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Assistant Professor - Social Foundations of Education: Race, Power, and Social Justice in Education (Tenure Track)

Rutgers University

Recruitment/Posting Title Assistant Professor - Social Foundations of Education: Race, Power, and Social Justice in Education (Tenure Track)

Department GSE-Edu Theory, Policy & Admin

Salary Commensurate With Experience

Posting Summary 

Nationally ranked among US News & World Report’s Best Education Graduate Schools, Rutgers Graduate School of Education is part of New Jersey’s flagship public research university. Committed to advancing excellence and equity in education, the Graduate School of Education (GSE) at Rutgers University–New Brunswick seeks outstanding scholars to join the school and to help advance our three thematic strategic plan priority areas of diversity, equity, and social justice; STEM in education; and effective teaching and learning. Accordingly, we seek an outstanding scholar to join the school in its Department of Educational Theory, Policy and Administration. We seek a tenure-track colleague whose research expertise is in Race and Social Justice in Education with a focus on advancing issues of diversity, access, and equity in education and society. Candidates for this position will have a social science background, a critical theoretical approach, and analysis of power in their scholarship. Attractive candidates will have a focus on race with intersecting expertise in one or more of the following areas: racial capitalism, coloniality, political economy, migration, ethnic studies, indigeneity, critical geographies, and spatial analyses, carcerality, disability studies, queer and trans studies, critical policy studies.

Major Responsibilities

Faculty in the Department of Educational Theory, Policy and Administration contribute to master’s and doctoral programs focusing on issues of equity, structural inequality, and social justice in education, including graduate programs in Education, Culture and Society and the Ph.D. concentration in Theory, Organization and Policy. Faculty teach a broad range of courses that assist students across the GSE in developing theoretical frameworks, methodologies and perspectives that are critical to grappling with issues of social justice and equity in education settings and mentor students in those areas. The candidate filling this position will contribute to the GSE’s program in Education, Culture and Society, and strengthen the Graduate School of Education’s theoretical rigor, intersectional analyses, and commitment to dismantling racism and other axes of systemic oppressions.

Additionally, the scholar filling this position will conduct a research and publication agenda that advances Rutgers Graduate School of Education’s pursuit of advancing excellence and equity in education; demonstrate commitment to community engaged scholarship and scholarly productivity by publishing in peer-reviewed journals and with highly respected presses; secure competitive external research support, and present at national and international scholarly conferences; contribute to the success of programs across the GSE; participate in relevant program development and innovation; develop and teach graduate courses in critical studies of education within their areas of expertise; assume an active role in the Education, Culture and Society program and in the School and provide graduate student advisement, mentoring, teaching and service; participate actively in national professional organizations; and contribute to the strategic goals of the Graduate School of Education.

Our School and University strongly encourage applications from individuals who are members of groups that have been and still are underrepresented in university faculty positions.

Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Subject to the availability of funding, the position will begin September 1, 2024.

Inquiries about the position should be directed to the Search Committee Co-chairs: Dr. Melinda Mangin at melinda.mangin@gse.rutgers.edu and Dr. Krystal Strong at krystal.strong@gse.rutgers.edu

Position Status Full Time

Posting Number 23FA1169

Posting Open Date 10/26/2023

Posting Close Date 

Minimum Education and Experience 

Candidates for this position are required to hold an earned doctoral degree from an accredited major research university in a social science discipline (including education). We seek candidates with demonstrated strong theoretical and methodological training, and a demonstrated commitment to and expertise in the preparation of anti-racist educators. Candidates with demonstrated commitment to addressing diversity, equity, and social justice issues in PreK-12 education and to community engaged scholarship, scholarly promise and accomplishment should apply. The ideal candidate will have prior successful teaching experience at the university level and demonstrated success or potential for success in securing competitive external research funding.

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Overview 

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a leading national research university and the state of New Jersey’s preeminent, comprehensive public institution of higher education. We are the region’s most high-profile public research institution and a leading national research center with global impact.

Chartered in 1766 as Queen’s College in New Brunswick, New Jersey, Rutgers University is the eighth oldest higher education institution in the United States, a land-grant university, and a member of the Association of American Universities, the Big Ten® Conference, and the Big Ten Academic Alliance. More than 69,000 students and 22,500 faculty and staff learn, work and serve the public at Rutgers locations across New Jersey and around the world. Rutgers includes Rutgers University-New Brunswick, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences, Rutgers University-Newark, and Rutgers University-Camden. Rutgers comprises 33 schools and colleges and is home to more than 300 research centers and institutes. The University is dedicated to teaching that meets the highest standards of excellence; to conducting research that breaks new ground; and to providing services, solutions, and clinical care that help individuals and the local, national, and global communities where they live.

StatementRutgers University–New Brunswick took root more than 250 years ago. We are the state’s most comprehensive intellectual resource—the flagship of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, as designated by the Association of American Universities. We are the region’s most high-profile public research institution and a leading national research university with a global impact. Rutgers–New Brunswick also engages in community initiatives, new and small business development, and serves as a policy resource across New Jersey.

Today, Rutgers–New Brunswick is among the top 25 public national universities in the United States as ranked by US News & World Report. With over 50,000 students and approximately 10,000 faculty and staff, Rutgers–New Brunswick is a vibrant academic community committed to the highest standards of teaching, research, and service.

We educate New Jersey’s future leaders. With 17 schools and colleges, Rutgers–New Brunswick offers over 100 undergraduate majors and more than 200 graduate and professional degree programs. The university’s more than 500,000 living alumni are making a difference in all 50 states and on six continents.

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and an NSF ADVANCE Institution.

Affirmative Action/Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

It is university policy to provide equal employment opportunity to all its employees and applicants for employment regardless of their race, creed, color, national origin, age, ancestry, nationality, marital or domestic partnership or civil union status, sex, pregnancy, gender identity or expression, disability status, liability for military service, protected veteran status, affectional or sexual orientation, atypical cellular or blood trait, genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing), or any other category protected by law. As an institution, we value diversity of background and opinion, and prohibit discrimination or harassment on the basis of any legally protected class in the areas of hiring, recruitment, promotion, transfer, demotion, training, compensation, pay, fringe benefits, layoff, termination or any other terms and conditions of employment.

Special Instructions to ApplicantsSubmitted applications should include the following materials: (1) cover letter summarizing qualifications; (2) current curriculum vitae; (3) teaching and research statement; (4) names, addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses of five individuals who may be contacted as references as well as a brief description of the capacity in which you know each reference. Additionally, candidates must submit at least one, but no more than three, published or unpublished papers; and submit these items as separate attachments, preferably as PDF documents.

Only complete applications and applications submitted electronically will be considered. Review of applications will begin December 8, 2023, and will continue until the positions are filled.

Quick Link to Posting https://jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/214430

Campus Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Home Location Campus Rutgers University - New Brunswick

City New Brunswick

State NJ

Location Details 

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The Boston to Washington, DC corridor is the economic and cultural capital of the world and New Jersey residents can take advantage of endless opportunities for explorations and experience.

In 1989, Rutgers-New Brunswick was invited to join the Association of American Universities, making it one of the top 66 research universities in North America.

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