Bellarmine University Is a Dynamic, Growing University with a Strong Liberal Arts Focus in the Catholic Higher Education Tradition and a Bold Vision for the Future
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Company Description: Bellarmine University is a dynamic, growing university with a strong liberal arts focus in the Catholic higher education tradition and a bold vision for the future. Bellarmine has undergraduate and graduate enrollment of nearly 3,500 students and continues to add new academic programs while maintaining small class sizes and personal attention to students. Bellarmine is listed in The Princeton Review's Best 385 Colleges, is one of the top 20 Southern regional universities in U.S. News and World Report's 2019 college rankings and is a top university in Forbes' list of America's best colleges. In a survey by The Princeton Review, students praised Bellarmine as a place that is "welcoming to every single person and makes an effort to include everyone." Bellarmine students, faculty and staff engage in more than 25,000 cumulative hours of service each year, in Louisville and around the nation and world. Beginning in Fall 2020, Bellarmine's 22 athletic teams will compete in NCAA Division I, through an invitation from the ASUN Conference. Bellarmine is located on a scenic 145-acre campus in the Highlands neighborhood and 46+ acres off-campus in Louisville, KY, which Forbes recently recognized as a "Top 15 City" for affordable living and National Geographic calls one of the "Best Small Cities in the U.S." Louisville is within a day's drive of two-thirds of the U.S. population. Bellarmine is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer and encourages applicants with diverse backgrounds to apply. Bellarmine is committed to core values of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Bellarmine will demonstrate a fully realized and lived commitment to equity and inclusion, empowering all members of its increasingly diverse community and supporting them to achieve their full potential. Job Description: Join an innovative and energized faculty dedicated to the preparation of teacher candidates, leaders and change agents focused on educational reform and social justice. Due to the significant growth in our online master's and doctoral degree programs in higher education leadership, the Annsley Frazier Thornton School of Education at Bellarmine University in Louisville, Kentucky invites applications for a 12-month, tenure-track position in higher education leadership at the advanced Assistant or Associate Professor level. We are seeking applicants with expertise in higher education, educational research methods, and social justice/equity approaches to higher education. This position has a June 2021 start date. Primary responsibilities will be to work with students and colleagues in the School of Education and across the University and Community, to be the Chair of and teach in the online M.Ed. in Higher Education Leadership and Social Justice program, and teach in the Ph.D. in Higher Education Leadership program. The successful candidate will demonstrate excellence in teaching graduate courses, a research agenda in higher education, potential in securing external funding, and interest/potential in mentoring doctoral candidates. In alignment with the University's commitment to equity and inclusion, we seek an individual dedicated to and invested in equity and inclusiveness. As Program Chair, our new colleague will also demonstrate dedication to community engagement, participation in all school accreditation activities and academic advising, mentorship of doctoral and master's students, and service to candidate's professional field, university, and community. Requirements: Required Qualifications include the following: • An earned doctorate in Education or a related field from a regionally and nationally accredited university • A minimum of three years working in Higher Education leadership • Demonstrated understanding of equity and social justice initiatives in higher education • Demonstrated understanding of multicultural/critical theories in education • Demonstrated ability and commitment to cultivate learning environments that are equitable and inclusive of students with diverse social identities and backgrounds • Experience working with students from diverse backgrounds • Evidence of excellence in teaching graduate courses • Evidence of excellence in scholarly productivity • Experience utilizing a range of research methodologies and potential for teaching research methods courses Preferred Qualifications include the following: • Experience in a range of educational research methods is highly preferred • Potential/experience in applying for and securing external funding • Demonstrated research agenda related to higher education • Experience and/or interest in serving on/chairing doctoral committees • Experience and/or interest in teaching writing intensive courses • Experience in teaching online courses • Experience in teaching a variety of graduate courses in Higher Education Leadership and Student Development Additional Information: Bellarmine University is committed to core values of diversity, equity and inclusion and embraces diversity in our workforce among members of faculty, staff and administration. We remain committed to affirmative actions, policies, procedures and attitudes necessary to continue to build and retain a diverse and equitable workforce. We will demonstrate a fully realized and lived commitment to equity and inclusion, empowering all members of our increasingly diverse community and supporting them to achieve their full potential. As part of Bellarmine's commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, we will seek to ensure that all aspects of employment, including recruitment, selection, job assignment, training, compensation, benefits, discipline, promotion, layoff and termination processes remain free of illegal discrimination based upon race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected class. Application Instructions: Please submit a letter of interest, CV, unofficial transcripts, a statement regarding your teaching philosophy, and the names and contact information for three professional references by clicking the link contained in this posting. Applications will not be considered until all required items have been submitted. Applications are now being accepted only online and review will continue until the position is filled. Review of complete applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. Apply Here: https://www.click2apply.net/qqyAgmsdgWx7sxZ7hG8Nx PI127040699 .