Visiting Assistant Professor (Non-tenure track)
- Dominican University
- River Forest, IL, USA
- Feb 03, 2025
Job Description
- Work collaboratively to develop MSW courses in Spanish. This includes designing courses that align with CSWE competencies.
- Teach and advise students in the bilingual/bicultural MSW program.
- Support CSWE accreditation processes.
- Demonstrate a commitment to working with diverse student and community populations and contribute to fostering a culturally inclusive education environment.
- Participate in School of Social Work, college level, and university governance, contribute to campus life, and engage in ongoing professional development
- Maintain an active research agenda.
- PhD in Social Work or other terminal degree (EdD, DSW, JD). ABD is encouraged with completion by the end of 2025.
- Bilingual in Spanish and English
- Experience and/or interest in developing community-based collaborations.
- Experience in bilingual and/or bi-cultural curriculum or practice experience
- A commitment to teaching excellence and development regarding inclusive, critical, active pedagogical approaches as well as in online/in-person and hybrid formats.
- A commitment to working with first-generation, immigrant, and/or underrepresented/historically excluded students.
- Two years post-MSW practice experience (clinical or community-based)
- Publication experience
- Demonstrated experience teaching or creating, organizing and/or leading programs for minoritized student populations.
- Mentorship experience with Latinx and Black students and training or experience in culturally responsive teaching.
- Experience and/or interest in developing community-based collaborations
- Ability to spend long durations of the workday sitting at a desk and working on a computer
- Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at times
- FLSA Status: Exempt, full-time
- SALARY: Competitive and commensurate with experience
- Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
- Retirement plan with employer matching contributions
- Professional development opportunities
- Tuition remission for employees and their dependents
- Flexible spending accounts (FSA)
- Generous paid time off (PTO)
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Dominican University is a Catholic, comprehensive teaching university located in River Forest, a suburb of Chicago. Dominican University is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission as a baccalaureate, master’s, and doctoral degree-granting institution. It is highly regarded for its academic rigor and thoughtful accompaniment of students, its intentional affordability and values-based, relationship-centered learning environment.
Dominican currently enrolls over 3,300 students, which includes 2,280 undergraduates and 1,027 graduate students. Sixty-eight percent (68%) of our undergraduate students identify as Latinx, 5% are Black or African American, and 3% are Asian. Under-represented minority students, make up 77% of the DU undergraduate enrollment and 38% of the graduate enrollment. Over 90 percent of undergraduates receive some type of financial aid. Nearly half of all undergraduates are first-generation college students; over half are federal Pell Grant recipients, illustrating their families’ level of income; and 58% are eligible for low-income MAP grants from the State of Illinois.
Recognized since 2011 as a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI), a federal designation of the U.S. Department of Education, Dominican is committed to expanding and enhancing educational opportunities for Latinx students and all students from historically underrepresented groups.
Dominican University offers career opportunities in a variety of areas within our academic colleges and administrative departments. Employment at Dominican University includes the opportunity to interact with students and collaborate with faculty and administrators on a daily basis.
Dominican University employs individuals in a broad range of professions and positions. The university seeks talent at all career stages—entry, professional and managerial.
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