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Assistant or Associate Professor of Social Work

Employer
Salisbury University
Location
Maryland, United States
Salary
Salary Not specified
Date posted
Oct 14, 2021

Assistant or Associate Professor of Social Work

Salisbury University’s (SU) School of Social Work is accepting applications for one faculty position at the Assistant or Associate Professor level, who is eager to be part of an innovative and growing academic environment.  This position will begin August 2022. This is a 10-month full-time tenure track position. 

Accredited since 1975 and offering both Undergraduate and Graduate degrees, Salisbury University’s School of Social Work is one of the most dynamic and rapidly growing programs in Maryland. Seated within the College of Health and Human Services, the School serves 800 students with nearly thirty full-time faculty. The MSW program is the largest graduate program at SU and is seen as a university pioneer in providing non-traditional academic programming. The School also supports an undergraduate dual degree program (Social Work and Sociology) with a geographically close Historically Black University, which is still lauded as one of its kind in the country. 

Primary Job Duties: Teaching responsibilities for this full-time, tenure-track position will include graduate and undergraduate courses in either hybrid or online format. This position will advise students, engage in scholarly work in social work, and provide service to the School and the University. Candidates with a strong social justice focus, who can teach in any of the following areas: behavioral health and/or anti-racist practice.

Minimum Qualifications: A CSWE-accredited master’s social work degree with a minimum of two years of post-MSW professional practice experience, and a doctoral degree, or ABD, in social work or a related field. The candidate will have evidence of teaching experience; evidence of the use of distance education technologies in teaching; demonstrated commitment to diversity and inclusion; and a beginning record of scholarship appropriate to the rank.

Preferred Qualifications: The ideal candidate will possess experience providing effective teaching and classroom management strategies which enhance the success of diverse learners; experience with innovative teaching approaches; and expertise in behavioral health with a strong social justice and anti-racist practice focus. Candidates that reflect the diversity of the School’s student population and surrounding community are strongly encouraged to apply.

 Applications received by November 12, 2021 will be given first consideration. The position will remain open until filled.  Salary is competitive and commensurate with qualifications and experience. Appointment will be contingent upon verification of eligibility to work in the U.S. and is expected to begin August 2022.  Please visit our website http://www.salisbury.edu/HR/careers/ to apply online. See the FAQs of the Online Employment Application System for more information and instructions.    

To be considered as an applicant, you must apply online and submit the following: 1) A letter of interest; 2) diversity statement that discusses demonstrated efforts and accomplishments, 3) curriculum vitae, and 4) the names and phone numbers of at least three professional references. If you have any questions about the position, please contact the Search Committee Co-chairs, Dr. Becky Anthony (RSANTHONY@salisbury.edu) and Dr. Stephen Oby (SJOBY@salisbury.edu).

The School of Social Work is committed to providing accessible, cutting-edge social work education to students locally and globally and is known as a leading innovator on campus. Over the past decade the School has branched out throughout the state by establishing four satellite sites across the state of Maryland, which allows students who, otherwise, would be unable to leave their community to attend a more traditional program. Since 2014, in collaboration with a sister institution and under a contract with the Department of Defense, the School of Social Work provides the social work education for military-connected undergraduate and graduate students in Europe. Most recently, the School of Social Work launched a regional online MSW option and has dramatically increased the number of study abroad options for all of its students. 

Salisbury University, a member of the University System of Maryland, is a regionally accredited four-year comprehensive institution offering 58 distinct graduate and undergraduate programs. Located on the historic Eastern Shore, SU's beautiful campus is some 30 miles from the Atlantic beaches and 2.5 hours from Baltimore and Washington, D.C. SU is consistently ranked among the nation’s top colleges and ‘best values’ by U.S. News & World Report, The Princeton Review and other publications. SU has 416 full-time faculty members serving a student population of approximately 8700.

Diversity and inclusion are core values of Salisbury University. We strive to create a truly diverse and inclusive environment where the richness of ideas, backgrounds, and perspectives of our community is harnessed to create value for our University community to include students, faculty, and staff, today and in the future.  To this end, the University recruits exceptional and diverse faculty, staff, and students from across Maryland, the United States, and around the world, supporting all members of the University community as they work together to achieve institutional goals and vision. To learn more about the University’s commitment to fostering a diverse and inclusive campus, please visit http://www.salisbury.edu/equity/.

Salisbury University (SU) has a strong institutional commitment to diversity and equal employment opportunities to all qualified people. To that end, the University prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex, gender, marital status, pregnancy, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status or other legally protected characteristics. Direct all inquiries regarding the nondiscrimination policy to: Humberto Aristizabal, Associate Vice President, Institutional Equity, Title IX Coordinator, 100 Holloway Hall, Tel. (410) 548-3508.

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