Academic Unit Head for the Department of Psychology in Harrisonburg

James Madison University (JMU) invites applications for the position of Academic Unit Head for the Department of Psychology in the College of Health and Behavioral Studies (CHBS). We seek a visionary leader who emphasizes a commitment to undergraduate education including active collaboration with faculty and staff. The successful candidate will provide leadership for the JMU Department of Psychology and participate in leadership of CHBS as a member of its Leadership Council. We are an R2 institution with a strong teaching focus and productive research labs. CHBS is committed to shaping a forward-thinking and dynamic environment by refining policies, practices, and processes that strengthen our community, drive real-world advancement, and maintain spaces conducive to individual and collective growth. Through education, scholarship, and service, individuals are inspired to make responsible and meaningful contributions to the college, campus, local community, and broader world. Join us in fostering collaboration and innovation as we grow a dynamic college that embodies an atmosphere of belonging, champions excellence, and shares a sense of purpose. James Madison University is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering a thriving environment where a wide range of perspectives are embraced, and fairness is upheld. The Department of Psychology is a thriving and supportive academic unit with 29 full-time faculty members and 1200 undergraduate majors. The department provides significant contributions to the General Education Program and we co-direct the Psychological Sciences master’s degree program with the Department of Graduate Psychology. The mission of the Department of Psychology is “to educate students in, and contribute to, the science of psychology.” To this end, the department offers a wide variety of innovative learning opportunities, including working on student-centered research projects.

Lecturer - Department of Computer Information Systems & Business Analytics (CIS & BSAN) in Harrisonburg

The James Madison University College of Business is seeking applicants for a Lecturer in the Department of Computer Information Systems & Business Analytics (CIS & BSAN) beginning Fall 2026. The position is a renewable term appointment (RTA). The teaching load for this position is 12 credit hours per semester (4/4). This is a full-time benefits-eligible, non-tenure track appointment. About the Department: The Department of CIS & BSAN is an academic unit of the College of Business and has 25 full-time faculty members, over 600 CIS majors in 3 concentrations (Information Systems, Business Analytics, and Information and Cybersecurity Management), 80 CIS minors, and over 50 BSAN minors and growing. In addition, the department supports the college by providing core business classes in information systems, quantitative methods, business statistics, and operations management. The department places a primary emphasis on its undergraduate programs that include hands-on projects, laboratory exercises, case analyses, and engaging classroom experiences designed to prepare graduates to work independently and in team-oriented environments. The CIS program is accredited by ABET making the department one of only 10 CIS programs in the nation accredited by both the AACSB and ABET. In addition to high involvement in undergraduate education, departmental faculty members maintain strong connections with the consulting industry and interact regularly with members of the department’s advisory board. About the College: The AACSB-accredited College of Business includes nationally ranked undergraduate and graduate programs. The college includes the Center for Entrepreneurship, Center for Professional Selling, Capital Markets Lab, and Madison Consulting. Our very successful alumni hold C-suite positions at major corporations. The college has approximately 5,300 students in its AACSB programs and is highly regarded across the JMU campus community.

Head, Department of Engineering in Harrisonburg

The Department of Engineering at James Madison University (JMU) invites applicants to join our community and support our project-intensive undergraduate engineering curriculum. We are seeking to hire an Academic Unit Head to start in July 2026. The Head of the Department is responsible for the academic unit’s program administration and strategic leadership, and reports to the Dean of the College of Integrated Science and Engineering. This position is a 12-month, tenured or tenure-track faculty appointment at the rank of Full Professor or Associate Professor. The JMU Department of Engineering is a community of educators who support each other in achieving broad success in teaching, scholarship, and service. The department offers an ABET-accredited BS degree in engineering with new concentrations in civil and environmental, geo-environmental, and electromechanical systems. Anchored in the liberal arts through the university’s general education program, JMU’s engineering major is characterized by experiential learning of engineering in team-based settings, and the major culminates in a two-year-long engineering project experience. The department currently has fifteen full-time faculty members representing multiple engineering disciplines, seven support staff, and approximately 750 students. Its strengths include dedicated faculty and staff, an engaged and invested student body and alumni, strong administrative and lab support, and well-equipped laboratories and design studios. JMU prizes collaboration among departments and provides unique opportunities for interdisciplinary, team-based teaching and scholarship, with a strong focus on undergraduate research opportunities. More information about the department and undergraduate engineering curriculum may be found at https://www.jmu.edu/cise/engineering/index.shtml.

Tenure-Track Assistant Professor: Physical Geography in Harrisonburg

We invite applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Physical Geography within the School of Integrated Sciences (SIS) and its thriving Geography program starting August 2026. SIS supports innovative and dynamic academic careers for 40 faculty rooted in our constituent undergraduate programs--Geography, Integrated Science and Technology (ISAT), and Intelligence Analysis--along with growing graduate programs. SIS is a vibrant, welcoming, and supportive culture embracing innovation, collaboration, and student engagement. We prioritize the integration of teaching and research through cross-disciplinary collaboration. Our leadership is characterized by transparency and fairness. For more information about our School and its programs, please visit: www.jmu.edu/cise/sis This position focuses on the physical geography curricular needs of the Geography program within SIS. This is a compelling area for leadership in the discipline and our own school: We are an academic community that prioritizes imaginative, boundary-crossing geographical scholarship, often with a problem-centric focus. We integrate science, technology, and the human dimension into engagement with critical environmental challenges. Recognized with the national AAG Award for Bachelor Program Excellence, our Geography Program within SIS serves around 200 majors and 90 minors. Students value our core strengths across the discipline in physical, human, and nature-society geography along with geospatial technologies. Our well-resourced labs support faculty research, and students gaining expertise in physical geographical techniques as well as the latest geospatial tools. Geography faculty are committed to bringing diverse and externally supported work to the classroom and beyond. Current foci include urban climatology, land cover change, remote sensing, infrastructure geopolitics, humanitarian applications of geospatial technology, and more, with both global and local applications.

Assistant Professor of English: Creative Writing Poetry in Harrisonburg

Closes:Nov 21 2025

The Department of English at James Madison University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professorship in Creative Writing Poetry, to begin August 2026. The Department offers a B.A. and an M.A. in English and contributes to the university’s General Education program. English houses the University’s thriving Creative Writing minor, and our faculty teach in many interdisciplinary minors, including African, African American and Diaspora Studies; Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies; Queer Studies; Disability Studies; Environmental Humanities; Digital Humanities; Film Studies; Latin American, Latinx, and Caribbean Studies; and World Literature. The College of Arts and Letters, in which the Department of English is located, enrolls over 3100 undergraduate majors and about 150 graduate students across ten academic units in the humanities, social sciences, and communication studies. Home to several interdisciplinary centers and institutes, the College employs 270 full-time faculty. We embrace the teacher-scholar model, and encourage excellent applicants within our particular disciplines, as well as scholars and teachers eager to work across them.