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Visiting Assistant Professor in Human Services

Employer
Purdue University Fort Wayne
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Salary
Competitive
Date posted
Apr 6, 2023

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The Department of Human Services invites applications for a Visiting Assistant Professor in Human Services for the 2023-24 academic year.  Duties include didactic, experiential, and participatory instruction with a curriculum that focuses on clinical and enrichment experiences. The faculty role includes teaching undergraduate courses, academic advising, and service to the department, school, university, and community.

The successful candidate will have a Ph.D. in Human Services or a closely related field. A minimum of one year’s teaching experience and three years working in the field of Human Services is preferred. Priority will be given to applicants with previous work experience at a university, those who have a strong commitment to teaching, and those who have a degree in Human Services. Employment is contingent on a satisfactory background records check and available funding.

The Department of Human Services, which resides in the School of Education, is a clinical program that offers a bachelor’s degree, a minor, and two concentrations. There are over 200 students in the program. Students complete 360 clinical hours with community partners. The department partners with over 55 clinical programs in northeast Indiana for internship placements. Non-profit human service organizations are the second-leading employer in Allen County, Indiana.

Purdue University Fort Wayne (PFW) is the largest university in northeast Indiana, offering 25 graduate and over 100 undergraduate prestigious Purdue University degrees and certificates. More than 10,000 students of diverse ages, races, and nationalities belong to the PFW family. The 594‐acre campus in Fort Wayne is home to over 7,000 degree‐seeking undergraduate and graduate students. Through PFW’s partnerships with area high schools, almost 3,000 high school students take dual‐credit courses, simultaneously earning both high school and college credits. PFW is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. Learn more about us at PFW.edu.

The Department of Human Services is committed to advancing diversity in all areas of faculty effort, including research, teaching, and service/engagement. Candidates should address at least one of these areas in their cover letter, indicating their past experiences, current interests or activities, and/or future goals to promote a climate that values diversity and inclusion.

Please submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae, a 1-2 page teaching philosophy, evidence of teaching effectiveness, and contact information for three references to  https://careers.purdue.edu/job/Fort-Wayne-Visiting-Assistant-Professor-in-Human-Services-IN-46801/1012817100/.  All candidates invited for a campus interview will be expected to do a 45-60 minute teaching demonstration.

Purdue University Fort Wayne is an EEO/AA employer fully committed to achieving a diverse workforce. All individuals, including minorities, women, individuals with disabilities, and protected veterans are encouraged to apply. Purdue University Fort Wayne will not provide visa sponsorship for this position.

 

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Purdue Fort Wayne

Purdue University Fort Wayne is located in Indiana’s second-largest city and offers a traditional campus experience within a thriving metropolitan setting. As part of the venerable Purdue University system, students earn undergraduate and graduate degrees from one of the most trusted and prestigious brands in higher education. 

With more than 8,000 students and over 300 full-time faculty members, Purdue Fort Wayne is perfectly sized to offer small classes and individualized attention, yet large enough to have all the attributes of a major research university. Students have the opportunity to work alongside faculty to tackle real-world challenges through groundbreaking research, to create exciting new scholarship, and to explore new facets of creative expression.

For more than 50 years, Purdue Fort Wayne has drawn Mastodons from near and far. Our students value the prestigious Purdue name and degree, and they experience the affordability and vibrance of Indiana’s second-largest city, Fort Wayne. We offer a traditional campus experience with perfectly sized classes that allow for individualized attention to help our students thrive. Students also have the opportunity to work alongside faculty to tackle real-world challenges through groundbreaking research and to explore new facets of creative expression.

Purdue Fort Wayne is the only university in the country with a mastodon as a mascot. It’s a distinction that we are proud of, and it represents our unique story.

Mastodons roamed the southern Great Lakes region of North America more than 10,000 years ago. But it was in 1968—four years after the university was founded—that Jack Sunderman, chair of the Department of Geology, identified a leg bone of a mastodon found just south of Angola, Indiana. Sunderman and his team of faculty and students subsequently unearthed the entire mastodon skeleton—along with the skull of a baby mastodon.

Later that year, Steve Pettyjohn, who served as the student body president in
1968–69, wrote a letter to the Communicator, the university newspaper, extolling the virtues of choosing the mastodon as the mascot: “It sounds different, strange. That’s exactly why [we should choose it]. I’m tired of slavishly copying what Bloomington, West Lafayette, and other big schools do. Let’s have the courage to be a little different.”

The following year, a student government committee selected the Mastodon as the university mascot. Don lives on as a fierce representative of Purdue Fort Wayne!

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