Professor of Public Policy

About the role

The Maverick Lloyd School for the Environment at Vermont Law and Graduate School invites applications for an open rank tenure‑track appointment in Public Policy with a focus on environmental policy. The position is open rank (Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor) with rank commensurate with qualifications and experience; expected start date is August 2027. VLGS is nationally renowned for its environmental programs and is consistently rated one of the top environmental law programs in the United States. The school offers masters’ degrees in climate and environmental policy, energy regulation and law, and public policy, with policy specialties in animal protection, clean energy, and food and agriculture, as well as a transnational environmental policy track and a justice reform policy track.

Responsibilities

• Teach 4 courses per year in the Master of Public Policy (MPP) program and related graduate degrees, including core courses such as Introduction to Public Policy, Policy Design, Research Methods, and the two‑semester Capstone Project sequence, plus electives in the candidate’s area of expertise.
• Deliver courses residentially and online over a 12‑month curriculum.
• Contribute to curriculum development, faculty governance, and collaboration with VLGS institutes and centers (Center for Agriculture and Food Systems, Animal Law and Policy Institute, Institute for Energy and the Environment, U.S.-Asia Partnerships for Environmental Law).
• Engage directly with policymakers, practitioners, and community organizations whose work the programs serve.
• Participate in scholarship and service appropriate to the rank sought.

Qualifications

• Ph.D. by the time of appointment.
• Demonstrated expertise in environmental public policy, with scholarship or applied work spanning more than one substantive policy domain.
• Capacity to teach foundational graduate policy courses to students from a wide range of academic and professional backgrounds.
• A record of scholarship appropriate to the rank sought.
• Facility with quantitative analysis and empirical methods is desired but not required.
• Experience teaching in online or hybrid formats.
• Applied professional experience in government, advocacy, industry, or community organizations working on environmental, food systems, animal protection, or energy issues (preferred).
• A record of collaboration across disciplines and with external partners (preferred).
• International professional or academic experience (preferred).
• Strong communication skills across audiences, from academic peers to legislators to the public (preferred).

Pay

$90,000‑$155,000 — salary commensurate with rank, qualifications, and experience.