Open Rank Assistant or Associate Professor - CMSD
- Eastern Washington University
- Cheney, WA 99004, USA
- Sep 19, 2024
Job Description
Open Rank Assistant or Associate Professor - CMSD
About Eastern Washington University:
Eastern Washington University has been recognized for its commitment to helping undergraduate students learn, grow and succeed by Colleges of Distinction, a nationally trusted resource guide for college-bound students. The honor recognizes Eastern as a ’22-’23 College of Distinction (CoD).
Tribal Land Acknowledgement
Eastern Washington University resides within the traditional homelands of the Spokane People and other tribes who are connected through their shared history of this region. This land holds their cultural DNA and it is their Ancestors who are here and bring forth the knowledge of this place—the knowledge that comes from the land.
Job Summary:
EWU is a regional, comprehensive university where all faculty are expected to demonstrate teaching excellence, professional growth, and service to the university, profession, and the community. Responsibilities in this position include teaching, ongoing research, and service to the university, college, and department are required for tenure-track appointments.
Additionally, all faculty are expected to actively participate in assessment of student learning and to engage in effective teaching.
Eastern Washington University’s Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders emphasizes academic excellence, clinical competence, compassionate practice, and holistic care of individuals, families, and communities. We serve students by being professional role models dedicated to excellence as teachers, scholars, clinicians, and life-long learners. We believe we all learn best when actively engaged, so we strive to create a community of learning that fosters open dialogue, mutual respect, and the exchange of diverse ideas. As a regional comprehensive university, we aim to educate highly sought-after speech language pathologists to serve the people of Eastern Washington.
The Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders has programs that are housed in the SIERR Building located in the University District in downtown Spokane, WA. The department offers the BA and MA in Communication Sciences and Disorders.
The college and department prepare students from all populations and communities to help meet the growing market demand in the critical fields of health care and education. The college is home to several nationally accredited undergraduate and graduate programs with an increased focus on inter-professional education (IPE), and on increasing the diversity of the healthcare fields. As a premier college serving the educational needs of the health care practitioners, CHSPH includes nursing, occupational therapy, physical therapy, communication sciences and disorders, public health and health administration, wellness and movement sciences, dental hygiene, and Regional Initiatives in Dental Education (RIDE).
The Spokane campus will be the primary work location, but some work time may be spent on the Cheney campus.
The expected salary upon hire is $72,909 (Assistant Professor) and $82,637 (Associate Professor). In addition to salary, the university offers a comprehensive benefits package including health insurance, life and disability insurance and retirement. In addition, EWU offers generous vacation and sick leave accruals, 12 paid holidays per year and fringe benefits, such as tuition waiver for employees and eligible family members, discounted EWU sports tickets, full access to our campus workout facilities at a minimum fee and free transportation through STA buses. For additional information regarding insurance benefits please see our Benefits page: https://inside.ewu.edu/hr/benefits/insurance/.
Applications are open and accepted until recruitment is closed. Screening of applications will begin on January 15, 2025, and will continue to be screened until recruitment is closed.
Required Qualifications:
- Doctorate in communication sciences and disorders, speech-language pathology or closely related field at the time of appointment (PhD or EdD).
- ABD candidates close to degree completion will be considered. PhD/EdD completed by August 16, 2025 would result in a tenure track appointment for current academic year. Otherwise, lecturer appointment. Then if PhD/EdD completed after August 16, 2025, and before May 15, 2026, would result in tenure track position in the following year.
The candidate will be expected to teach in area of expertise. Expertise in motor speech, voice, dysphagia or child language is preferred, but other areas of expertise (e.g., phonology) will be considered.Established record, or evidence of potential of research agenda.ASHA CCC-SLP.Eligible for Washington state SLP licensure.Desire and ability to promote and support cultural competence.Readiness to work closely with students and faculty colleagues in community engagement, interprofessional activities and service-learning initiativesDemonstrated ability to apply a culturally responsive and flexible approach that is supportive to diverse needs including universal access of our students, faculty staff and the public.
Additional Required Qualifications for Associate Professor:
- Doctorate in communication sciences and disorders, speech-language pathology, or closely related field at the time of appointment (PhD or EdD)
- Rank of Associate Professor at current university
- Six (6) or more years of successful professional experience are normally required. For applicants who currently hold the rank of Associate Professor a holistic review of the candidate’s materials will be considered in this decision process.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Preferred PhD
Other Skills and Abilities:
Job Duties:
A Faculty Activity Plan (FAP) will be developed by the end of the first semester of the selected candidate’s appointment, and will consist of a combination of teaching, research, service and/or release time to perform administrative duties, as negotiated and as needed to meet the demands of the department.Responsibilities will consist:
- Teach undergraduate and graduate courses consistent with expertise and program/departmental instructional needs
- Mentor student research
- Clinical supervision in area(s) of expertise
- Conduct scholarly activities leading to publication and potential external funding
- Provide service to the department, college, university as well as the discipline of communication sciences and disorders
Teaching also includes the following additional related responsibilities as defined in the faculty CBA:·
- Meet all scheduled classes
- Plan, organize and inform students of course content, texts, readings, assignments, attendance regulations and methods of evaluation including grading scales
- Schedule and attend office hours
- Turn in grades according to established deadlines
Additionally, all faculty are expected to engage in effective teaching and assessment of student learning.Percent of Time: 100
Conditions of Employment:
This position, during the course of university employment will be involved in the receipt of, or accountability for, university funds or other items of value, as well as the unsupervised access with the developmentally disabled, vulnerable adults or children under the age of 16. The offer of employment is contingent upon successful completion and passing of a background check prior to beginning employment.
Salary Information:
Posting Date: 09/17/2024
Open Until Further Notice: Yes
Closing Date:
Screening to Begin: 01/15/2025
Special Instructions to Applicants:
Submit your application materials through our online applications portal provided below. If you are unable to submit through the applicant portal, please contact Human Resources Services at (509) 359-2381.
To apply, visit https://jobs.hr.ewu.edu/postings/12853
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Eastern Washington University, a regional, comprehensive public university with an enrollment of over 10,000 students, is one of six state-funded four-year institutions of higher education in Washington, each governed by its own board of trustees. EWU’s 300-acre main campus is located in Cheney, a community of 12,000 residents 16 miles southwest of Washington’s second largest city, Spokane. Eastern also offers programs in downtown Spokane at the innovative, energy-efficient Catalyst building and at Riverpoint, a campus shared with Washington State University. In addition, EWU programs can be found at select locations throughout the state, aligned with the needs of the community. Eastern contributes to the vitality of the region and the state through its wide array of bachelor’s and master’s degrees in over 100 fields of study, as well as applied doctorates in physical therapy and educational leadership, offering accessible pathways to career success and personal development to students of all socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds.
Tribal Land Acknowledgement
Eastern Washington University resides within the traditional homelands of the Spokane People and other tribes who are connected through their shared history of this region. This land holds their cultural DNA and it is their Ancestors who are here and bring forth the knowledge of this place—the knowledge that comes from the land.