Title: Assistant Professor (Special Education)

Employee Classification: FA - Faculty 16 and 24 Pay

Pay Grade: FA 01

Division: Academic and Student Affairs

Subdivision: Spec Ed and Comm Sci and Disorders

Department: College of Education

Campus Location: Main Campus

General Summary

The Department of Special Education & Communication Sciences and Disorders, College of Education at Eastern Michigan University is seeking applicants for one tenure track position in Special Education. The appointment will be at the rank of Assistant Professor with a start in Fall, 2025.

Eastern Michigan University is an R2 institution enrolling approximately 18,000 students and offering an outstanding benefits package and a collegial work environment. EMU’s distinct mix of comprehensive academic resources, strong community initiatives, and nationally-recognized undergraduate and graduate research achievements sets it apart. The EMU campus is located in the Ypsilanti/Ann Arbor community, five miles from downtown Ann Arbor and 35 miles west of Detroit, MI and Windsor, Ontario.

The Department of Special Education & Communication Sciences and Disorders cultivates compassionate and principled educational leaders through collaborative teaching and learning, service, community engagement, and purposeful research aimed at fostering equity. We empower courageous leaders to take on significant roles in driving positive change for students, families, and communities both locally and globally.

The Special Education Program within the Department of Special Education & Communication Sciences and Disorders offers a wide range of undergraduate categorical special education degrees leading to initial state licensure in one or more categories. The program also offers a range of certificate, master's, and specialist programs. The department is proud of its legacy for enacting teacher preparation and development that is deeply grounded in principles and practices that address diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice. As a department, 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

• Teach in two or more areas of the department programs/majors
• Provide academic and scholarly research advising to students
• Engage in research and scholarly activities appropriate to an R2 institution
• Provide service to department, college, and university committees, and impact local and global communities
• Create and co-construct transformative curriculum and enact pedagogy to reflect and support inclusive excellence
• Meet all contractual obligations for tenure-track faculty

Minimum Qualifications:

• Doctoral degree in Special Education or related field, completed by date of appointment from an accredited institution.
• Prior special education teaching experience in a P-12 school.
• Demonstrated commitment to and achievement in diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice in higher education settings
• An emergent/active community-engaged scholarly agenda and accomplishments related to the appointment
• Experience in and/or knowledge about preparing special education teachers in culturally-responsive and -sustaining pedagogy
• Experience and versatility in inclusive pedagogy. We are especially interested in qualified candidates who can contribute to diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice through their teaching, research, and service

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in cross-categorical special education teaching and scholarship
• Experience with early childhood special education
• Previous higher education teaching experience
• Experience acquiring or pursuing external research funding

Special Instructions:

The successful candidate will serve an eight-month, tenure track appointment with summer employment contingent on student demand and funding. A competitive salary will be based on qualifications and prior experience with a tenure track appointment at the assistant professor rank.

Applicants must submit the following materials for consideration:
1. A Cover Letter that clearly speaks to each of the following:
a. required and preferred qualifications;
b. your commitment and work supporting diversity, equity, and inclusion in education;
c. your teaching philosophy and approach (specifically online teaching); and
d. your research agenda;

2. a detailed curriculum vitae; and

3. names, titles, and telephone numbers of at least three references.

Review of applications will begin on December 1, 2024.  For more information contact Dr. Jacquelyn McGinnis, Department Head, at 734.487.2803 or jmcginnis@emich.edu or Dr. Rebecca Louick, search committee chair, 734.487.2769 or rlouick@emich.edu.

Experience with multicultural education, diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in educational settings, or other relevant experiences are preferred. Women and members of under-represented groups are encouraged to apply. EMU is an equal opportunity employer.

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