School of Social Work Tenure-Track Faculty; Assistant Professor, Associate Professor or Professor

Office Location
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
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Edinburg, TX 78539

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C. Vackar College of Business & Entrepreneurship: cobe

Below you will find the details for the position including any supplementary documentation and questions you should review before applying for the opening.

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Title Information

Faculty Title

Job Class Code

Job Class Code 10031

FLSA

FLSA Exempt

Position Information

Posting Number

Posting Number FRGV
2071

Working Title

Working Title School of Social Work Open Rank Tenure-Track Faculty (Assistant Professor, Associate Professor or Professor)

Number of Vacancies

Number of Vacancies 3

Location

Division/Organization

Division/Organization Provost - Academic Affairs

Appointment Period for Non-Tenure Position

FTE

FTE 1.0

Scope of Job

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Social Work is seeking applications for up to three full-time, tenure-track, open rank positions at the Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, or Professor rank, beginning Fall 2027. The successful candidates will possess a record of research and scholarship, teaching, service, community engagement, and administration commensurate with the rank they are seeking. Our faculty members are expected to actively engage in research and scholarship and to seek external funding to support their research.

Faculty in the School of Social Work engage in broad collaborations with health, mental health, counseling, rehabilitation, nursing, medicine, and podiatric medicine colleagues, as well as those in sciences, technology, engineering, and arts units across the university. These successful collaborations have resulted in ongoing educational initiatives, grant-funded research, and community-engagement projects. As such, successful candidates will have a demonstrated track record of interprofessional collaborations.

Rank will be commensurate with experience and qualifications. Candidates seeking the rank of Associate Professor or Professor must meet the UTRGV School of Social Work criteria for tenure and for the rank they seek.

Applicants’ research should be at the intersection of social work, public health, and population health, and blend micro and macro issues. Expertise in some of the areas salient in the School of Social Work’s existing research portfolio is welcome, including gerontological social work; sustainability; health and behavioral health issues in populations similar to those of the Rio Grande Valley (i.e., 94% Hispanic, primarily Mexican American;

bilingual and bicultural; borderland communities); human mobility; U.S.

-Mexico border issues; and global issues. We are specifically interested in faculty with research in the areas of child welfare, positive youth development, human mobility, and clinical interventions.

Faculty members are encouraged to engage in basic, applied, and/or translational research that addresses critical community and state needs. Service to the School of Social Work, University,…