provide leadership, mentoring, and administrative expertise to faculty.
Facilitate faculty research efforts, including encouraging external grant support.
Require a terminal degree (PhD) in Philosophy or related discipline with tenured rank at UNC Charlotte.
Desirable qualifications include prior administrative experience and interdisciplinary collaboration skills.
Department offers majors, minors, graduate certificate in Applied Ethics, and M.A. in Ethics and Applied Philosophy with Research and Data Ethics concentration.
Close affiliation with UNC Charlotte's Center for Professional and Applied Ethics.
Position is a 12-month, full-time appointment starting July 1, 2026, with competitive salary.
Open only to current UNC Charlotte employees; candidate must pass a criminal background check and provide official transcripts.