Adjunct – DBA Program, Dissertation Chair and Committee Members

Job Description Summary

Saint Leo University is current seeking qualified candidates to be cleared and added to our Dissertation Committee Chair or Member availability pool at the University Campus in Saint Leo, Florida. Qualified applicants, transcripts, and materials will be reviewed and processed in preparation for assignment-based student enrollment needs for upcoming terms. Select adjuncts from the pool are contracted term-by-term based on course/section need and availability.

Saint Leo University reserves the right to not schedule and/or cancel courses based on enrollment.

Special Instructions

Required Documents

The DBA Program within the Tapia College of Business is currently seeking qualified candidates for our adjunct pool in order to staff immediate and future DBA dissertation committees/sections.

The dissertation committee consists of two-three members with the following roles:

• Dissertation Committee Chair: facilitates and guides the candidate through the dissertation process following university protocols and policies; monitors and records progress, provides encouragement and support throughout the process, and is ultimately responsible for coordinating feedback to student from other committee members.
• Dissertation Committee Members (1 or
  2): works with the committee in providing feedback to student via the chairperson. Evaluates the dissertation proposal, and final report; provides a written analysis of students’ documents (proposal, or final dissertation report) directly to the committee chair (not directly to the dissertation student) within 10 business days of having received the document.

Applications are processed upon the receipt of all official transcripts while the posting is active.

In addition to your curriculum vitae/resume, the following documents are required for consideration. Please be sure to check the email under which you applied for important instructions on completing remaining steps, including uploading documents in the second step of the application packet process as follows:

• Cover Letter: discuss relevant experience supervising or advising doctoral dissertations
• Teaching Philosophy - (500 words or less), highlight how your teaching philosophy and practices fit the Mission and Values of Saint Leo University.
• Three (3) Names of References – Please list three names of recent professional references, including at least one recent supervisor. Be sure to include reference name, email and phone numbers.
• Transcripts Official transcripts are required for all adjuncts.
• CV should include: evidence of doctoral level teaching, research, and advising

All official transcripts must be requested from the universities and/or colleagues attended and/or certified transcript evaluations/translations from World Education Services (WES) to be sent to the attention of Veronica Mantegna by email to faculty.transcripts or hardcopy to the following address:

ATTN: VERONICA MANTEGNA

ACADEMIC AFFAIRS – MC 2006

SAINT LEO UNIVERSITY

PO BOX 6665

SAINT LEO, FLORIDA 33574

Assignments and responsibilities will relevant to staffing dissertation committees within at the doctorate/graduate level within the DBA Program:

• In the committee member role, provide high quality direction and mentor-ship to assigned students throughout all phases of the dissertation process:
  • Provide timely and supportive mentoring throughout the student’s process of developing, researching, writing, and revising the dissertation.
  • Direct and instruct the student with the goal of producing high-quality research.
  • Participate in the Defense process of a student’s proposal and dissertation.
  • Offer timely and constructive feedback to facilitate revisions towards a final and thorough proposal and dissertation.
  • Comply with all pertinent policies and procedures outlines in Saint Leo University’s DBA Dissertation Handbook and Faculty Guidelines.
  • Attend/complete a program of faculty trainings, as offered and provide credentialing/records updates as required.
  • Collaborate with student’s full committee.
  • Ensure that own IRB training is current and meets university and research requirements.
  • In committee role, be willing to follow the lead of the…