Assistant​/Associate Professor - Education; Tenure​/Tenure-track F

Position: Assistant/Associate Professor - Higher Education (Tenure/Tenure-track F0602A)
Posting Details

Posting Details

Job Title
Assistant/Associate Professor - Higher Education (Tenure/Tenure-track F0602A)

Department
ED FOUNDATIONS & LEADERSHIP

Position Number
F0602A, F0586 A1

Job Description
The Department of Educational Leadership & Workforce Development invites applications for two tenure-track faculty positions in Higher Education to join a dynamic R1 research environment and contribute to graduate teaching, scholarship, and service in a practitioner-scholar program. The Higher Education (HIED) Program seeks candidates for the following appointments beginning August 2026:
Position A: Assistant or Associate Professor, Tenure-Track
Position B: Assistant Professor, Tenure-Track)

Rank will be determined based on qualifications, experience, and institutional criteria.

About the Program and University
Old Dominion University is a public, metropolitan, Carnegie Research 1 institution located in the Hampton Roads region of coastal Virginia, enrolling approximately 18,000 undergraduate and 6,000 graduate students. In 2024, ODU merged with Eastern Virginia Medical School, expanding its academic and research footprint in the health sciences.
Hampton Roads offers a rich cultural and professional environment with a high quality of life, access to coastal living, and proximity to major policy and higher education hubs. The region is approximately 90 minutes from Richmond and within easy reach of Washington, DC, providing access to state and federal agencies, national higher education organizations, research partners, and professional networks of interest to higher education scholars and practitioners.
The Higher Education (HIED) Program, housed in the Darden College of Education & Professional Studies, has a long-standing national reputation for excellence. The program prepares higher education leaders, scholars, and practitioners through a practitioner-scholar model and offers master's, specialist, and Ph.D. degrees, including cohort-based doctoral experiences with national and international engagement.

Position Responsibilities
Faculty appointed through this search will be expected to:

Maintain an active and sustained scholarly agenda leading to peer-reviewed publications
Actively engage in submitting and acquiring external funding consistent with tenure and promotion standards at an R1 institution
Teach graduate courses (master's, Ed.S., and Ph.D.) in face-to-face and online formats, including asynchronous delivery; the typical teaching load is four graduate courses per academic year
Advise and mentor graduate students, including chairing and serving on doctoral dissertation committees
Contribute to curriculum development, program governance, and departmental initiatives
Engage in service to the department, college, university, and profession appropriate to rank
Collaborate with state, national, and international organizations in higher education

Position Type
Full Time

Type of Recruitment
General Public

Type of Recruitment
General Public

Minimum required education and/or special licenses, registrations, trainings, or certifications
A doctorate degree from a regionally accredited university in Higher Education or a related field.

Minimum required level and type of experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities
Faculty appointed through this search will be expected to:

Maintain an active and sustained scholarly agenda leading to peer-reviewed publications and, where appropriate, pursuit of external funding consistent with tenure and promotion standards at an R1 institution
Teach graduate courses (master's, Ed.S., and Ph.D.) in face-to-face and online formats, including asynchronous delivery; the typical teaching load is four graduate courses per academic year
Advise and mentor graduate students, including chairing and serving on doctoral dissertation committees
Contribute to curriculum development, program governance, and departmental initiatives
Engage in service to the department, college, university, and profession appropriate to rank
Collaborate with state, national, and international organizations in higher education

Minimum Qualifications

Earned doctorate in Higher Education or a closely related field by the start date
An emerging record of scholarly productivity demonstrating strong potential for sustained peer-reviewed publication and, where appropriate, pursuit of external funding
Professional experience in higher education administration (e.g., student affairs, academic affairs, institutional research, enrollment management)
Scholarly expertise related to higher education systems (e.g., student affairs, governance, law, policy, finance, leadership, teaching and learning, equity, or data-informed decision-making)
Demonstrated or emerging expertise in research methodologies relevant to higher education scholarship (e.g., quantitative, qualitative, mixed methods, policy analysis, evaluation)
Demonstrated potential for effective graduate teaching across instructional modalities
Commitment to equity, inclusion, collaboration, and student…