The Department of Child and Family Development (CFD) at San Diego State University seeks
applicants for a full-time, 10-month, tenure-track Assistant Professor faculty position with a
research program focused on human gender, sexuality, and sexual orientation. Areas of
potential focus may include: (1) gender and sexual diversity throughout the lifespan, including
childhood, adolescence, and adulthood, (2) intersectionality of Black, Indigenous, and People of
Color (BIPOC), and/or (3) psychological, biological, cultural, and behavioral aspects of human
sexuality and family life. The position will begin Fall 2025.
The overarching criterion for a successful candidate is a demonstrated record of success in
research, service, and teaching/mentoring historically marginalized students. San Diego State
University is a Hispanic Serving Institution and Asian American, Native American, Pacific
Islander Serving Institution that resides on Kumeyaay land. In addition, San Diego State
University is listed as Campus Pride Index’s Best of the Best Colleges and Universities in the
United States for its support of gender and sexually diverse students (2023). A commitment to
these students as well as students from other minoritized groups is a key commitment of the
department.
Responsibilities:
inclusion and belonging as it relates to the candidate’s area of research focus
in peer-reviewed journals
development, scholarship and service
associations or professional organizations or campus committees, including those that
advance historically marginalized populations
populations
The minimum salary for this position is based on the current CSU salary schedule for Assistant
Professors and may be revised based on contract collective bargaining. The anticipated starting
salary range is from $85,000 - 89,000. Salary placement will be based on the selected
candidate’s qualifications and experience, and salaries higher than the published maximums
may be offered in limited circumstances. San Diego State University offers a rich benefits
package that constitutes a major portion of total compensation. For benefits information, click
here.
About the Child and Family Development Department:
The SDSU Child and Family Development (CFD) Department’s mission is to prepare anti-racist,
anti-bias professionals to address contemporary issues that affect the development, health, and
well-being of children, youth, adults, families, and communities. This mission is accomplished
through a culturally responsive curriculum with a strong emphasis on social-emotional
development, social justice, and equity-minded education. The program represents an
interdisciplinary field of study with the basic assumption that development takes place across
the lifespan in the context of the family, community, and public policy. The Department's
emphasis on reducing structural inequities through community-based outreach, prevention,
advocacy, innovative research, theory application, and inclusive practices provides CFD
students with a strong foundation for training and careers in education, health-related
professions, human services, law, academia, and other meaningful fields of work.
The Department includes 16 full-time and approximately 25 part-time faculty, and serves
a student body of between 500 to 600 undergraduate majors and 100 graduate students.
Our undergraduate major focuses on social-emotional development as the underlying
foundation for all other areas of development including physical, cognitive, motor, and
language. The program’s emphasis on primary prevention prepares students through
hands-on, community-based field experience where students supervised work in
community agencies, children's programs, the SDSU Children's Center, as well as multiple
school districts across San Diego.
Website: http://go.sdsu.edu/education/cfd/
About the College of Education:
The College of Education comprises seven diverse departments/schools committed to one
unified mission: to prepare education, community-service, and counseling professionals to
provide the highest quality learning environments to ensure student and client success. The
College of Education is in the forefront of education reform, preparation of educators to work
in multicultural settings through its pre-service, master’s and doctoral level programs. The
College contributes to the knowledge base in both educational theory and practice through
professional inquiry and scholarship. The College engages in strategic partnerships with the
field of practice to improve client outcomes, increase institutional effectiveness, and promote
social justice. College of Education faculty are closely involved with the local community,
including transborder collaboration, partnerships with SDSU locations internationally. For more
information about SDSU and the College of Education, please visit this website:
http://go.sdsu.edu/education/Default.aspx. Website: http://coe.sdsu.edu/
Required Qualifications:
Family Science, Psychology, Sociology, Social Work, Education, Public Health or a closely
related social science field. Doctoral students who will have their doctorate degree by
the start of the position in Fall 2025 are eligible to apply.
gender and sexually diverse individuals and families
teaching and working effectively with individuals from diverse backgrounds and
members of historically marginalized groups. Candidates must satisfy two or more of
the eight Building on Inclusive Excellence (BIE) criteria. Candidates that meet BIE
criteria:
a. are committed to engaging in service with historically marginalized populations
within the discipline
b. have demonstrated knowledge of barriers for historically marginalized students
and faculty within the discipline
c. have experience or have demonstrated commitment to teaching and mentoring
historically marginalized students
d. have experience or have demonstrated commitment to integrating
understanding of historically marginalized populations and communities into
research
e. have experience in or have demonstrated commitment to extending knowledge
of opportunities and challenges in achieving artistic/scholarly success to
members of a historically marginalized group
f. have experience in or have demonstrated commitment to research that engages
historically marginalized communities
g. have expertise or demonstrated commitment to developing expertise in cross-
cultural communication and collaboration
h. have research interests that contribute to diversity and equal opportunity in
higher education.
Preferred Qualifications:
populations
experiences of gender and sexually diverse individuals and families
About SDSU:
SDSU is the oldest institution of higher education in the San Diego region, with a campus in San
Diego serving 39,000 undergraduate and graduate students and additional locations in
Southern California’s Imperial Valley and Tbilisi in the Republic of Georgia. SDSU is included in
the Carnegie Foundation’s Doctoral Universities: High Research Activity category. Established in
1897, SDSU offers bachelor degrees in 97 areas, masters in 84 and doctorates in 23. See
http://www.sdsu.edu for more information. SDSU is a large, diverse, urban university, an
Asian-Native American-Pacific Islander-Serving Institution and a Hispanic-Serving Institution
with a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusive excellence. Our campus community is
diverse in many ways, including race, religion, color, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual
orientation, gender identity and expression, national origin, pregnancy, medical condition, and
covered veteran status. We strive to build and sustain a welcoming environment for all.
SDSU is a Title IX, equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against persons on the basis of race, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity and expression, marital status, age, disability, pregnancy, medical condition, or covered veteran status.
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