Assistant Professor

Title: Assistant Professor (Higher Education Student Affairs)

Employee Classification: FA - Faculty 16 and 24 Pay

Division: Academic and Student Affairs

Department: ACE - AA-College of Education

Campus Location: Main Campus

General Summary

Eastern Michigan University's Department of Leadership and Counseling in the College of Education (LDCN) invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Higher Education Student Affairs (HESA). This position is part of a university-wide interdisciplinary cluster hire focusing on college students' mental health and well-being. This position will work in collaboration with faculty from, but not limited to, Social Work, College Counseling, Public Health, Sociology, Nursing, Psychology, and Occupational Therapy, as well as practitioners in the field to form the College Student Mental Health Research Collaborative. The collaborative will develop a research agenda that can inform practice and institutional policy formation related to mental health and well-being.

The LDCN offers a well-regarded Master's in Higher Education Student Affairs and a Graduate Certificate in Academic and Career Advising. CAS standards guide the program as a framework to prepare future student affairs professionals. Program graduates work in various positions in Higher Education that promote the intellectual, social, emotional, and personal development of college students and enhance their educational and campus experiences. This program is committed to preparing student affairs professionals who can serve as advocates and practitioner scholars.

Our mission as a HESA Program is to foster student affairs professionals who intentionally create inclusive spaces of responsiveness, respect, and appreciation for all forms of diversity, developing cultural proficiency in promoting wellness, reflection, and action related to identity development and social justice. We seek candidates who demonstrate the capacity to engage ethically in communities of practice with ethnically, racially, linguistically, and otherwise diverse populations and historically marginalized youth, families, and communities and who seek to enact such a commitment in collaboration with others in the department, college, campus, and broader community.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

The candidate will teach and advise graduate students in the Master's program in HESA and the Graduate Certificate in Academic and Career Advising. In addition, the candidate will supervise and engage in dissertation research and teach doctoral-level courses. The candidate will teach and advise/mentor graduate students in face-to-face and online environments. This individual will provide service to the department, college, university, and the profession and impact local, national, and global communities. As described above, participation in the cluster collaborative will be required.

Minimum Qualifications:

• At a minimum, candidates will have earned a doctorate by August 19, 2024, in Higher Education Administration, Student Affairs, or College Student Personnel.

• Have graduate teaching experience and value inclusive practices in teaching, with a demonstrated commitment to social justice and preparing student affairs professionals from marginalized populations.

• Have experience as a student affairs practitioner.

• Have an established research agenda and interest in college student's mental health and well-being.

• Identify with the student affairs profession, as evidenced by professional memberships, leadership activities, and community engagement (e.g., ASHE, ACPA, & NASPA).

Preferred Qualifications:

• In addition to mental health and student well-being, preference will be given to candidates with a teaching interest in any of the following: case management, coaching, advising, mentoring, supervision, policy in higher education, administration, assessment and evaluation, or quantitative research methodology.

• Preferred teaching experience in Student Affairs.

• Teach using multiple modalities, face-to-face and online synchronously.

• Candidates should demonstrate experience acquiring or pursuing external funding.

• The experience supervising dissertation research.

Special Instructions:

A competitive salary will be based on qualifications and prior experiences. This is a tenure-track appointment at the assistant professor rank. The position is an eight-month appointment with summer employment contingent on departmental needs. The starting date will be August 19, 2024.

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