Tenure-Track Assistant Or Associate Professor

Department: College of Public Health

Job Category: Instructional Faculty

Job Type: Full-Time

Work Schedule: Full-time (1.0 FTE, 40 hrs/wk)

Location: Fairfax

Telework Friendly: Yes

Salary: Salary commensurate with education and experience

Criminal Background Check: Yes

The George Mason University Department of Social Work invites applications for a 9-month tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor. We are seeking social work scholars with innovative programs of research, teaching excellence, and a demonstrated commitment to anti-racism and anti-oppressive practice, education, and research. Candidates whose research focuses on trauma and mental health, substance use and addiction, public health social work, or disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply.

George Mason University, a Carnegie Research I institution, is the largest, most diverse, and innovative public university in Virginia with more than 40,000 students from all 50 states and over 135 countries. Located in Fairfax, Virginia, Mason is part of the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area, offering easy access to the cultural, scientific, and political resources of the nation's capital. George Mason University has a strong institutional commitment to the achievement of excellence and diversity among its faculty and staff, and strongly encourages candidates to apply who will enrich Mason's academic and culturally inclusive environment. Mason is an inclusive and equitable campus community where everyone is valued, supported, and experiences a sense of belonging.

About the Department of Social Work:

The Department of Social Work has internationally recognized faculty for their expertise in areas of behavioral health, violence prevention, older adults, children and youth, and immigration, with a proud history of faculty-student-community research collaborations. The Department has a HRSA-Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training (BHWET) grant to train the next generation of social workers in evidence-based approaches for behavioral health and is involved in a HRSA-funded Workforce Resiliency Training Program. Additionally, faculty are engaged in innovative, collaborative research projects that leverage university partnerships to incorporate digital technology solutions and computing techniques in developing service interventions. The Department of Social Work offers BSW and MSW degree programs (including a fully online MSW program) with an educational and research mission focusing on practice and policy interventions that improve health and well-being and promote economic and social justice, particularly for individuals, families, and communities who have been historically oppressed. The department includes 18 full-time instructional faculty, 4 administrative faculty, and 3 classified staff, and enrolls approximately 200 undergraduate and 450 graduate students. A PhD program has been proposed. Further information about the department may be found at https://socialwork.gmu.edu.

About the College of Public Health:

The College of Public Health is located in the Peterson Family Health Science Hall, which has 165,000 square feet of offices, conference rooms, classrooms, and wet and dry labs. The College has accredited degree programs in Social Work, Global and Community Health, Health Administration and Policy, Nutrition and Food Studies, and Nursing. The College operates a Population Health Center that supports primary and behavioral health care, research, and training and where the Department of Social Work's faculty and students, alongside their transdisciplinary collaborators and community partners, can deliver behavioral health and work together to address some of the profession's most pressing social challenges. Further information about the College may be found at https://publichealth.gmu.edu.

Responsibilities:

The successful candidates will be expected to:

• Develop or continue a program of original research;

• Engage in collaborative research;

• Teach and mentor students;

• Establish and/or bring an extramurally funded research program;

• Engage in professional service in support of advancing the mission of the department and college; and

• Contribute to the development of curriculum, degree programs, and research.

Required Qualifications:

• Earned Ph.D. in Social Work or closely-related discipline by the start of the position in August;

• MSW degree from a CSWE-accredited program;

• Ability to teach and mentor across the curriculum; and

• Evidence of a strong research trajectory.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Two or more years of post-MSW practice experience;

• Strong trajectory of refereed publications and evidence of research funding (intra- or extramural grant funding or awards);

• Ability to teach a range of direct practice/clinical courses for BSW/MSW students; and

• Candidates for associate professorships ideally will have an established and funded line of research and experience with mentoring across the academic spectrum (e.g., graduate students, junior faculty).

Instructions to Applicants:

For full consideration, applicants must apply at https://jobs.gmu.edu/ for Tenure-Track Assistant or Associate Professor. Applications must include: (1) a cover letter of interest, (2) curriculum vitae, (3) research statement of interests and goals, (4) statement of teaching experience and philosophy, (5), contact information for three professional references (include title, affiliation, mailing address, email address, and telephone number), and (6) a diversity statement summarizing commitment to diversity and summary of the extent to which you have worked with individuals from underserved groups in a teaching, mentorship and/or advisory capacity.

Posting Open Date: November 1, 2023

For Full Consideration, Apply by: November 15, 2023

Open Until Filled?: Yes