Assistant Professor - Higher Education

About This Role

This tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Higher Education focuses on advancing equity and social justice through teaching, research, and service within the College of Education and Human Development. The role involves teaching graduate courses, conducting relevant research, advising doctoral students, and contributing to various committees and professional associations.

Responsibilities

• Teach graduate courses in the Higher Education Program
• Conduct research relevant to the field of higher education and aligned with the college mission
• Advise doctoral students and serve on dissertation committees
• Contribute service to university, college, departmental, and program committees, to professional associations, and to local, national, and/or international communities

Requirements

• Scholarship that incorporates critical theoretical lenses to advance equity and social justice in higher education research and practice
• Experience with culturally sustaining and asset-based approaches to teaching and learning, and/or involvement in community-engaged scholarship
• Research agendas grounded in the field of higher education focusing on one or more of the following areas: community colleges (with a focus on practitioner experiences and/or student pathways into and through degree and non-degree programs), the development and experiences of undergraduate students from communities historically underserved and underrepresented in higher education, or organization, administration, and governance
• For one position: expertise in survey research approaches, particularly those that apply a critical lens
• For the second position: expertise in critical and creative research methodologies across qualitative, quantitative (QuantCrit), and/or mixed methods traditions

Important Details

• Start date: September 1, 2027
• Application deadline: October 5th

Application Process

• Submit a letter of interest that: describes the applicant’s research agenda and how it supports the program mission; explains how the applicant’s research and scholarship contribute to theory, practice, and policy in the field of higher education; and indicates how the applicant’s teaching and advising philosophy fits with a practitioner-focused doctoral program and the mission of the UMass Boston Higher Education Program
• Submit a current curriculum vitae
• Submit three samples of scholarship published in academic venues, such as peer-reviewed journals, academic books, and conference proceedings, or scholarly artifacts in the form of reports, digital publications, blog posts, policy briefs, among other products
• Provide names and contact information for three academic references (references will only be contacted for finalists)