Job Title:
| Assistant Professor: Community and Human Services/Human Development |
Job ID: | 805 |
Full or Part Time: | Full Time |
Center: | Central New York Center |
Unit/Program/Office | Central New York Center |
Location: | Syracuse |
Description: | Empire State College’s Central New York Center at Syracuse seeks applications for a full-time, tenure-track faculty position in Community and Human Services/Human Development. Candidates with interdisciplinary expertise in the following areas are particularly encouraged to apply: multicultural issues, minority populations, community activism, gender and sexuality studies. The successful candidate will serve in Syracuse as a faculty mentor, working closely with individual students to design unique degree programs, and working with faculty in a range of disciplines to coordinate the college’s response to the needs of adult students.
The Central New York Center, with units in Syracuse, Fort Drum, Watertown, Ithaca, Utica, Auburn, and Binghamton serves approximately 1,350 students annually. Working closely with faculty and staff in Syracuse and other units across the center, the role of the faculty member is to provide high-quality educational services to students and to enhance the college’s reputation within the community. Involvement in college governance is also expected. Increasingly, faculty are expected to work with graduate students. |
Minimum Qualifications: | Doctorate in one of the following areas: Human Development, Family Studies, Psychology, Social Work, Family Therapy or a closely related area. Successful candidates must have the potential to effectively mentor and teach adults from diverse backgrounds at the undergraduate and graduate levels, participate actively in institutional development, and pursue scholarly interests. Successful candidates will also have strong communication and computer skills, and effective organizational skills. |
Preferred Qualifications: | Strong preference will be accorded candidates who demonstrate knowledge of adult learning, individualized and interdisciplinary programs, learning technologies, and innovative program delivery, as well as demonstrated commitment to diversity issues in higher education or through community-based work. |
Special Information (e.g., travel required, evening hours, etc.): | Ability to travel intrastate two to three times per month, some evening and weekend hours. |
Rank/Salary: | Tenure-track, 12-month appointment, salary range begins at $54,000. |
Applications due by: | 04/09/2008 |
Anticipated start date: | Between 7/1/2008 and 8/18/2008 |
Empire State College is an EOE employer. |