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Position: Higher Education Jobs, University Jobs, HigherEd Jobs

$160,000 to $210,000 (Based on discipline)

Job Summary The University

Morgan State University is an HBCU (Historically Black College and University) and Maryland’s Preeminent Public Urban Research University, located in the bustling city of Baltimore, MD. With its proximity to the nation’s capital, where many federal agencies and major industries are, Morgan is well positioned to grow. In the last five years, the University has increased its enrollment by more than 50%, from 7500 to over 12,000 students, and has tripled its research grants, from about $30 million to over $100 million in .

The university has 900 faculty members and offers a comprehensive array of degree programs including more than 60 baccalaureates, 40 master’s, and 30 doctorate programs. With improved doctoral education offerings and research output, the University aims to attain R1 status.

The James H. Gilliam, Jr., College of Liberal Arts

The James H. Gilliam, Jr., College of Liberal Arts is the largest academic unit at Morgan, with 8 academic departments, three centers, one institute, and two museums. The College of Liberal Arts has over 2,000 students, and nearly 200 full and part-time faculty members.

We offer Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees that cut across the Fine & Performing Arts, the Humanities; the Social and Behavioral Sciences ;
Military Science and Applied Liberal Studies. In addition, the College offers master’s degrees in eleven disciplines and Ph.

D.’s in English, History, Psychometrics, and Applied Sociology and Social Justice. The College houses the only psychometrics program and offers one of only three Ph.

D. programs in English at an HBCU. While the College provides the core of the general education curriculum, its faculty engages in strong academic research, and creative endeavors that are national and international in scope.

The Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education reports to the Dean of the College, and assumes the leadership on research, scholarship, and graduate programs. The Associate Dean will play a central role in the management of the dean’s office on finances, projects, and initiatives to ensure University compliance.

Job Duties

• Facilitating the growth and development of research and scholarships among the faculty and students.
• Providing leadership for graduate education.
• Securing external funding to support research.
• Promoting and developing interdisciplinary partnerships.
• Overseeing management of grants in the College.
• Performing other duties to advance the mission of the College.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities & Other Characteristics

• Outstanding academic credentials commensurate with a faculty appointment in one of the College’s seven academic units at the rank of Professor with tenure
• A record of faculty and graduate student mentoring and experience in graduate education
• Interpersonal qualities that will facilitate open and collaborative relationships among researchers across the College and University communities and with external constituencies

Required

Minimum Qualifications

• An earned doctorate in a discipline in the College.
• At least three years of administrative experience at the department or college level.
• Outstanding academic credentials commensurate with a faculty appointment in one of the College’s units or disciplines at the rank of Professor with tenure.
• A record of faculty and graduate student mentoring and experience in graduate education.
• List at least three references in the reference page of the application