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Assistant Rank Faculty Position in Promoting Learning in Early Childhood

Stanford’s Graduate School of Education is seeking an early career (untenured) faculty member whose work focuses on studying developmental and/or contextual experiences that promote learning, broadly defined, in early childhood. For example, the work could focus on family interactions and home experiences; early childhood care and education programs, settings, and curricula; and teaching strategies and everyday classroom experiences. The work could include approaches such as identifying and assessing relevant skills and processes, and/or creating, implementing, and evaluating the effectiveness of new intervention programs. Applicants should focus on learning from birth through early elementary school (PreK-G3). Preference will be given to applicants who consider issues of equity and include children from historically underrepresented or underserved groups. The faculty member will contribute to the new Stanford Center on Early Childhood and applicants should be eager to collaborate across disciplines within the Stanford Graduate School of Education and across other Schools and Institutes on campus. The successful candidate will be expected to teach and advise students at the graduate level.

Ph.D./Ed.D., or enrollment in a Ph.D./Ed.D. program with anticipated degree conferral by the time of appointment is required.

Applicants are required to provide:

  • a brief cover letter 
  • a research and teaching statement (no more than 3 pages)
  • curriculum vitae
  • three scholarly publications/writing samples
  • three names of references (complete with email addresses and phone numbers).  We will request letters immediately.

All application materials must be submitted online.  Please submit your application at the following site: https://facultypositions.stanford.edu/en-us/job/494738/assistant-rank-fa...

Application deadline is October 21st, 2024 at 11:55pm PST

Questions pertaining to this position may be directed to Tanya Chamberlain, Faculty Affairs Officer, tanyas@stanford.edu.

Stanford is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Stanford also welcomes applications from others who would bring additional dimensions to the University’s research, teaching, and clinical missions.

The expected base pay range for this position is $140k - $153k.

Stanford University has provided a pay range representing its good faith estimate of what the university reasonably expects to pay for the position. The pay offered to the selected candidate will be determined based on factors including (but not limited to) the experience and qualifications of the selected candidate including years since terminal degree, training, and field or discipline; departmental budget availability; internal equity; and external market pay for comparable jobs.

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Assistant Rank Faculty Position in English Language Arts Education

The Stanford Graduate School of Education is seeking nominations and applications for an early career (untenured) faculty member specializing in secondary school English Language Arts and adolescent literacy with a preferred emphasis on school-based scholarship relevant to issues of equity, inclusion, and supporting students of various backgrounds and learning needs. The successful candidate will have a strong record of accomplishment, including a doctoral degree with a focus in the area of English language arts and/or the conduct of teacher education in secondary English language arts. Applicants are strongly preferred to have prior classroom experience at the secondary level. Further, the candidate should have expertise in various aspects of youth literacy development; these could include and are not limited to literature, writing, disciplinary-based literacy, literacy in different contexts, impacts of technology.

As a faculty member, this person will teach graduate level courses for doctoral students as well as master’s level pre-service teachers, with the potential to teach other master’s students and undergraduates as well. They will also advise and guide doctoral research in writing and composition, English education, and related fields.   

Ph.D./Ed.D., or enrollment in a Ph.D./Ed.D. program with anticipated degree conferral by the time of appointment, is required.

Applicants are required to provide:

  • a brief cover letter 
  • a research and teaching statement (no more than 3 pages)
  • a curriculum vitae
  • three scholarly publications/writing samples
  • names of three references (complete with email addresses and phone numbers); we will request letters immediately.

All application materials must be submitted online.  Please submit your application at the following site: https://facultypositions.stanford.edu/en-us/job/494737/assistant-rank-fa...

Application deadline is October 7th, 2024 at 11:55pm PST

Questions pertaining to this position may be directed to Tanya Chamberlain, Faculty Affairs Officer, tanyas@stanford.edu.

Stanford is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Stanford also welcomes applications from others who would bring additional dimensions to the University’s research, teaching, and clinical missions.

The expected base pay range for this position is $140k - $153k.

Stanford University has provided a pay range representing its good faith estimate of what the university reasonably expects to pay for the position. The pay offered to the selected candidate will be determined based on factors including (but not limited to) the experience and qualifications of the selected candidate including years since terminal degree, training, and field or discipline; departmental budget availability; internal equity; and external market pay for comparable jobs.

https://facultypositions.stanford.edu/en-us/job/494737/assistant-rank-faculty-po…

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Open Rank Faculty Position in Politics, Governance, and Political Economy of Education

The Stanford Graduate School of Education seeks applicants for an open-rank position in politics, governance and political economy of education. We seek a scholar who brings empirical and conceptual insights to our understanding of the politics of education, educational policy making, educational governance, and/or the political economy of education with a preference for scholars who engage with policy makers or whose work directly informs policy. The scholar will join a community of researchers who study educational phenomena from a range of disciplinary perspectives. They will be expected to teach courses and advise and work with students on topics in their area of expertise.

Applicants are required to provide:

  • a cover letter (short)
  • a research and teaching statement (no more than 3 pages)
  • curriculum vitae 
  • three scholarly publications and/or well-developed papers
  • Applicants for Assistant rank positions should submit three names of references (complete with addresses and phone numbers).  We will request letters immediately.
  • Applicants for Associate and Full Professor ranks should submit three names of references (complete with addresses and phone numbers). We will request letters of recommendation for a short list of finalists only.

Ph.D./Ed.D. or enrollment in a Ph.D./Ed.D. program with anticipated degree conferral by the time of appointment as Assistant Professor is required.

All application materials must be submitted online.  Please submit your application at the following site: https://facultypositions.stanford.edu/en-us/job/494736/open-rank-faculty...

Application deadline is October 21st, 2024 at 11:55pm

Questions pertaining to this position may be directed to Tanya Chamberlain, Faculty Affairs Officer, tanyas@stanford.edu.

Stanford is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Stanford also welcomes applications from others who would bring additional dimensions to the University’s research, teaching, and clinical missions.

The expected base pay range for this position is:

  • Professor: $210k - $280k
  • Assoc. Professor: $160k - $189k
  • Asst. Professor: $140k - $153k

Stanford University has provided a pay range representing its good faith estimate of what the university reasonably expects to pay for the position. The pay offered to the selected candidate will be determined based on factors including (but not limited to) the experience and qualifications of the selected candidate including years since terminal degree, training, and field or discipline; departmental budget availability; internal equity; and external market pay for comparable jobs.

https://facultypositions.stanford.edu/en-us/job/494736/open-rank-faculty-positio…

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Assistant Rank Faculty Position in Education and Organizations

The Stanford Graduate School of Education seeks applicants for an early career (untenured) faculty position in education and organizations. We seek an empirical social-science researcher who studies organizations such as schools, colleges and universities, education businesses, education philanthropies, government and regulatory agencies, and the relationships among these and other organizations that constitute the ecosystem for education—in the United States and/or internationally. We welcome applications from scholars deploying a wide range of methods and data, including ethnographic, qualitative, comparative-historical, and quantitative/computational approaches. 

The successful candidate will join a community of faculty who study educational phenomena from a variety of disciplinary perspectives, many of whom have interests in collaborating with colleagues across the university as well as with practitioners to understand and facilitate change. The successful candidate will also be expected to teach and advise students at the graduate level.   

Ph.D./Ed.D., or enrollment in a Ph.D./Ed.D. program with anticipated degree conferral by the time of appointment is required.

Applicants are required to provide:

  • a brief cover letter 
  • a research and teaching statement (no more than 3 pages)
  • curriculum vitae
  • up to three scholarly publications/writing samples
  • three names of references (complete with email addresses and phone numbers).  We will request letters immediately.

All application materials must be submitted online.  Please submit your application at the following site: https://facultypositions.stanford.edu/en-us/job/494735/assistant-rank-fa...

Application deadline is October 14th at 11:55pm PST

Questions pertaining to this position may be directed to Tanya Chamberlain, Faculty Affairs Officer, tanyas@stanford.edu.

Stanford is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Stanford also welcomes applications from others who would bring additional dimensions to the University’s research, teaching, and clinical missions.

The expected base pay range for this position is $140k - $153k.

Stanford University has provided a pay range representing its good faith estimate of what the university reasonably expects to pay for the position. The pay offered to the selected candidate will be determined based on factors including (but not limited to) the experience and qualifications of the selected candidate including years since terminal degree, training, and field or discipline; departmental budget availability; internal equity; and external market pay for comparable jobs.

https://facultypositions.stanford.edu/en-us/job/494735/assistant-rank-faculty-po…

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