University of California, Santa Cruz

Education: Assistant Professor of Critical Studies of Education (Open Until Filled; Initial Review 11/18/20) The Education Department at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor in the area of Critical Studies of Education. We seek candidates who study education, formal and/or informal, through inter/trans-disciplinary critical sociological, philosophical, historical, political, and/or cultural perspectives. Possible focal areas of scholarship include the following: anti-racism/oppression in education, critical race theory, ethnic studies, gender and sexuality studies, diaspora/migration/immigration studies, indigenous studies, and/or decolonial studies in education. We are particularly interested in hiring a colleague whose scholarship engages the transformational capacities of education for the least-advantaged youth and communities, and animates the promise of schools and other public...

Psychology: Assistant Professor of Developmental Psychology (Open Until Filled; Initial Review 11/16/20) The Department of Psychology at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) invites applications for a tenure-track position in Developmental Psychology, with a focus on the role of diversity and inequality in learning during early and middle childhood. We seek to enhance our Developmental Psychology program's long-established strengths in studying the lived experiences of children from diverse backgrounds , bridging traditionally separate areas of developmental research, and integrating cultural, interpersonal, and individual aspects of human development. We are particularly interested in scholars whose research addresses the topics of diversity and social inequality in human development using a strengths-based approach . For example, candidates' research might focus on ways to leverage the learning strengths of children from historically underserved backgrounds,...