Assistant Professor Disparities and Education Policy Berkeley School of Education

Position overview

Assistant Professor Disparities and Education Policy Berkeley School of Education

Position title: Assistant Professor

Salary range: The current salary range for this position is $80,800 – $128,700 (9-month academic year salary). Off-scale salary and other pay components may be offered to meet competitive conditions.

Anticipated start: July 1, 2026

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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 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. We plan to conduct an interdisciplinary search between the Othering and Belonging Institute and the Berkeley School of Education to recruit scholars whose research focuses on one or more of the following areas: (1) policies and legal strategies to improve educational opportunities for minoritized and emergent bilingual and multilingual students;

(2) political and systemic dynamics, and their relationship to efforts to improve school systems; and (3) the history of politics and/or policies that limit or expand education opportunity for students made vulnerable by disparities in educational inputs and access. 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 the teaching of undergraduates and graduate students.

In the Berkeley School of Education, we educate like democracy depends on it—because it does. Our research, teaching, and practice support a vision of public education that has equity and inclusion at all levels. Our students arrive with exceptional talent and professional experience, driven to make a meaningful impact as researchers, educators, leaders, and innovators. We value dialogue across difference, critical thinking, and inclusive pedagogy to advance opportunity and societal progress.

As a world leader in public education, we aim to contribute 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 with non-traditional career paths or those who have taken time off for family reasons, or who have excelled in careers outside academia.

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Basic qualifications (required at time of application):
PhD (or equivalent international degree) or enrolled in a PhD or equivalent international degree-granting program at the time of application.

Preferred Qualifications
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Research expertise in several areas such as education policy, politics, history, law, race, and disparities. An active program of research and academic publishing, and experience with teaching and mentoring…