The Warner School of Education at the University of Rochester

Faculty Position Higher Education

Tenure track assistant professor; full-time position

Since 1850, the University of Rochester has been one of the country’s leading private universities. Warner is a professional school committed to offering challenging education, advancing scholarship and research, and encouraging fruitful collaborations between scholarship in education and human development and current issues in practice and policy. Warner offers graduate programs in teaching, counseling, human development, higher education and educational policy.

The University of Rochester is committed to the development of a multi-cultural environment. We seek greater diversity in our faculty and staff to broaden our academic experience. We value input of multiple viewpoints and perspectives across the university; our goal is to create an academic community which is rich with cultural, social and intellectual diversity.

The Educational Leadership program in the Margaret Warner Graduate School of Education and Human Development, University of Rochester, seeks applications for a nine-month, full-time, tenure- track position as assistant or associate professor in higher education. The University of Rochester is a private non-denominational research university located in Rochester, New York.

We seek applicants who can contribute to the administration concentration area within our higher education program. Applicants should be able to offer graduate courses on topics such as leadership, administration, organizational behavior, assessment, and/or accountability in institutions of higher education; advise graduate students; and supervise doctoral research in related areas. Candidates should provide evidence of their potential for a strong program of research. Candidates should also provide evidence of potential for excellence in teaching and the capacity to engage with and assume a leadership role among scholars in the field of higher education.

Qualifications: Applicants should have a doctorate in higher education, higher education administration, or a closely related field and must have a commitment to the preparation of strong educational leaders and scholars, institutional reform and management, diversity and equity, and excellence in teaching, as well as a strong theoretical background and research agenda. Candidates with a strong grasp of quantitative and/or mixed methods research methodologies are preferred. Experience and/or research interests in diverse institutional settings in higher education (e.g., four-year institutions, community colleges) is highly desirable, though not required. We seek candidates that can complement the expertise of our current faculty in higher education and educational leadership.

Since 1850, the University of Rochester has been one of the country’s leading private universities. Warner is a professional school committed to offering challenging education, advancing scholarship and research, and encouraging fruitful collaborations between scholarship in education and human development and current issues in practice and policy.

Warner offers programs in Educational Leadership, Teaching & Curriculum, and Counseling & Human Development. We offer both master’s and doctoral programs in each of these areas and actively promote the cross fertilizations of ideas by encouraging students to take courses across program lines and encouraging faculty to develop collaborations across fields. The relatively small size of our graduate school and our University make it easy to find and develop meaningful collaborations with colleagues outside of Educational Leadership, as well as within it.

The Higher Education program, which is part of Educational Leadership, is a vibrant program that has prepared college admission officers, facilities managers, financial aid officers, library administrators, student services officers and university professors. The Higher Education program is a multi-disciplinary program that allows students to pursue a master’s degree, an Ed.D., or a Ph.D. The faculty in the program are productive researchers who have gained national and international reputations and who are also committed to improving the quality of higher education and preparing practitioners, and/or experienced practitioners with diverse research interests and backgrounds. The program, as well as the School, is dedicated to producing and using educational research to enhance the effectiveness of educational institutions.

To apply
Send a (1) letter of application stating your research and teaching interests, (2) current vita, (3) samples of publications or other writing, and (4) letters of reference to:
Chris Ghinazzi
Faculty Searches Support Staff University of Rochester
Warner School
Box 270425
Rochester, New York 14627

Please contact Dr. Karen DeAngelis, Search Committee Chair, at kdeangelis@warner.rochester.edu if you have any questions.

We will begin our formal review of applications on October 27, 2014, while continuing to review applications until the position is filled. However, we recommend candidates interested in the opportunity to connect with the chair of the search committee at the ASHE conference to submit their application by October 27, 2014.