Faculty position: TENURE TRACK ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF HIGHER EDUCATION, COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA

TENURE TRACK

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF HIGHER EDUCATION

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA

Position Summary: The Center for the Study of Higher Education in the Department of Educational Policy Studies and Practice in the College of Education at the University of Arizona invites applications for a tenure track assistant professor. We are looking for someone who meets any of the following areas of scholarly expertise: finance, organizations, or educational policy broadly conceived.  Applicants with methodological expertise in advanced quantitative methods, and with an interest in teaching a stats sequence are strongly preferred.  The successful candidate will be someone with strong social science sensitivities about the workings of organizations and systems in higher education.  The research agendas of the Center’s faculty are distinctive and continually push the boundaries of prominent areas of higher education research. Research foci in the Center include the study of whiteness and the production of privilege; socio-academic integration in community colleges; social media; transitions and transfer experiences of populations of color and new traditional students; the political economy of internationalization, neo-racism, and regional hubs; academic capitalism in organizational practices; and the restructuring and unionizing of the academic workforce.  We are a supportive intellectual community that seeks a colleague who will enhance and stretch us in the following ways:

·      Demonstrate a strong commitment to calling the academy to more fully live up to its ideals regarding access and success

·      Support the broad public, social justice functions of the academy, and

·      Participate the Center’s commitment to public engagement and activism that better serves underserved communities of students and employees locally, statewide, and (inter)nationally

The successful candidate will extend the collaborative and distinctive work of our faculty and students, and be committed to working with our masters and doctoral students.  Ultimately, our search will be guided more by quality and fit of the candidate than by the particular area of specialization.

Duties and Responsibilities:  The Center seeks an individual who will thrive in working with diverse students and colleagues – we have one of the most diverse departments in the university.  We seek someone who is deeply engaged in the full range of academic roles, intersecting research, instruction and advising, and outreach and service.  Specifically:

• Conduct and publish research in an area of expertise and through interdisciplinary collaborations
• Teach primarily graduate level, and some undergraduate courses in the Center for the Study of Higher Education
• Participate in advising and mentoring students, including directing and supervising master’s thesis and dissertation projects
• Provide professional service to the department, college, university and community
• Demonstrate a strong interest in collaboration and engagement with diverse communities

Qualifications:  Doctoral degree in a field relevant to the study of higher education; evidence of a strong intellectual agenda and of scholarly promise, quality teaching, and the potential to obtain grant funding or leverage institutional resources to support research activities.

Application Procedure: Submit an on-line application at http://www.hr.arizona.edu citing Job Number (XXXX).  Application includes submission of a letter of interest, complete curriculum vitae, two scholarly writing samples, and the names and contact information for at least three references who can speak to your qualifications (can be listed on vitae).  

PLEASE submit materials on-line.  Center contact: Nolan L. Cabrera, Associate Professor, Center for the Study of Higher Education, College of Education, University of Arizona, P.O. Box 210069, Tucson, AZ 85721. ncabrera@email.arizona.edu. (520) 621-3083.  Review of applications will continue until the position is filled.