Position Announcement West Virginia University Extension Service Extension Specialist Institute for Labor Studies and Research Extension Assistant/Associate Professor – Public Policy and Political Education Morgantown, WV Application reviews will begin May 15, 2012 and continue until the position is filled. Brief Description The Institute for Labor Studies and Research (ILSR) at West Virginia University has an opening for an individual who will be responsible for conducting public policy and political education research; developing, coordinating, and teaching policy and political education as well as general labor education programs for the labor movement; and providing service to labor organizations, union members and other clients. ILSR is a program unit of the Center for Community Economic and Workforce Development, part of the Extension Service. ILSR’s mission is “to support and strengthen the trade union movement, to improve labor-management relations, to promote social justice within unions, and to enhance labor’s role in the community.” This mission is “accomplished by providing university-quality programs of teaching, research, and service for labor organizations at the local, state, regional, and national levels.” The successful candidate will be expected to take an active role in all ILSR initiatives and to work collaboratively with other ILSR faculty to fulfill the unit’s research, teaching and service obligations. The position will report to the Program Leader of ILSR. For more information, see attachment