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Faculty Open Position

Job Description:

The Stanford University Graduate School of Education plans a tenure track, assistant or associate professor appointment. We seek candidates whose research embodies innovative approaches that use, design, or study advances in education technologies to create equitable and productive learning opportunities, particularly in low-income communities. We invite applicants who focus on preK-12 learners. We encourage scholars from a variety of academic disciplines who engage in innovative research on equity and technology. We also invite applications from candidates who conduct research employing diverse methodological tools to investigate how technology supports teaching and learning, in and out of school.  The search is unrestricted by the candidate’s academic discipline.

The successful candidate will contribute to teaching and advising doctoral and masters students in the GSE.  

Applicants are required to provide a cover letter describing their research agenda and teaching experience, curriculum vitae, and a list of three references with complete addresses and phone numbers. The committee will request letters of recommendation and samples of publications from a small group of finalists.

All application materials must be submitted online.  Please submit your application on Academic Jobs Online: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/5671.

Deadline to submit application is September 30th, 2015.

Questions pertaining to this position may be directed to Tanya Chamberlain, Faculty Affairs Officer, tanyas@stanford.edu.

Stanford University is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to increasing the diversity of its faculty. It welcomes nominations of, and applications from, women, members of minority groups, protected veterans and individuals with disabilities, as well as others who would bring additional dimensions to the university’s research.

Job Description:

The Stanford Graduate School of Education is seeking nominations and applications for an open rank, tenure track faculty position specializing in early literacy. 

Successful candidates must demonstrate substantial evidence of a creative and productive program of research, impact on his or her field of study (or if junior, the potential for such impact), and a commitment to excellence in teaching and advising students at both graduate and undergraduate levels.  The applicant should have prior experience teaching and/or working with teachers at the elementary level in classrooms with ethnically, linguistically, or socioeconomically diverse student populations.

As a faculty member, responsibilities will include teaching graduate level and possibly undergraduate level courses for both prospective researchers and elementary teacher candidates. The faculty member will support doctoral students and doctoral research in related fields.

Senior candidates should have an excellent record of research and teaching. Junior candidates should have completed a doctorate before the date of appointment and show evidence of excellent research and teaching potential.

Applicants should provide a cover letter which describes research and teaching experience, a curriculum vitae, two examples of published, in press, or not yet published research, and a list of three references (complete with addresses and phone numbers). We will request letters of recommendation to be sent directly to Stanford for a small number of finalists. Applications will be reviewed beginning on September 15, 2015 and the position will remain open until it is filled.

All application materials must be submitted online.  Please submit your application on Academic Jobs Online:

https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/5632

Questions pertaining to this position may be directed to Tanya Chamberlain, Faculty Affairs Officer, tanyas@stanford.edu.

Stanford University is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to increasing the diversity of its faculty. It welcomes nominations of, and applications from, women, members of minority groups, protected veterans and individuals with disabilities, as well as others who would bring additional dimensions to the university’s research and teaching missions.