Assistant Professor - Educational Policy & Leadership

About University at Albany:

The University at Albany is a Carnegie-classified Research 1 institution drivenby academic excellence, pioneering research and scientific discovery, and service to community. UAlbany's world-class faculty experts and approximately 17,500 students are creating new knowledge in fields such as artificial intelligence, semiconductor engineering, atmospheric and environmental sciences, cybersecurity, public health, public administration and social welfare while deepening our understanding of our world through scholarship and creative activity in the social sciences and humanities.

As one of the most diverse public research institutions in the nation, the University is a national leader in public engagement, educational equity and social mobility. For over 180years, UAlbany has molded bright, curious and engaged students and launched them toward success.

Located in Albany, New York, New York State's capital, the University is convenient to Boston, New York City and the Adirondacks.

The Department of Educational Policy & Leadership is dedicated to enhancing the understanding and practice of educationalleadership and policy at all levels of the education system, cradle-to-career. We advance this mission through our programs of teaching, research, and engagement with practitioners and scholar sin the field. We offer doctoral, master's and advanced graduatecertificates in higher education leadership, educational policy and school leadership. All programs adopt a global perspective, focusing on how international systems and policies support academic excellence.

For more information about the School of Education and the Department of Educational Policy & Leadership, please visit albany.edu/education/department-educational-policy-leadership.

The Department of Educational Policy & Leadership (EPL) in the School of Education at the University at Albany, State University of New York, invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Higher Education. We seek a scholar whose research and teaching focus on Higher Education. Particular interest exists in candidates whose work draws upon organizational theory to advanceunderstanding of postsecondary institutions, systems, leadership,and change, including relationships with PK-12 settings.

We also welcome applicants whose scholarship employs other theoretical and methodological approaches that contribute to the study of Higher Education.

We welcome applicants from a broad range of scholarly traditionsand methodological approaches whose work contributes to the studyof Higher Education. The successful candidate may examine issues related to higher education organizations, leadership, governance,policy, student experiences, student outcomes, institutionaleffectiveness, workforce development, emerging technologies, K-12schooling, or other important dimensions of postsecondaryeducation. We seek applicants whose scholarship advances knowledge of Higher Education and prepare the next generation of scholars andleaders in the field.

The successful candidate will join a department whose facultyconduct research and prepare scholar-leaders across educationalsettings ranging from pre-K through higher education with aprominent record in globally engaged research, service and teaching. Responsibilities include conducting an active program of research and scholarship in Higher Education; seeking external funding support consistent with the candidate's research agenda andcareer stage; teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in Higher Education and Educational Policy & Leadership and an AAQEPAccredited Leadership program;

advising master's and doctoral students; serving on dissertation committees; contributing tostudent recruitment and program development activities; fosteringconnections with higher education institutions and professional organizations; and providing service to the department, school,university, and profession. The successful candidate will contribute to courses in Higher Education and departmental core,and research-methods courses consistent with their expertise.

We seek a colleague who will contribute to a vibrant intellectualcommunity and who values collaboration across disciplinary,institutional, and professional boundaries. Applicants should demonstrate a commitment to excellence in research, teaching, advising, and engagement with diverse educationalcommunities.

• Reports to:
  
  Department Chair
• Supervises the following positions: N/A

• Candidates must be sensitive to the needs of and possess an interest in working in an academic community that is diverse with regard to gender, race, ethnicity, religion, nationality, sexual orientation or identity, disability status, and protected veteran status.
• Applicants must demonstrate an ability to develop inclusive andequitable relationships within our diverse campus community.
• Applicants must demonstrate an ability to support diversity,equity, access,…