Assistant Professor - Education

Tenure/status-track Assistant Professor in Education#440

Webster University's Doctor of Education (EdD) is a holistic andinterdisciplinary doctorate with an equity and justice focus. Theprogram has emphases in Educational Leadership, Special Education,and Transformative Learning in the Global Community. The program isgrowing in reputation, academic rigor, and enrollment numbers sinceits inception in 2015.
This position will be subject to annual probationary reviewaccording to the guidelines set forth in Webster University'sFaculty Handbook.

Job Description

• Teach graduate-level courses in EdD with a 3-3 teaching loadaccording to the flexible load policy, with an emphasis on eitherresearch or service. Research or service output needs to beassessed according to the flexible load policy.
  
• Willingness to adapt to diverse modalities in teaching andadvising. Teach online, overseas, and Live Virtual. All courses are8-week long, online or Live Virtual that require digital literacycompetency on using Office 365, Canvas, Concourse, Zoom, andeducational apps. Some students reside overseas and require eveningand weekend hours for communication and mentorship.
  
• Collaborate with the EdD Director, faculty, and colleagues forgrant applications, coursework development, research projects,presentations and publications.
  
• Be a team-player and participate in all the student-centeredservices and activities hosted by the EdD program.
  
• Assist the EdD Director with curriculum development &differentiation, implementation, assessment, and review; as well asrecruitment, marketing, and hosting information sessions forprospective students.
  
• Work closely with the EdD Director for program growth in othercountries and willingness to travel and work during break time,weekends, and evening hours.
  
• Develop new materials and assessments and differentiate contentmaterials, as needed.
  
• Service to department, school, university, community, andprofessional associations.
  
  Physical Demands
  Within the range of a typical office environment.
  
  Location: Webster Groves Campus-WEBG.
  
  Department: Graduate Department of Education-GDE.
  
  Requirements
  Minimum Qualifications :
  
  
• An earned doctoral degree (PhD or EdD) in education-relateddisciplines (leadership, urban education, research methodology,technology or areas with market potential).
  
• A minimum of three academic publications at the time ofapplication.
  
• Knowledge in ontology, epistemology, axiology,intersectionality, and reflexivity in research.
  
• Demonstrated academic credentials and scholarship in a varietyof educational research methods, as evidenced in publications inpeer-reviewed journals and books.
  
• Operational knowledge with qualitative research, and criticalpedagogy. Preferred utilization of NVivo, Dedoose, or MAXQDA, andother qualitative data analytical software.
  
• Research interest and experience in one of the following areas:anti-racist leadership in K-12 and higher education settings,technological transformations with Block Chain, VR/AR, Metaverse,and social media.
  
• Experience with professional conference presentations asevidenced in presentations at a peer-reviewed conference such asAmerican Educational Research Association (AERA) convention and/orother reputable conference in the relevant discipline.
  
  Preferred Qualifications:
  
  
• Hands-on knowledge of the utilization of JASP, SPSS, and R forapplications of statistical packages in quantitative andmixed-methods research.
  
• Knowledge of survey research and the use of Qualtricsdesirable.
  
• Experience supervising dissertation or doctoral portfoliocompletion.
  
• Experience supervising overseas graduate students with diversebackgrounds.
  
• Knowledge and experience with academic writing groups andmonitoring writing projects at the graduate level.
  
• Professional membership with AERA, Carnegie Project on theEducation Doctorate (CPED), and/or other professionalorganizations.
  
  How to Apply:
  
  DO NOT apply via The Chronicle of Higher Education Jobs. Visit thisADP site to apply:
  https://recruiting.adp.com/srccar/public/RTI.home?r=5000938800606&c=1180715&d=ExternalCareerSite&rb=jobelephant
  
  (Search for "EdD”)
  
  Applicants should submit the following materials:
  
  
• Professional Curriculum Vitae in PDF.
  
• Cover Letter in PDF, including a shared link of the following:A video recording of a lecture (self-recorded with no students) ona research topic of your choice (15 minutes). MP4 formats cannot beuploaded into the application portal.
  
• Three published writing samples in ONE PDF.
  
• A Research Statement (max. 2000 words), A Teaching PhilosophyStatement (max. 2000 words) and aCommitment to Diversity Statement(max. 2000 words) all in ONE PDF.
  
• A reference list with three referees' contact information(name, affiliation, email, phone) in PDF: Only shortlistedcandidates' referees will be contacted.
  
  Note: PDF file size should not exceed 1MB.
  
  *The School of Education is also hiring two Visiting AssistantProfessor positions, #439 and #514.
  
  Contact the Search Committee Chair, Dr. Yin Lam Lee-Johnson,yleejohnson31@webster.edu,for further questions.
  
  
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