School of Social Work, Assistant/Associate Professor (2 Vacancies), Tenure Track

The Loyola University Chicago School of Social Work invites applications for 2 nine-month tenure-track positions at the assistant or associate professor rank, expected to begin early August 2025.

Loyola University Chicago ( LUC) is a Jesuit Catholic University dedicated to the Ignatian heritage of faith, including a profound commitment to the poor, to issues of social responsibility and justice, and to transformative education in the Ignatian tradition of caring for students. The University endeavors to develop the lives of students, faculty, and staff in a spirit of inquiry for the development and application of knowledge for service to others. A commitment to social justice is core to both the School of Social Work ( SSW) and University missions. The University strives for and respects healthy work-life balance and family life, including requirements for tenure and promotion.

Celebrating its 100th anniversary of MSW Accreditation in 2021, the SSW offers BSW, MSW, & PhD degrees. The BSW and MSW programs were successfully reaffirmed in 2024. The school launched the nation's first online, bilingual (Spanish) MSW program in fall 2019 and an online MSW program in 2022. The SSW provides additional opportunities for students to expand their worldview through online classes with international partner universities and a robust reciprocal immersion program focusing on refugees and immigrants in Mexico at the U.S. border. In addition, the SSW will launch a comprehensive behavioral health simulation program in 2025 and has several innovative certificate programs providing students with cutting edge training to prepare them for practice.

Faculty are mentored and supported to pursue their research and scholarship agendas, may seek summer stipends supplemental research funds, and may apply for faculty development research leaves to support their tenure track careers. Faculty and staff are committed to transformative education to serve anti-racist aims. Current curricular innovations include a week-long community immersion orientation for incoming MSW students, developing pedagogy that infuses advocacy for social justice throughout all coursework, making internship education more accessible via augmented simulation with standardized patients, and using traditional and innovative technologies in teaching and learning.

Successful applicants will:

Minimum qualifications include an MSW degree and PhD degree in social work or a related field, two years of post- MSW practice experience, and a record of research, scholarship, and teaching appropriate for the school's requirements for the rank sought. To be considered at the Assistant Professor level, the candidate must have clear evidence of potential for excellence in research, scholarship, teaching, and service. To be considered at the rank of Associate Professor, applicants must have an established research agenda, including a strong record of scholarship and seeking funded research, as well as mentorship activities with students.

Preferred qualifications include a record of interdisciplinary research and teaching interests focused on the African American/Black diaspora, with an ability to engage in the experiences of other peoples of African descent and other communities of color. Relatedly, we seek applicants who will bring intersectional lived experience to anti-racist, abolitionist, and decolonial perspectives to teaching, research, scholarship, and service.

Minimum qualifications include an MSW degree and PhD degree in social work or a related field, two years of post- MSW practice experience, and a record of research, scholarship, and teaching appropriate for the school's requirements for the rank sought. To be considered at the Assistant Professor level, the candidate must have clear evidence of potential for excellence in research, scholarship, teaching, and service. To be considered at the rank of Associate Professor, applicants must have an established research agenda, including a strong record of scholarship and seeking funded research, as well as mentorship activities with students.

Preferred qualifications include a record of interdisciplinary research and teaching interests focused on the African American/Black diaspora, with an ability to engage in the experiences of other peoples of African descent and other communities of color. Relatedly, we seek applicants who will bring intersectional lived experience to anti-racist, abolitionist, and decolonial perspectives to teaching, research, scholarship, and service.

Applicants must submit a Curriculum Vitae and a cover letter indicating the position and rank sought. The cover letter should detail the applicant's qualifications and experiences as they align with the mission and work of the SSW and LUC. Applicants should also submit a writing sample in which they had a significant role, preferably first author. The writing sample should be a published peer-reviewed paper, or one under review. Candidates assessed for initial interviews will be required to supply the names and contact information of three individuals prepared to speak to the candidate's professional qualifications and preparedness for this position. References will be contacted only after the applicant is short-listed to engage with our faculty, staff, students, and other stakeholders on a campus visit. Applications will be reviewed until the positions are filled.

Please send inquiries to Dr. Brian L. Kelly, Chair, Search Committee, bkelly6@luc.edu.

All applications must be submitted using the LUC portal: https://www.careers.luc.edu/postings/29254

Loyola University Chicago is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer with a strong commitment to hiring for our mission and diversifying our faculty. The University seeks to increase the diversity of its professoriate, workforce and undergraduate and graduate student populations because broad diversity - including a wide range of individuals who contribute to a robust academic environment - is critical to achieving the University's mission of excellence in education, research, educational access and services in an increasingly diverse society. Therefore, in holistically accessing the many qualifications of each applicant, we would factor favorably an individual's record of conduct that includes experience with an array of diverse perspectives, as well as a wide variety of different educational, research or other work activities. Among other qualifications, we would also factor favorably experience overcoming or helping others overcome barriers to an academic career or degrees.

As a Jesuit Catholic institution of higher education, we seek candidates who will contribute to our strategic plan to deliver a Transformative Education in the Jesuit tradition. To learn more about LUC's mission, candidates should consult our website at www.luc.edu/mission/. For information about the university's focus on transformative education, they should consult our website at www.luc.edu/transformativeed.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

As one of the nation's largest Jesuit, Catholic universities, Loyola University Chicago fosters a transformative cultural experience that honors diversity, equity, and inclusion . We are committed to not only recruiting, but also retaining a diverse, mission driven workforce and enabling a culture of inclusiveness in an environment that values service excellence, stewardship, personal well-being, and professional development for all of our employees. Loyola University Chicago supports its staff and faculty with a wide array of affordable, comprehensive and competitive benefits centered on health and wellness, financial security, equity, and work-life balance. We actively seek those who wish to join our faculty, staff, and students in a community of diverse opinions, perspectives, and backgrounds supporting our Jesuit mission and striving toward the same goal of being persons for and with others.