The College of Education is delighted to announce the approval of two tenure-track faculty positions in Learning Sciences and Human Development (LSHD). The College of Education offers an opportunity for cross-disciplinary work and the positions are open to scholars from closely related disciplines (e.g. School Psychology, Educational Psychology).
Brief Description:
THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, SEATTLE, College of Education, seeks to fill two nine-month full-time tenure-track positions in the area of Learning Sciences and Human Development (LSHD). The College of Education is building its capacity for community-engaged work with American Indian /Alaska Native youth, families, and communities. Preference will be given to candidates with expertise in these areas.
These positions are part of a larger cluster hire in LSHD, which will add four tenure-line faculty, working at the intersection of culture, learning, and development, over the next two years. As such, the specific constellation of expertise in any individual faculty position is somewhat flexible. All successful candidates will bring a demonstrated commitment to examining and contributing to equitable educational opportunities and systemic transformation (e.g., attending to issues of race, culture, class, gender, sexuality, and colonization in knowing and learning).
Successful candidates will have an active research agenda and record of scholarly publications and external funding (or strong potential for each), and evidence or promise of successful teaching and mentoring experience, with a focus on one of the following areas:
- Assistant or Associate Professor in Adolescent Development Within and Across Contexts (e.g., schools, communities, family, peers), involving expertise in such areas as:
- Socioemotional learning and development
- Social construction of identities including intersections of race, culture, gender, and sexuality
- Developmental psychology and/or sociocultural methods
- Assistant Professor in Community/Civic Engagement as Social Transformation, involving expertise in such areas as:
- Development of youth agency and identity through digital media design and/or by expanding boundaries of disciplinary learning (e.g., in history, literacy, or STEM subjects);
- Ethnographic and design-based work connecting young people, families, community organizations, and schools