The School of Social Work (SSW) in the Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions at Arizona State University is seeking applications for multiple full-time, benefits-eligible, tenure-track Assistant Professors beginning August 2025. SSW is seeking to expand our expertise in 1) gerontology and/or lifelong disability, 2) medical/health social work with an emphasis on interprofessional practice, and/or 3) social welfare policy research/analysis. The SSW seeks colleagues whose innovative ideas and research agenda support our mission to prepare social work practitioners, researchers and advocates to lead positive change in the Southwest, nationally and globally. The SSW and Watts College hold a strong commitment to community-embedded research that advances evidence-based practice and makes a difference in our local and global communities. For more information about the School of Social Work, Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions and Arizona State University, please visit https://socialwork.asu.edu/ https://publicservice.asu.edu/ and https://www.asu.edu/.

ASU School of Social Work is one of the largest schools of social work in the country with more than 2,000 students studying at one of our physical campuses in downtown Phoenix, West Phoenix, Tucson, and Yuma, or on online via synchronous and asynchronous options. ASU School of Social Work ranks #20 amongst MSW programs (US News & World Report) and #11 in research productivity (National Science Foundation), and overall ASU has been repeatedly ranked #1 in the country in innovation (US News & World Report), global impact (Times Higher Education), and sustainability (STARS tracking system). Our more than 70 tenure and career track faculty are a community of highly innovative and productive scholars who conduct research on a variety of topics related to social and economic justice, typically in collaboration with communities locally, nationally, and internationally. Our location in the Southwest and our status as a Hispanic Serving Institution affords excellent opportunities for interdisciplinary research addressing a variety of populations. The SSW has 11 research centers and offices that are highly engaged in our communities, such as the Southwestern Interdisciplinary Research Center, the Global Center for Applied Health Research, the Center for Child Well-Being, the Office of Gender-Based Violence, the Family Violence Center, and the Office of American Indian Projects. SSW researchers frequently collaborate with various ASU departments, including the College of Health Solutions, the College of Global Futures, the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, the Edson College of Nursing & Health Innovation, and the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law. Additionally, ASU's forthcoming Medical School will create more opportunities for social work researchers to engage in collaborative projects.

About ASU

All we do at ASU is guided and inspired by the University Charter, which reads:

ASU is a comprehensive public research university, measured not by whom it excludes, but by whom it includes and how they succeed; advancing research and discovery of public value; and assuming fundamental responsibility for the economic, social, cultural and overall health of the communities it serves.

Successful candidates will demonstrate throughout their materials how their teaching, research, and service will contribute to the fulfillment of this charter.

The Watts College of Public Services and Community Solutions has a student body of over 6,700 undergraduate and graduate students, with over 57 percent students of color. Likewise, the majority of the SSW's faculty and student body are people of color.

Job Responsibilities

· Teach undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral courses in person, online and hybrid and mentor graduate students

· Conduct research, publish research findings in peer reviewed journals, pursue external funding

· Engage in service activities to support the school, college, university & community

Required Qualifications

• Earned PhD or equivalent in social work or a related field (e.g., Public Affairs, Public Health, Political Science, Sociology) by time of appointment
• Demonstrated experience conducting research
• Emerging record of publications
• Demonstrated commitment to preparing research proposals for external funding
• Demonstrated potential for excellence in teaching within the BSW, MSW, and/or PhD programs
• Demonstrated potential in professional and community service
• Consistent with ASU’s Charter, a demonstrated commitment to inclusion

Desired Qualifications

• Developing research agenda related to gerontology and/or lifelong disability, medical/health social work with an emphasis on interprofessional practice, and/or social welfare policy research/analysis
• MSW Degree
• Two or more years of post-MSW practice in area of expertise
• Experience publishing in peer-reviewed journals
• Prior teaching experience
• Demonstrated commitment to community-embedded research that has the potential to make a difference in our local and global communities
• Demonstrated commitment to research applicable to the populations of the Southwest

Please submit the following:

• Letter of application that illustrates your interests and expertise in research and teaching, and your fit with our position;
• Curriculum vitae including the month and year in which the doctorate was/will be earned, as well as the applicant’s complete contact information (mailing address, phone number, and email address);
• Two writing samples (e.g. published article or book chapter, manuscript submitted for publication, dissertation chapter);
• Information for three professional references (name, title, organization, e-mail address, phone number). At least one reference needs to be your chair or current supervisor. Please note that references are not contacted until a candidate is identified as a finalist for this position.

Application deadline October 8, 2024 11:59 pm Mountain Standard Time (same as Pacific Daylight Time). Applications will continue to be accepted on a rolling basis for a reserve pool. Applications in the reserve pool may then be reviewed in the order in which they were received until the position is filled.

Please direct any questions about the search to Natasha Mendoza, MSW, PhD, Search Committee Chair & Associate Professor, School of Social Work, Arizona State University, tadoza@asu.edu.