Open Rank Professor, Educational Leadership

Florida International University is Miami’s public research university, focused on student success. According to U.S. News and World Report, FIU has 42 top-50 rankings in the nation among public universities. FIU is a top U.S. research university (R1), with more than $200 million in annual expenditures. FIU ranks 15th in the nation among public universities for patent production, which drives innovation, and is one of the institutions that helps make Florida the top state for higher education. The Next Horizon fundraising campaign is furthering FIU’s commitment to providing students Worlds Ahead opportunities. Today, FIU has two campuses and multiple centers, and supports artistic and cultural engagement through its three museums: Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum, the Wolfsonian-FIU, and the Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU. FIU is a member of Conference USA, with more than 400 student-athletes participating in 18 sports. The university has awarded more than 330,000 degrees to many leaders in South Florida and beyond. For more information about FIU, visit www.fiu.edu.

The Educational Policy Studies Department at FIU invites applications for two nine-month, open-rank tenure-track or tenured positions in Educational Leadership beginning in August 2022.

Qualifications: Earned doctorate in Educational Leadership or related field. Successful applicants must show a record of dissertation supervision and evidence of collaborative work with school districts and/or district leaders.   Applicants must have an active research agenda commensurate with rank as well as demonstrate the potential to secure external funding.

Responsibilities: Teaching graduate level courses in educational leadership, supervision of master’s and doctoral students, serving on dissertation committees, program development, participate in the procurement of external grants, and maintain a scholarship agenda commensurate with a tenure-track line. Both hires are expected to assume program leadership responsibilities.

The Program offers the MS, EdS and EdD in Educational Leadership. All degrees place special emphasis on graduating students equipped for cross-cultural exchanges, particularly in urban settings. Women and minority candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.

Qualified candidates are encouraged to apply to Job Opening 524914 at https://facultycareers.fiu.edu and attach a cover letter, CV, one scholarly publication, teaching and research agenda statements and commitment to diversity statement as a single pdf file. Candidates will be requested to provide names and contact information for at least 3 references who will be contacted as determined by the search committee. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Please send inquiries to Dr. Ethan Kolek (ekolek@fiu.edu).