Description

The Department of Child and Family Development (CFD) at San Diego State University seeks applicants for a full-time, 10-month, tenure-track Assistant Professor faculty position with a research program focused on human gender, sexuality, and sexual orientation. Areas of potential focus may include: (1) gender and sexual diversity throughout the lifespan, including childhood, adolescence, and adulthood, (2) intersectionality of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC), and/or (3) psychological, biological, cultural, and behavioral aspects of human sexuality and family life. The position will begin Fall 2025. The overarching criterion for a successful candidate is a demonstrated record of success in research, service, and teaching/mentoring historically marginalized students. San Diego State University is a Hispanic Serving Institution and Asian American, Native American, Pacific Islander Serving Institution that resides on Kumeyaay land. In addition, San Diego State University is listed as Campus Pride Index’s Best of the Best Colleges and Universities in the United States for its support of gender and sexually diverse students (2023). A commitment to these students as well as students from other minoritized groups is a key commitment of the department.

Responsibilities:

● Maintain an active research agenda that specifically addresses diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging as it relates to the candidate’s area of research focus

● Maintain an active research agenda, securing extramural funding, and publishing results in peer-reviewed journals

● Teach coursework within the undergraduate B.S./CFD major and graduate programs

● Advise/mentor undergraduate and graduate students in the CFD program

● Participate in service at the department, college, and the university level

● Collaborate with department faculty and staff in departmental governance, program development, scholarship and service

● Serve as an active member of relevant scholarly societies and/or professional associations or professional organizations or campus committees, including those that advance historically marginalized populations

● Mentor or advise individual students, including those from historically marginalized populations

● Provide professional development-related services to the broader community The minimum salary for this position is based on the current CSU salary schedule for Assistant Professors and may be revised based on contract collective bargaining.

The anticipated starting salary range is from $85,000 - 89,000. Salary placement will be based on the selected candidate’s qualifications and experience, and salaries higher than the published maximums may be offered in limited circumstances. San Diego State University offers a rich benefits package that constitutes a major portion of total compensation. For benefits information, click here.

About the Child and Family Development Department:The SDSU Child and Family Development (CFD) Department’s mission is to prepare anti-racist, anti-bias professionals to address contemporary issues that affect the development, health, and well-being of children, youth, adults, families, and communities. This mission is accomplished through a culturally responsive curriculum with a strong emphasis on social-emotional development, social justice, and equity-minded education. The program represents an interdisciplinary field of study with the basic assumption that development takes place across the lifespan in the context of the family, community, and public policy. The Department's emphasis on reducing structural inequities through community-based outreach, prevention, advocacy, innovative research, theory application, and inclusive practices provides CFD students with a strong foundation for training and careers in education, health-related professions, human services, law, academia, and other meaningful fields of work. The Department includes 16 full-time and approximately 25 part-time faculty, and serves a student body of between 500 to 600 undergraduate majors and 100 graduate students. Our undergraduate major focuses on social-emotional development as the underlying foundation for all other areas of development including physical, cognitive, motor, and language. The program’s emphasis on primary prevention prepares students through hands-on, community-based field experience where students supervised work in community agencies, children's programs, the SDSU Children's Center, as well as multiple school districts across San Diego.

Website: http://go.sdsu.edu/education/cfd/

About the College of Education:

The College of Education comprises seven diverse departments/schools committed to one unified mission: to prepare education, community-service, and counseling professionals to provide the highest quality learning environments to ensure student and client success. The College of Education is in the forefront of education reform, preparation of educators to work in multicultural settings through its pre-service, master’s and doctoral level programs. The College contributes to the knowledge base in both educational theory and practice through professional inquiry and scholarship. The College engages in strategic partnerships with the field of practice to improve client outcomes, increase institutional effectiveness, and promote social justice. College of Education faculty are closely involved with the local community, including transborder collaboration, partnerships with SDSU locations internationally. For more information about SDSU and the College of Education, please visit this website: http://go.sdsu.edu/education/Default.aspx. Website: http://coe.sdsu.edu/

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

● Doctorate degree in Family Studies, Child Development, Human Development and Family Science, Psychology, Sociology, Social Work, Education, Public Health or a closely related social science field. Doctoral students who will have their doctorate degree by the start of the position in Fall 2025 are eligible to apply.

● Demonstrated expertise in scholarship as it relates to the identities and experiences of gender and sexually diverse individuals and families

● We are seeking applicants with demonstrated experience in and/or commitment to teaching and working effectively with individuals from diverse backgrounds and members of historically marginalized groups. Candidates must satisfy two or more of the eight Building on Inclusive Excellence (BIE) criteria. Candidates that meet BIE criteria:

a. are committed to engaging in service with historically marginalized populations within the discipline

b. have demonstrated knowledge of barriers for historically marginalized students and faculty within the discipline

c. have experience or have demonstrated commitment to teaching and mentoring historically marginalized students

d. have experience or have demonstrated commitment to integrating understanding of historically marginalized populations and communities into research

e. have experience in or have demonstrated commitment to extending knowledge of opportunities and challenges in achieving artistic/scholarly success to members of a historically marginalized group

f. have experience in or have demonstrated commitment to research that engages historically marginalized communities

g. have expertise or demonstrated commitment to developing expertise in cross- cultural communication and collaboration

h. have research interests that contribute to diversity and equal opportunity in higher education.

Preferred Qualifications:

● Scholarship focusing on intersectionality of gender and sexually diverse BIPOC populations

● Previous undergraduate teaching experience, particularly related to the identities and experiences of gender and sexually diverse individuals and families

About SDSU:

SDSU is the oldest institution of higher education in the San Diego region, with a campus in San Diego serving 39,000 undergraduate and graduate students and additional locations in Southern California’s Imperial Valley and Tbilisi in the Republic of Georgia. SDSU is included in the Carnegie Foundation’s Doctoral Universities: High Research Activity category. Established in 1897, SDSU offers bachelor degrees in 97 areas, masters in 84 and doctorates in 23. See http://www.sdsu.edu for more information. SDSU is a large, diverse, urban university, an Asian-Native American-Pacific Islander-Serving Institution and a Hispanic-Serving Institution with a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusive excellence. Our campus community is diverse in many ways, including race, religion, color, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, national origin, pregnancy, medical condition, and covered veteran status. We strive to build and sustain a welcoming environment for all.

Application Instructions

To Apply:

Apply via Interfolio at http://apply.interfolio.com/157365. Candidates should submit:

1. Cover letter

2. Curriculum Vitae

3. Research statement on scholarly experience and agenda (2 page limit)

4. Statement of teaching philosophy (1 page limit)

5. Diversity Statement. Please indicate how you meet at least two (2) of these criteria.

Additional guidance on our BIE program for applicants is here.

6. Names and contact information only of three (3) references

Review of applications will begin December 1

As part of its commitment to a safe and equitable “OneSDSU” community, SDSU requires that individuals seeking faculty employment provide at the time of application authorization to conduct background checks if they become a finalist for the position; applications without this authorization will be considered incomplete and not considered.

A background check (including a criminal records check) must be completed before any candidate can be offered a position with the CSU. Failure to satisfactorily complete the background check may affect the application status of applicants or continued employment of current CSU employees who apply for the position.

The person holding this position is considered a “mandated reporter” under the California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act and is required to comply with the requirements set forth in CSU Executive Order 1083 as a condition of employment.

SDSU is a Title IX, equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against persons on the basis of race, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity and expression, marital status, age, disability, pregnancy, medical condition, or covered veteran status.