Assistant Professor Disparities and Education Policy Berkeley School of Education

Assistant Professor Disparities and Education Policy Berkeley School of Education

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Position title:

Assistant Professor
Salary range: $80,800 – $128,700 (9‑month academic year salary). Off‑scale salary and other components of pay are offered to meet competitive conditions.
Anticipated start:
July 1, 2026.

Open date:
September 29, 2025
Next review date:
Thursday, Oct 30, 2025 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time). Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee.
Final date:
Thursday, Oct 30, 2025 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time). Applications will continue to be accepted until this date.

The University of California, Berkeley seeks a tenure‑track faculty member at the rank of Assistant Professor in the Berkeley School of Education whose scholarship addresses the goals of The Education Policy Cluster of the Othering and Belonging Institute. The goals of the Cluster are to: (1) Foster creative scholarship in K‑12 education policy and politics research focused on pressing challenges of educational opportunity for students experiencing unequal schools, systems, and structures;

(2) Devise and pilot inclusive research that engages students, families and communities; (3) Engage in strategic dissemination and contribute to local, state, and national policy discussions and decisions; and (4) Enrich the intellectual environment of the campus through fostering multidisciplinary scholarship.
We seek an Assistant Professor who has a research and teaching portfolio that examines how educational policy and political processes influence access, opportunity, and outcomes across communities of varied social and economic backgrounds. Ideal candidates will be multidisciplinary scholars with backgrounds in several fields such as education, history, sociology, philosophy, public policy, law, and political science. The successful candidate will contribute to teaching in the Policy, Politics, and Leadership cluster in the BSE, including teaching of undergraduates and graduate students.

In the Berkeley School of Education, we educate like democracy depends on it—because it does. In a fast‑changing, polarized world where inequalities and existential threats multiply, education remains an essential lynchpin for fostering human potential, achieving generational progress, and nurturing civic engagement. Together our research, teaching, and practice support a vision of public education that has as its goal equity and inclusion at all levels—classroom, school, community, district, state, nation, and globe.

Our students arrive with exceptional academic talent and professional experience, driven to make a meaningful impact as researchers, educators, leaders, and innovators. Together, faculty and students engage with pressing questions, from how children, youth, and adults learn across varied contexts, to how schools, communities, and societies can expand opportunities and advance educational equity. Through effective and equity‑informed education, the BSE helps people and communities learn to dialogue across difference, use critical thinking to make informed decisions, and advance both individual achievement and progress for the benefit of society.

As a world leader in public education, guided by a commitment to excellence in scholarship, teaching, innovation, and leadership, our programs help prepare the next generation of educators, leaders, scholars, and policymakers, while contributing to transformative knowledge creation and the public good.
The department is committed to addressing the family needs of faculty, including dual‑career couples and single parents. We are also interested in candidates who have had non‑traditional career paths or who have taken time off for family reasons, or who have achieved excellence in careers outside academia. For information about potential relocation to Berkeley, or career needs of accompanying partners and spouses, visit…