Assistant Professor of Educational Psychology – Special Education, Tenure-Track

Overview

The Department of Educational Psychology in the Jeannine Rainbolt College of Education at the University of Oklahoma (OU) invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor of Special Education.

The University of Oklahoma was established in 1890 and is the flagship public research university in the state of Oklahoma (Carnegie Classification R1: highest research activity), with 34,000 students and more than 2,700 full-time faculty members offering nearly 500 different graduate and undergraduate degree programs on three campuses (Norman, Oklahoma City, and Tulsa).

The Department of Educational Psychology is housed within the Jeannine Rainbolt College of Education. The department includes four program areas: (a) Professional Counseling, (b) Learning Experience Design and Technology, (c) Science of Psychology, Data, and Research in Education, and (d) Special Education. Within special education, we offer an undergraduate program that prepares pre-service educators, a master’s program with three foci area (applied behavior analysis, interventionist, and transition), and a doctoral program.

We seek candidates with expertise [broadly], who are committed to enhancing the outcomes of children, adolescents, and young adults with disabilities. The successful candidate will engage in an impactful research agenda that provides knowledge to the field and participate in generating external research funding. In addition, the candidate will advise and mentor graduate students; direct doctoral dissertations and serve on committees;

and provide service to the department, college, university, profession, and community. Teaching will consist of required and elective courses at the undergraduate program (face-to-face format), graduate program (synchronous online and blended format), and doctoral program (face-to-face and synchronous online).

Candidate(s) should have expertise [broadly] in special education and demonstrate a commitment to scholarly activity, teaching, and service aligned with the responsibilities above. The position involves advising and mentoring graduate students, directing doctoral dissertations, serving on committees, and contributing to the department, college, university, profession, and community. Teaching responsibilities include courses across undergraduate, graduate (synchronous online and blended), and doctoral programs.