Assistant Professor of Higher Education Leadership
Empire State University
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Posted: 31-Oct-23
Location: Saratoga Springs, New York
Type: Full Time
Categories:
Faculty- Assistant Professor
About Empire State University:
Founded in 1971 as the innovative campus of the State University of New York (SUNY), Empire State University empowers learners from diverse backgrounds to achieve their educational goals. We have decades of experience providing educational access through online teaching and learning, individualized instruction, mentoring, and prior learning assessment. We build on our students' experiences to promote their growth and drive upward mobility and economic development in New York state and beyond. SUNY Empire's 97,000 alumni are teachers, nurses, entrepreneurs, and leaders in their communities and their fields. Visit www.sunyempire.edu and follow us on social media @SUNYEmpire.
SUNY Empire is committed to creating a multicultural, inclusive academic and work environment. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. We believe that having diverse faculty and staff is critical to academic excellence and prepares students to live and work in an increasingly global world.
Job Description:
Empire State University's School for Graduate Studies is currently seeking a full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor of Higher Education Leadership. The successful candidate will work with students in the Ed.D. in Educational Leadership and Change program and the area of expertise for this position is open to applicants whose research intersects education leadership and higher education.
Responsibilities include teaching and advising in the Division of Education, working with the academic coordinator to develop online courses, sustaining a research program, supervising doctoral research, serving on doctoral committees, and engaging in service. There may also be teaching and course development in master's level programs, as appropriate.
The School for Graduate Studies serves over 1,000 students per year in several degree and certificate programs offered in online and blended formats. The Ed.D. in Educational Leadership and Change is the university's first doctoral program. Our faculty are committed to meeting the needs of adult learners and are dedicated to mentoring, motivating, and supporting our graduate students through consistent advisement, engaging instruction, and continuous program improvement. The successful candidate will demonstrate a strong commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging across the faculty role. We are particularly interested in applicants whose research/practice utilizes quantitative, qualitative, or mixed methods to focus on diversity, equity, and social justice, centering the experiences of historically marginalized groups and communities. This work might consider students, staff, faculty, higher education institutions, and/or policy systems and structures.
Requirements:
Required Qualifications:
An earned doctorate in Higher Education Leadership or a related field from a regionally accredited U.S. college or university or comparable non-U.S. college or university.
Prior experience in graduate-level teaching.
The ability to develop and teach courses in educational leadership and change in higher education at the graduate-level.
The ability to develop and teach courses in advanced research methods.
An active commitment to scholarly work, or has the potential for, a coherent and robust research.
Excellent oral and written communication skills.
The desire and skills to engage with a diverse student body.
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience in online and blended teaching formats.
Doctoral level teaching experience.
Experience chairing dissertations.
Potential for and/or record of an extramurally funded program of research.
Bilingual and biliterate in Spanish and English.
Special Information:
Occasional travel will be required to fulfill university commitments.
Office hours (primarily online) will vary to accommodate students' needs.
Teaching in evening and weekend residencies and retreats per program needs will be required.
SUNY Empire provides faculty with a flexible work environment to meet the needs of our mostly distance learners. The successful candidate can be located at one of our sites throughout the state, including Selden, Saratoga Springs, or Rochester, with robust telecommuting available.
Additional Information:
Rank/Salary: Tenure-track, Assistant Professor, 12-month appointment, $80,000.
Empire State University is an EOE employer.
We are pleased to offer our employees an excellent benefit package which includes; NYS health insurance, free dental and vision, competitive retirement options, and generous vacation, sick and holiday accruals; and a strong emphasis on work-life balance. We also offer faculty-development opportunities that encourage pursuit of disciplinary and community-focused research, scholarship of teaching and learning, and leadership development. Faculty-development opportunities include our annual Fall Academic Conference and the annual Institute on Mentoring, Teaching and Learning.
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Applications Due By: Applications accepted until position is filled.
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