Assistant/Associate Professor (Educational Leadership/Community Schools)

Job description

The Leadership in Education Department in the College of Education and Human Development (CEHD) at the University of Massachusetts Boston seeks applicants for a tenure-track Assistant/Associate Professor to begin September 1, 2026, in the Educational Leadership for Social Justice Program. We are specifically looking for a collaborative, equity-minded, scholar whose research agenda focuses on transformative and culturally sustaining leadership particularly as it relates to the development, implementation, and/or continuous improvement of community schools. Of particular interest are candidates whose teaching, research, and service will advance our college mission and the commitments outlined in our university strategic plan (page 11). Preferred qualifications include one or more of the following: (1) scholarly expertise in university-assisted community schools, which are two-way research, mentoring, and resource partnerships with the goal of promoting educational equity within a community-focused learning environment; (2) interest in serving in a leadership role that helps us advance our efforts in co-creating community schools; (3) teaching experience at the graduate level; (4) exp...