Academic Unit Head – Justice Studies (JMU Only)
for sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and
for prose. Do NOT repeat job title as heading. Do NOT put Job ID/requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into short
or drop it. Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. IMPORTANT: include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it — never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g. "commensurate with experience", "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD") and never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones.
We need to parse the posting for substantive content.
Let's extract:
- Opening date: Sep 17 2026
- Closing date: Oct 17 2026
- Working Title: Academic Unit Head – Justice Studies (JMU Only)
- State Role Title: N/A (skip)
- Position Type: Instructional / Teaching Faculty
- Position Status: Full-Time
- FLSA Status: Exempt: Not Eligible for Overtime
- College/Division: College of Arts and Letters
- Department: 100516 - Justice Studies
- Pay Band: N/A
- Pay Rate: Commensurate with Experience (this is placeholder, we should not create Pay section because it's not specific)
- Is this a JMU only position? Yes. This is a JMU only recruitment, only current JMU employees are eligible to apply.
- Is this a grant-funded position? No
- Is this a Conflict of Interest designated position? No
- Beginning Review Date: 10/18/2026
- About JMU Mission etc: This is general info about JMU. Might be considered "About the role"? Actually "About JMU Mission" is generic about the university. Could be considered "About the role"? The instruction: Use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we can have "About the role" section containing description of the position, department, etc. The "General Information" section includes description of department and role.
- Duties And Responsibilities: a paragraph describing duties.
- Qualifications: bullet list of qualifications.
- Additional Posting Information: application instructions (cover letter, CV, vision statement, references, contact). Those are application instructions; we should remove application instructions per instruction: "Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions." So we should remove the Additional Posting Information (application instructions). Also remove Conditions Of Employment, EEO Statement, Reasonable Accommodation etc (these are legal/EEO boilerplate). Also remove JMU's Dual Career and Community Resources Program mention? That's maybe a benefit? It's a resource for relocation; could be considered a benefit? But it's more like a resource. The instruction says include Benefits section only if posting actually states them. It mentions "JMU’s Dual Career and Community Resources Program is available for candidates that will be relocating to the area." That is a benefit. So we could include a Benefits section with that item. However we need to check if it's substantive. It's a specific benefit. So we can include Benefits section with that.
- Also "Beginning Review Date: 10/18/2026" is metadata; could be placed in a short
maybe under About the role or separate? The instruction: do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it. So we can include a short paragraph with metadata like Opening/Closing dates, Beginning Review Date, etc. But we need to decide where to place. Perhaps after About the role we can have a
with that info.
- Pay Rate: "Commencement with Experience" is placeholder; we should not create Pay section because it's not specific.
- Schedule: Not specified; no schedule info; do not create Schedule section.
- Benefits: we have the Dual Career and Community Resources Program. Also maybe other benefits not listed. So we can create Benefits section with that.
- Skills: Not explicitly listed; maybe we could infer from qualifications but better not to create Skills unless explicit. The instruction: prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So we can combine Qualifications and Skills? But they ask to use headings for Skills if present. Since not explicit, we skip Skills.
- Requirements: Could be similar to Qualifications. The posting has "Qualifications" section with bullet list. We could treat that as Qualifications. Requirements maybe not separate. We could omit Requirements heading if not present.
- About the role: we can include description from General Information and maybe the mission/vision etc. But we need to avoid boilerplate like mission/vision? The instruction says remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. The mission/vision is not exactly boilerplate but it's generic about JMU. Might be considered part of "About the role"? It's about the university, not the role. Might be okay to include as part of About the role. However we need to preserve ALL substantive information; mission/vision is substantive about JMU but maybe not needed for the role. The instruction says preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. So we should keep the mission/vision etc if it's in the posting. But we can place it under About the role.
- However we need to avoid duplication: The posting includes "About JMU Mission", "Vision", "Who We Are", "General Information". We'll combine into About the role.
- Also we have "The Department of Justice Studies at James Madison University invites applications for the position of Academic Unit Head (AUH) to begin July 1st, 2027. The position is a 12-month tenured faculty appointment at the rank of Associate Professor or Full Professor with a teaching load of 1-1." That's substantive.
- Also "The department has 13 full-time faculty members engaged in diverse research programs across numerous disciplines." etc.
- Also "The department is part of JMU’s College of Arts and Letters, which enrolls more than 3,100 undergraduate majors and about 150 graduate students across ten academic units." etc.
- Also "Home to several interdisciplinary centers and institutes, the college embraces the teacher-scholar model and encourages excellent applicants within our particular disciplines, as well as scholars and teachers eager to work across them."
- Duties And Responsibilities: paragraph.
- Qualifications: bullet list.
- Additional Posting Information (application instructions) to be removed.
- Conditions Of Employment etc to be removed.
- EEO Statement etc to be removed.
- Reasonable Accommodation etc to be removed.
- JMU’s Dual Career and Community Resources Program is a benefit.
Thus final HTML:
About the role
... (combined description)
Maybe also a for metadata: Opening/Closing dates, Beginning Review Date, JMU only, etc.
But we need to decide if we should include a separate section for metadata. The instruction says fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it. So we can include a short
after About the role containing: Opening: Sep 17 2026; Closing: Oct 17 2026; Beginning Review Date: 10/18/2026; JMU only position (current JMU employees eligible); Full-Time; Exempt; College of Arts and Letters; Department of Justice Studies.
We should not repeat job title as heading.
We should not include Pay/Benefits/Schedule unless specific. Benefits we have.
Thus:
About the role
[description]
Key dates: Opening Sep 17 2026, Closing Oct 17 2026, Beginning Review Date 10/18/2026. Position: Full‑Time, Exempt, Instructional / Teaching Faculty. Eligibility: JMU only (current JMU employees). College/Department: College of Arts and Letters, Department of Justice Studies (100516).
Then Responsibilities
with - ... maybe we can turn the duties paragraph into list items? The paragraph is a block of prose; we could keep as
but instruction says use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. The duties paragraph is not a list; it's prose. So we can keep as
. However we could split into multiple sentences as list items? But better to keep as
because it's not a list. The instruction: "Use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and
for prose." So if it's prose, use
. So we keep duties as
.
Similarly Qualifications: they are a list; we should use
- .
Benefits: we have a single item; could be
- or
. Since it's a benefit, we can use
- .
Thus final HTML:
About the role
... combined description ...
Key dates: Opening Sep 17 2026, Closing Oct 17 2026, Beginning Review Date 10/18/2026. Position: Full‑Time, Exempt, Instructional / Teaching Faculty. Eligibility: JMU only (current JMU employees). College/Department: College of Arts and Letters, Department of Justice Studies (100516).
Responsibilities
The AUH should bring a broad understanding and appreciation for the scholarly interests of our faculty, which is reflected in our diverse research programs, teaching styles and formats, and service activities. The ideal applicant should also understand national trends that will shape the future of higher education. In light of recent national trends, we seek an AUH committed to supporting our department’s mission of providing our undergraduate majors and minors with theoretical and practical skills via the innovative integration of teaching, research, and service. We are a community committed to collegiality and justice. We seek a faculty advocate who is a collaborative and dynamic colleague with a strong and continuing record of research and teaching experience consistent with appointment at the level of advanced Associate or Full Professor at an R2 institution.
But we need to preserve all substantive information from Duties And Responsibilities section. Let's extract that paragraph exactly:
"We are a community committed to collegiality and justice. We seek a faculty advocate who is a collaborative and dynamic colleague with a strong and continuing record of research and teaching experience consistent with appointment at the level of advanced Associate or Full Professor at an R2 institution. The AUH should bring a broad understanding and appreciation for the scholarly interests of our faculty, which is reflected in our diverse research programs, teaching styles and formats, and service activities. The ideal applicant should also understand national trends that will shape the future of higher education. In light of recent national trends, we seek an AUH committed to supporting our department’s mission of providing our undergraduate majors and minors with theoretical and practical skills via the innovative integration of teaching, research, and service."
We should keep that as is.
Now Qualifications
for prose. Do NOT repeat job title as heading. Do NOT put Job ID/requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into short
or drop it. Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. IMPORTANT: include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it — never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g. "commensurate with experience", "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD") and never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. We need to parse the posting for substantive content. Let's extract: - Opening date: Sep 17 2026 - Closing date: Oct 17 2026 - Working Title: Academic Unit Head – Justice Studies (JMU Only) - State Role Title: N/A (skip) - Position Type: Instructional / Teaching Faculty - Position Status: Full-Time - FLSA Status: Exempt: Not Eligible for Overtime - College/Division: College of Arts and Letters - Department: 100516 - Justice Studies - Pay Band: N/A - Pay Rate: Commensurate with Experience (this is placeholder, we should not create Pay section because it's not specific) - Is this a JMU only position? Yes. This is a JMU only recruitment, only current JMU employees are eligible to apply. - Is this a grant-funded position? No - Is this a Conflict of Interest designated position? No - Beginning Review Date: 10/18/2026 - About JMU Mission etc: This is general info about JMU. Might be considered "About the role"? Actually "About JMU Mission" is generic about the university. Could be considered "About the role"? The instruction: Use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we can have "About the role" section containing description of the position, department, etc. The "General Information" section includes description of department and role. - Duties And Responsibilities: a paragraph describing duties. - Qualifications: bullet list of qualifications. - Additional Posting Information: application instructions (cover letter, CV, vision statement, references, contact). Those are application instructions; we should remove application instructions per instruction: "Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions." So we should remove the Additional Posting Information (application instructions). Also remove Conditions Of Employment, EEO Statement, Reasonable Accommodation etc (these are legal/EEO boilerplate). Also remove JMU's Dual Career and Community Resources Program mention? That's maybe a benefit? It's a resource for relocation; could be considered a benefit? But it's more like a resource. The instruction says include Benefits section only if posting actually states them. It mentions "JMU’s Dual Career and Community Resources Program is available for candidates that will be relocating to the area." That is a benefit. So we could include a Benefits section with that item. However we need to check if it's substantive. It's a specific benefit. So we can include Benefits section with that. - Also "Beginning Review Date: 10/18/2026" is metadata; could be placed in a short
maybe under About the role or separate? The instruction: do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it. So we can include a short paragraph with metadata like Opening/Closing dates, Beginning Review Date, etc. But we need to decide where to place. Perhaps after About the role we can have a
with that info. - Pay Rate: "Commencement with Experience" is placeholder; we should not create Pay section because it's not specific. - Schedule: Not specified; no schedule info; do not create Schedule section. - Benefits: we have the Dual Career and Community Resources Program. Also maybe other benefits not listed. So we can create Benefits section with that. - Skills: Not explicitly listed; maybe we could infer from qualifications but better not to create Skills unless explicit. The instruction: prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So we can combine Qualifications and Skills? But they ask to use headings for Skills if present. Since not explicit, we skip Skills. - Requirements: Could be similar to Qualifications. The posting has "Qualifications" section with bullet list. We could treat that as Qualifications. Requirements maybe not separate. We could omit Requirements heading if not present. - About the role: we can include description from General Information and maybe the mission/vision etc. But we need to avoid boilerplate like mission/vision? The instruction says remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. The mission/vision is not exactly boilerplate but it's generic about JMU. Might be considered part of "About the role"? It's about the university, not the role. Might be okay to include as part of About the role. However we need to preserve ALL substantive information; mission/vision is substantive about JMU but maybe not needed for the role. The instruction says preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. So we should keep the mission/vision etc if it's in the posting. But we can place it under About the role. - However we need to avoid duplication: The posting includes "About JMU Mission", "Vision", "Who We Are", "General Information". We'll combine into About the role. - Also we have "The Department of Justice Studies at James Madison University invites applications for the position of Academic Unit Head (AUH) to begin July 1st, 2027. The position is a 12-month tenured faculty appointment at the rank of Associate Professor or Full Professor with a teaching load of 1-1." That's substantive. - Also "The department has 13 full-time faculty members engaged in diverse research programs across numerous disciplines." etc. - Also "The department is part of JMU’s College of Arts and Letters, which enrolls more than 3,100 undergraduate majors and about 150 graduate students across ten academic units." etc. - Also "Home to several interdisciplinary centers and institutes, the college embraces the teacher-scholar model and encourages excellent applicants within our particular disciplines, as well as scholars and teachers eager to work across them." - Duties And Responsibilities: paragraph. - Qualifications: bullet list. - Additional Posting Information (application instructions) to be removed. - Conditions Of Employment etc to be removed. - EEO Statement etc to be removed. - Reasonable Accommodation etc to be removed. - JMU’s Dual Career and Community Resources Program is a benefit. Thus final HTML:
About the role
... (combined description)
Maybe also afor metadata: Opening/Closing dates, Beginning Review Date, JMU only, etc. But we need to decide if we should include a separate section for metadata. The instruction says fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it. So we can include a short
after About the role containing: Opening: Sep 17 2026; Closing: Oct 17 2026; Beginning Review Date: 10/18/2026; JMU only position (current JMU employees eligible); Full-Time; Exempt; College of Arts and Letters; Department of Justice Studies. We should not repeat job title as heading. We should not include Pay/Benefits/Schedule unless specific. Benefits we have. Thus:
About the role
[description]
Key dates: Opening Sep 17 2026, Closing Oct 17 2026, Beginning Review Date 10/18/2026. Position: Full‑Time, Exempt, Instructional / Teaching Faculty. Eligibility: JMU only (current JMU employees). College/Department: College of Arts and Letters, Department of Justice Studies (100516).
ThenResponsibilities
with- ... maybe we can turn the duties paragraph into list items? The paragraph is a block of prose; we could keep as
but instruction says use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. The duties paragraph is not a list; it's prose. So we can keep as
. However we could split into multiple sentences as list items? But better to keep as
because it's not a list. The instruction: "Use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and
for prose." So if it's prose, use
. So we keep duties as
. Similarly Qualifications: they are a list; we should use
- .
Benefits: we have a single item; could be
- or
. Since it's a benefit, we can use
- .
Thus final HTML:
About the role
... combined description ...
Key dates: Opening Sep 17 2026, Closing Oct 17 2026, Beginning Review Date 10/18/2026. Position: Full‑Time, Exempt, Instructional / Teaching Faculty. Eligibility: JMU only (current JMU employees). College/Department: College of Arts and Letters, Department of Justice Studies (100516).
Responsibilities
The AUH should bring a broad understanding and appreciation for the scholarly interests of our faculty, which is reflected in our diverse research programs, teaching styles and formats, and service activities. The ideal applicant should also understand national trends that will shape the future of higher education. In light of recent national trends, we seek an AUH committed to supporting our department’s mission of providing our undergraduate majors and minors with theoretical and practical skills via the innovative integration of teaching, research, and service. We are a community committed to collegiality and justice. We seek a faculty advocate who is a collaborative and dynamic colleague with a strong and continuing record of research and teaching experience consistent with appointment at the level of advanced Associate or Full Professor at an R2 institution.
But we need to preserve all substantive information from Duties And Responsibilities section. Let's extract that paragraph exactly: "We are a community committed to collegiality and justice. We seek a faculty advocate who is a collaborative and dynamic colleague with a strong and continuing record of research and teaching experience consistent with appointment at the level of advanced Associate or Full Professor at an R2 institution. The AUH should bring a broad understanding and appreciation for the scholarly interests of our faculty, which is reflected in our diverse research programs, teaching styles and formats, and service activities. The ideal applicant should also understand national trends that will shape the future of higher education. In light of recent national trends, we seek an AUH committed to supporting our department’s mission of providing our undergraduate majors and minors with theoretical and practical skills via the innovative integration of teaching, research, and service." We should keep that as is. Now Qualifications
- .
Thus final HTML:
- or
- .
Benefits: we have a single item; could be
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. The duties paragraph is not a list; it's prose. So we can keep as