What are the responsibilities and job description for the Open Rank Tenure/Tenure-Track Faculty - COEHD Education Leadership position at University of Texas at San Antonio?
Location: San Antonio, TX
Regular/Temporary: Regular
Job ID: 8721
Full/Part Time: Full Time
Department Marketing Statement
UTSA occupies the ancestral lands of the Payaya - the people of Yanawana and the Tap Pilam Cuahuiltecans; Yanawena in the Carrizo/Comecrudo language means "the place where I rest my head." UTSA is a Tier one university in the 7th largest city in the nation with a focus on world-class research, academic excellence, and international reach. With an enrollment of over 34,000 students, UTSA offers 133 undergraduate, 51 master's, and 24 doctoral programs. UTSA's rapid ascent toward top tier is being recognized as shown by the 2013 Times Higher. Education rankings that listed UTSA as one of the top 100 universities in the world under 50 years of age. The rankings are based on performance indicators including research, citations, teaching, international outlook, and industry income. UTSA is one of only eight U.S. universities ranked in Times Higher Education's list of top young institutions around the world. The research expenditure in 2019 exceeded $80 million. In 2020, UTSA received the Seal of Excelencia, awarded by Excelencia in Education in recognition of the university's commitment to Latino/a student success.
San Antonio is located at the edge of the scenic Texas Hill Country and offers the amenities of a major multicultural, metropolitan area. With a population of over 1.5 million, San Antonio is within a few hours' drive of Austin, Dallas, Houston, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Mexican border. Major industries include healthcare and biosciences, finance, tourism, military, and cyber security.
The Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies (ELPS) in the College of Education and Human Development (COEHD) at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) offers two master's degree programs, one in P-12 Educational Leadership and the other in Higher Education with an emphasis on Student Affairs and higher education. In addition, we offer an Ph.D. that has two emphases: P-12 Educational Leadership and Higher Education Leadership. In addition to the degree programs noted above, we also offer professional programs leading to eligibility for the Texas Principal and Superintendent certificates. Our faculty is building a learning community dedicated to collegial program development, scholarship, and the preparation of education professionals to serve diverse learning environments across the P-20 pipeline. The department seeks to develop and strengthen our academic programs, particularly in higher education and community colleges; maintain and expand program capacity consistent with student demand; heighten our national visibility as a department and as a faculty, particularly through increased extramural funding for faculty research and other activities; maintain and enhance faculty diversity; and meet the needs of our service area and state for educational leadership and policy research. The departmental Vision Statement is that we aspire to be a nationally recognized, Tier one department of P-12 and higher education leadership and policy studies, preparing educational leader-scholars committed to equity, access, and student success. We seek candidates who would be committed to this vision and wish to contribute to our learning community.
UTSA is a diverse, Hispanic-Serving Institution and over half of the student population are first generation college students. Successful candidates must demonstrate their ability to work with and be sensitive to the educational needs of diverse populations and support the University's commitment to thrive as a Hispanic-Serving Institution and a model for student success. Successful candidates should demonstrate intellectual contributions linked to diversity, inclusion, and/or inclusive excellence and demonstrate experience successfully teaching, mentoring, and advising diverse, underserved students, including students of color and nontraditional students.
Responsibilities
The Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies (ELPS) in the College of Education and Human Development (COEHD) at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) invites nominations and applications for an open rank professor (tenured/tenure track) faculty position to begin in the Fall of 2023 in Higher Education Leadership. We are looking for faculty members with expertise or scholarly emphasis in one or more of the following areas: community college leadership; student affairs; Queer/LGBTQ /Joteria; undocumented and/or immigrant students; traditionally marginalized and underserved students; critical methods; or critical theories.
Responsibilities for the position include teaching on two campuses, typically in the evening and possibly including hybrid and online formats; growing the community college program; conducting and publishing scholarly research; participating in efforts designed to seek external funding support for scholarly research; recruitment; program development; advising students and guiding their doctoral research; serving on and/or chairing doctoral dissertation committees; and providing service to departmental, college, university, community, and professional constituencies.
Org Marketing Statement
The University of Texas at San Antonio is a Hispanic Serving University specializing in cyber, health, fundamental futures, and social-economic development. With more than 34,000 students, it is the largest university in the San Antonio metropolitan region. UTSA advances knowledge through research and discovery, teaching and learning, community engagement and public service. The university embraces multicultural traditions and serves as a center for intellectual and creative resources as well as a catalyst for socioeconomic development and the commercialization of intellectual property-for Texas, the nation and the world. Learn more online, on USTA Today or on TwitterInstagram, Facebook, YouTube or LinkedIn.
UTSA, situated in a global city that has been a crossroads of peoples and cultures for centuries, values diversity and inclusion in all aspects of university life. As an institution expressly founded to advance the education of Mexican Americans and other underserved communities, our university is committed to ending generations of discrimination and inequity. UTSA, a premier public research university, fosters academic excellence through a community of dialogue, discovery and innovation that embraces the uniqueness of each voice.
Posting End Date
Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. However, to ensure the fullest consideration please submit your materials no later than November 16, 2022.
Salary
Compensation will be commensurate with experience. UTSA employees enjoy a competitive and comprehensive benefits package. For more information, please visit: https://www.utsa.edu/hr/benefits/.
Hours per Week
Exempt Position: 40 hours per week.
Required Application Materials
Please submit all documents together in a single PDF in order to be considered.
Applicants should submit a letter of application, a current vita, research and teaching statements, including a discussion on the role that diversity and inclusion plays in an academic environment, and the names of three references along with their affiliations, mailing addresses, e-mail contact information and telephone numbers.
Applicants must submit their full application package via https://jobs.utsa.edu/. Applicants should submit the following items electronically:
Applications must contain all required components to be considered. Applicants who are selected for interviews must be able to show proof that they are eligible and qualified to work in the United States by time of hire.
Required Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
Additional Information
EO/AA Statement
As an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer, it is the policy of The University of Texas at San Antonio to promote and ensure equal employment opportunity for all individuals regardless of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability or genetic information, and veteran status. The University is committed to the Affirmative Action Program in compliance with all government requirements to ensure nondiscrimination. Women, minorities, people with disabilities and veterans are encouraged to apply. UTSA campuses are accessible to persons with disabilities.
Regular/Temporary: Regular
Job ID: 8721
Full/Part Time: Full Time
Department Marketing Statement
UTSA occupies the ancestral lands of the Payaya - the people of Yanawana and the Tap Pilam Cuahuiltecans; Yanawena in the Carrizo/Comecrudo language means "the place where I rest my head." UTSA is a Tier one university in the 7th largest city in the nation with a focus on world-class research, academic excellence, and international reach. With an enrollment of over 34,000 students, UTSA offers 133 undergraduate, 51 master's, and 24 doctoral programs. UTSA's rapid ascent toward top tier is being recognized as shown by the 2013 Times Higher. Education rankings that listed UTSA as one of the top 100 universities in the world under 50 years of age. The rankings are based on performance indicators including research, citations, teaching, international outlook, and industry income. UTSA is one of only eight U.S. universities ranked in Times Higher Education's list of top young institutions around the world. The research expenditure in 2019 exceeded $80 million. In 2020, UTSA received the Seal of Excelencia, awarded by Excelencia in Education in recognition of the university's commitment to Latino/a student success.
San Antonio is located at the edge of the scenic Texas Hill Country and offers the amenities of a major multicultural, metropolitan area. With a population of over 1.5 million, San Antonio is within a few hours' drive of Austin, Dallas, Houston, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Mexican border. Major industries include healthcare and biosciences, finance, tourism, military, and cyber security.
The Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies (ELPS) in the College of Education and Human Development (COEHD) at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) offers two master's degree programs, one in P-12 Educational Leadership and the other in Higher Education with an emphasis on Student Affairs and higher education. In addition, we offer an Ph.D. that has two emphases: P-12 Educational Leadership and Higher Education Leadership. In addition to the degree programs noted above, we also offer professional programs leading to eligibility for the Texas Principal and Superintendent certificates. Our faculty is building a learning community dedicated to collegial program development, scholarship, and the preparation of education professionals to serve diverse learning environments across the P-20 pipeline. The department seeks to develop and strengthen our academic programs, particularly in higher education and community colleges; maintain and expand program capacity consistent with student demand; heighten our national visibility as a department and as a faculty, particularly through increased extramural funding for faculty research and other activities; maintain and enhance faculty diversity; and meet the needs of our service area and state for educational leadership and policy research. The departmental Vision Statement is that we aspire to be a nationally recognized, Tier one department of P-12 and higher education leadership and policy studies, preparing educational leader-scholars committed to equity, access, and student success. We seek candidates who would be committed to this vision and wish to contribute to our learning community.
UTSA is a diverse, Hispanic-Serving Institution and over half of the student population are first generation college students. Successful candidates must demonstrate their ability to work with and be sensitive to the educational needs of diverse populations and support the University's commitment to thrive as a Hispanic-Serving Institution and a model for student success. Successful candidates should demonstrate intellectual contributions linked to diversity, inclusion, and/or inclusive excellence and demonstrate experience successfully teaching, mentoring, and advising diverse, underserved students, including students of color and nontraditional students.
Responsibilities
The Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies (ELPS) in the College of Education and Human Development (COEHD) at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) invites nominations and applications for an open rank professor (tenured/tenure track) faculty position to begin in the Fall of 2023 in Higher Education Leadership. We are looking for faculty members with expertise or scholarly emphasis in one or more of the following areas: community college leadership; student affairs; Queer/LGBTQ /Joteria; undocumented and/or immigrant students; traditionally marginalized and underserved students; critical methods; or critical theories.
Responsibilities for the position include teaching on two campuses, typically in the evening and possibly including hybrid and online formats; growing the community college program; conducting and publishing scholarly research; participating in efforts designed to seek external funding support for scholarly research; recruitment; program development; advising students and guiding their doctoral research; serving on and/or chairing doctoral dissertation committees; and providing service to departmental, college, university, community, and professional constituencies.
Org Marketing Statement
The University of Texas at San Antonio is a Hispanic Serving University specializing in cyber, health, fundamental futures, and social-economic development. With more than 34,000 students, it is the largest university in the San Antonio metropolitan region. UTSA advances knowledge through research and discovery, teaching and learning, community engagement and public service. The university embraces multicultural traditions and serves as a center for intellectual and creative resources as well as a catalyst for socioeconomic development and the commercialization of intellectual property-for Texas, the nation and the world. Learn more online, on USTA Today or on TwitterInstagram, Facebook, YouTube or LinkedIn.
UTSA, situated in a global city that has been a crossroads of peoples and cultures for centuries, values diversity and inclusion in all aspects of university life. As an institution expressly founded to advance the education of Mexican Americans and other underserved communities, our university is committed to ending generations of discrimination and inequity. UTSA, a premier public research university, fosters academic excellence through a community of dialogue, discovery and innovation that embraces the uniqueness of each voice.
Posting End Date
Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. However, to ensure the fullest consideration please submit your materials no later than November 16, 2022.
Salary
Compensation will be commensurate with experience. UTSA employees enjoy a competitive and comprehensive benefits package. For more information, please visit: https://www.utsa.edu/hr/benefits/.
Hours per Week
Exempt Position: 40 hours per week.
Required Application Materials
Please submit all documents together in a single PDF in order to be considered.
Applicants should submit a letter of application, a current vita, research and teaching statements, including a discussion on the role that diversity and inclusion plays in an academic environment, and the names of three references along with their affiliations, mailing addresses, e-mail contact information and telephone numbers.
Applicants must submit their full application package via https://jobs.utsa.edu/. Applicants should submit the following items electronically:
- Letter of application that documents evidence of scholarly publications, funded research, teaching experiences, and required and preferred qualifications for the position;
- Current Curriculum vita;
- A research and teaching statement, which includes discussion on the role diversity and inclusion plays in an academic environment;
- Copies of all official transcripts;
- Names and contact information for three references who will provide a letter of recommendation upon request.
Applications must contain all required components to be considered. Applicants who are selected for interviews must be able to show proof that they are eligible and qualified to work in the United States by time of hire.
Required Qualifications
- Expertise or scholarly emphasis in one or more of the following areas of research: community college leadership; student affairs; Queer/LGBTQ /Joteria; undocumented and/or immigrant students; traditionally marginalized and underserved students; critical methods; or critical theories;
- Earned doctorate in higher education or closely related field by June 30, 2023;
- Demonstrated potential to conduct and publish scholarly research in higher education;
- Demonstrated potential in teaching excellence;
- Demonstrated advocacy for equity in education,
- An articulated research agenda,
- Professional experience advancing student learning, student development and leadership, student success, or diversity and inclusion, etc. in diverse higher education settings;
- Experience supervising dissertations and working collaboratively with students on research; and
- Participating in strategic program development and leadership experience in departmental committees.
Preferred Qualifications
- Advanced skills in quantitative and/or qualitative research methodologies/data analysis;
- Professional (administrative or programmatic) experience in higher education, student affairs, or educational policy settings;
- Publication in appropriate professional outlets;
- Collaborative experiences with university faculty and staff in curriculum development, joint research and teaching ventures, and other department and university activities;
- Participation and involvement in professional associations; and
- Demonstrated potential of securing external funding for research.
Additional Information
- UTSA is a tobacco free campus.
- This is a security sensitive position. Employment is contingent upon a successful background check.
- Applicants selected must be able to show proof of eligibility to work in the United States by time of hire.
- Tenure is contingent upon Board of Regents approval, and applicants must show a demonstrated commitment to diversity and inclusion.
- Additional information about UTSA can be found at http://www.utsa.edu/. In addition, questions may be directed to the Search Committee Chair, Dr. Claudia Garcia-Louis (claudia.garcia-louis@utsa.edu).
EO/AA Statement
As an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer, it is the policy of The University of Texas at San Antonio to promote and ensure equal employment opportunity for all individuals regardless of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability or genetic information, and veteran status. The University is committed to the Affirmative Action Program in compliance with all government requirements to ensure nondiscrimination. Women, minorities, people with disabilities and veterans are encouraged to apply. UTSA campuses are accessible to persons with disabilities.
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