Assistant or Associate Professor of STEM Education and Equity
The School of Education (SOE) at the University of
California, Riverside (UCR) invites applications and nominations for a
full-time, tenure-track Assistant or tenured Associate Professor of STEM
Education and Equity. The position will commence as early as January 1, 2025,
or as negotiated.
Our Program, School, and University
The UCR SOE is a growing community that serves both undergraduate and graduate
students. Located in a region rich in racial, cultural, and linguistic
diversity, SOE serves majority students of color with a high percentage of
working class and first-generation college students and boasts the most diverse
faculty of a School of Education in the University of California system.
Divided into area groups devoted to higher education; leadership and policy;
social, cultural, linguistic, and racial analysis; cognition and learning;
school psychology; and special education, our collective mission is to call students
to teach students and advance equitable and transformative educational systems
and practices that are reflective of and responsive to our local racially and
economically diverse communities.
UCR is a member of the American Association of Universities
(AAU). As a Minority Serving Institution, UCR ranks among the top public
universities for Making a Public Impact (No. 20, Princeton Review) and is No. 2
among public universities in the U.S. for social mobility (No. 1 from
2019-2021). UCR has several designations that underscore its commitment to
diversity, equity, and inclusion. UCR is a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI)
and an Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institution
(AANAPISI). As the only public research university in diverse Inland Southern
California, UCR’s School of Education is positioned to shape effective service
delivery for historically and multiply marginalized young people locally and
across the state.
Position Description
We are seeking a faculty member with commitments to
advancing the field of equity and justice-based STEM Education. This includes
research that expands perspectives and ideas, utilizes and builds on critical
theoretical and methodological approaches, and demonstrates expertise in
critical epistemic foundations that challenge and reimagine dominant,
Eurocentric approaches to STEM education. Candidates could take on a variety of
specific research directions and inquiries within STEM education across a variety
of levels (e.g., systemic, structural, institutional). We are most interested
in candidates invested in advancing research on the social constructs that
impact STEM access such as identity, socialization, racialization, and more.
Additionally, we especially encourage applicants with commitments to reclaiming
Indigenous, or other non-dominant epistemologies in STEM, that draw from
asset-based and culturally sustaining, justice-oriented theoretical foundations.
We welcome applications with any area of research in STEM
equity and justice, especially focused on the populations we serve at UCR and
in the Inland Empire, and that go beyond naming lack of representation.
Particular research focus that candidates might engage in include, but are
certainly not limited to:
- Ethno-STEM
(e.g., ethnomathematics, land education, decolonization)
- Critical
and race-focused theories in STEM Education (e.g., anti-blackness,
critical race theory, feminist epistemologies)
- STEM
effective, engaged, and culturally sustaining teaching and learning for
historically marginalized populations (e.g., women, youth of color,
linguistically diverse students, neurodiverse students, LGBTQ+ students)
- System-wide
analyses, practices, and policies that structurally advance race and
gender equity and justice in STEM
- Examination
of the digital divide, the growing popularity of online learning and
artificial intelligence, and its impact on equitable STEM learning
QUALIFICATIONS
Minimum Qualifications (required at time of
application):
- An
earned doctorate in a field of STEM Education (e.g., Mathematics
Education, Science Education, Computer Science Education, Engineering
Education) or related fields (e.g., Higher Education, Early Childhood
Education, Social/Cultural Foundations in Education, Ethnic Studies,
Educational Psychology, Special Education)
- A
successful record of high-impact research, scholarly publications, and
external research funding in STEM education
- Evidence
of effective teaching and advising of both undergraduate and
graduate-level students from historically marginalized and diverse
communities in the field of STEM Education
- Demonstrated
knowledge of PK-16 educational equity issues and limiting structures
- Demonstrated
commitment and approach to advancing STEM educational equity, and equity
across research, teaching, service, and public engagement
Preferred Qualifications:
- Contributions
that address the STEM education needs of the culturally, linguistically,
and educationally diverse populations of California and the Inland Empire,
particularly through partnerships serving those populations.
- Understanding
of the intersections of systemic racism, cisheteropatriarchy, classism,
and ableism in reproducing STEM inequities.
Applicants at the Assistant level should submit a cover
letter describing current and proposed future areas of research, curriculum
vitae, a statement of teaching philosophy, statement of research, a statement
of past and/or planned contributions to advancing diversity and inclusive excellence,
and three letters of reference. Candidates also have the option of uploading evidence
of teaching effectiveness (e.g., course evaluations).
Applicants at the Associate level should submit a detailed
cover letter describing current and proposed future areas of research,
curriculum vitae, a statement of teaching philosophy, statement of research,
recent teaching evaluations, a statement of past and/or planned contributions
to advancing diversity and inclusive excellence and information for at least 6 people
who can be contacted for letters of recommendation (extramural letters will be
solicited by the University for the top candidate).
The posted UC salary scales set the minimum pay determined
by rank and/or step at appointment. See Table
1 for the salary range. “Off-scale salaries” and other components of pay,
i.e., a salary that is higher than the published system-wide salary at the
designated rank and step, are offered when necessary to meet competitive
conditions. Advancement through the faculty ranks at the University of
California is through a series of structured, merit-based evaluations,
occurring every 2-3 years, each of which includes substantial peer input.
Inquiries about the position should be directed to the
search committee chair, Marsha Ing (marsha.ing@ucr.edu).
Interested candidates should submit an electronic
application to https://aprecruit.ucr.edu/JPF01922.
Review of applicants will begin July 31, 2024, and may continue until the
position is filled.
The University of California is an Equal
Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified candidates will receive
consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex,
sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability,
protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
