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Sandoz's teaching career began at [[Louisiana Tech University]] in [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]] under the president [[F. Jay Taylor]]. He soon left that institution for what is now Texas A&M University - Commerce in Commerce in northeast [[Texas]]. He settled at LSU, where he taught for thirty-five years and was the Hermann Moyse Distinguished Professor of Political Science. He was recognized for his scholarship in [[Canada]], [[Norway]], [[Italy]], and [[Guatemala]] as well as the United States. He was an advisor to the establishment of the [[Czech Republic]] and a separate [[Slovakia]]. Professor Rouven J. Steeves of the [[United States Air Force]] Academy in [[Colorado Springs]], in his review of Sandoz's book ''Give Me Liberty'', said: "Ellis Sandoz is a metaphysician of the soul, mystic of the [[Christian]] faith, and a scientist of politics."<ref name=obit/>  

Sandoz's teaching career began at [[Louisiana Tech University]] in [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]] under the president [[F. Jay Taylor]]. He soon left that institution for what is now Texas A&M University - Commerce in Commerce in northeast [[Texas]]. He settled at LSU, where he taught for thirty-five years and was the Hermann Moyse Distinguished Professor of Political Science. He was recognized for his scholarship in [[Canada]], [[Norway]], [[Italy]], and [[Guatemala]] as well as the United States. He was an advisor to the establishment of the [[Czech Republic]] and a separate [[Slovakia]]. Professor Rouven J. Steeves of the [[United States Air Force]] Academy in [[Colorado Springs]], in his review of Sandoz's book ''Give Me Liberty'', said: "Ellis Sandoz is a metaphysician of the soul, mystic of the [[Christian]] faith, and a scientist of politics."<ref name=obit/>  

Sandoz joined the LSU political science department in 1978 and became its chairman the next year. He founded the Eric Voegelin Institute for American Renaissance Studies. Eric Voegelin (1901-1985) was a philosopher and former LSU professor who had barely evaded capture by the [[Gestapo]] in [[Nazi Germany]] before coming to teach at LSU. Sandoz studied with Voegelin as an undergraduate at LSU and went to the [[University of Munich]] to complete his doctorate under Voegelin, the only American to have done so. Sandoz studied also at [[Georgetown University]] in [[Washington, D.C.]], and the [[University of  North Carolina]] in Chapel Hill. He took a teaching post in 1959 at Louisiana Tech in Ruston, at which he also started a chapter of Sigma Nu fraternity.<ref name=obit/>

Sandoz joined the LSU political science department in 1978 and became its chairman the next year. He founded the Eric Voegelin Institute for American Renaissance Studies. Eric Voegelin (1901-1985) was a philosopher and former LSU professor who had barely evaded capture by the [[Gestapo]] in [[Nazi Germany]] before coming to teach at LSU. Sandoz studied with Voegelin as an undergraduate at LSU and went to the University of Munich to complete his doctorate under Voegelin, the only American to have done so. Sandoz studied also at [[Georgetown University]] in [[Washington, D.C.]], and the [[University of  North Carolina]] in Chapel Hill. He took a teaching post in 1959 at Louisiana Tech in Ruston, at which he also started a chapter of Sigma Nu fraternity.<ref name=obit/>

In 1957, Sandoz married the former Theresa Alverne Hubley (1927-2011), a graduate of Centenary College in her native [[Shreveport]] who pursued a career singing opera, including a leading role in "Madame Butterfly."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/71984780/theresa-alverne-sandoz|title=Therese Alverne Hubley Sandoz obituary|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=October 24, 2023}}</ref> The two met in Heidelburg, Germany at that time, where she was a lyric soprano, and he was on a Fulbright Fellowship at the University of Heidelburg. Alverne switched career goals after the birth in 1958 of their first child, Ellis, III. By 1967, the couple had three other children. In 1968, Sandoz headed to ETSU, as chairman of the newly created political science department. There he worked to enhance the graduate studies and to support young scholars in pursuit of their goals.<ref name=obit/>

In 1957, Sandoz married the former Theresa Alverne Hubley (1927-2011), a graduate of Centenary College in her native [[Shreveport]] who pursued a career singing opera, including a leading role in "Madame Butterfly."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/71984780/theresa-alverne-sandoz|title=Therese Alverne Hubley Sandoz obituary|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=October 24, 2023}}</ref> The two met in Heidelburg, Germany at that time, where she was a lyric soprano, and he was on a Fulbright Fellowship at the University of Heidelburg. Alverne switched career goals after the birth in 1958 of their first child, Ellis, III. By 1967, the couple had three other children. In 1968, Sandoz headed to ETSU, as chairman of the newly created political science department. There he worked to enhance the graduate studies and to support young scholars in pursuit of their goals.<ref name=obit/>