Announcing Faculty Positions:
The School of Doctoral Studies at the University of Phoenix is seeking
faculty members with a specialization in Leadership for positions based
in Phoenix beginning by year end.
This is an interdisciplinary program. As such we seek doctorally
qualified candidates who may come from a variety of backgrounds such as
the social and behavioral sciences, education, public and health
administration, business administration and the arts as long as their
experience and academic background are directly related to the course(s)
they will teach. Managerial experience in large organizations is also
desired.
The position requires individuals familiar with the UoP adult education
model and distance education. The ideal candidates will possess a
doctoral degree in an area related to leadership, and have the
imagination, creativity, and vision to help learners realize their full
academic potential.
Our faculty members are, themselves, eager to learn and skilled mentors
who can support and encourage the learning of others. Yet, we especially
appreciate the non-academic experience they bring to the classroom. We
respect those who have applied what they know, tested their own
thinking, created innovative uses for what they have learned, and who
have succeeded in non-academic settings.
The individuals will be incredibly committed, imaginative and energetic
leadership educators seeking an opportunity to share in the development
and delivery of one of the most exciting doctoral programs in
organizational leadership. The individuals will be unapologetically
supportive of a values-based approach (humanistic, egalitarian,
participative) and be comfortable with focusing on the practical
application of leadership theory and knowledge.
The candidates must be personally active in their own growth utilizing
an eclectic multi-sensory approach to learning and living. The
individuals must want to mentor/coach learners and facilitate their
success. Our adult doctoral learners demand and deserve faculty members
who will bring out their best - who are committed to THEIR success.
Responsibilities include teaching and assisting in the management and
promotion of the program. Typical activities include teaching,
curriculum development, residency design and delivery, writing and
presenting professional papers, mentoring students, planning for the
growth of the program and personal professional development. Because
this is a 12-month teaching/ management position the incumbents will be
expected to play a large role in the overall stewardship of the program.
In short, we seek versatile, idealistic, educators with a sense of humor
and an easy going nature who are committed to help learners, via short
residential and modular distance education modalities.
If you have a passion for thinking about what is possible as well as a
command of what is known; believe that a doctoral education is a time
for mature working adult learners to explore ways of making a personal
contribution to our society; a time to acquire academic insight; and, a
time for personal development consider applying for a teaching post with
us.
If this sounds right for you and you:
* are doctorally qualified in an area related to an aspect of
leadership taught in our program
* have at least five years of recent work experience in the field
* have recent professional activity
then
* provide a statement of professional work in progress
(describe either on-the-job challenges or academic achievements/
research. Volunteer, community, non-profit or political work is also
appropriate if those activities relate directly to the courses the
applicant wishes to teach.)
* submit a statement of your personal philosophy regarding
doctoral level education and a personal vision of the teaching role
(either at residencies/online/or as a dissertation mentor) and the
program (as it could evolve). This statement should include the
contribution you see yourself making to the student, the program and the
university. The statement should also include a brief discussion about:
1. the kind of learner you are good at working with
and how you
define that learner-teacher relationship
2. how being a faculty member will help you
personally.
* submit a copy of a published work that you are most proud of and
explain why you feel that way. (If you are not published, describe an
achievement you are most proud of and explain why.)
* Submit a resume with your materials
Send materials to:
John Nirenberg, Ph.D.
Dean of the School of Doctoral Studies
University of Phoenix
4615 East Elwood Street
P.O. Box 52069
Phoenix, AZ 85072-2069
Tel: (602) 966-9577 X 1268
Fax: (602) 929-7164
jbnirenb@apollo1.uophx.edu