Social Work 2014-2015

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Bennett College (NC)

 * Hiring full-time Asst. Prof. (per HigherEdJobs.com, 06/20/14)

Boston College

 * Looking for a tenure-track assistant professor in the area of children, youth, and families (per SSWR and CSWE websites, 6/26/14).
 * Specifically interested in candidates with a children, youth, and families focus on focus on trauma, gender-based violence and sexual violence:LINK
 * Also advertising Open Rank position focused on "environmental justice and social inequality" (HigherEdJobs.com 6/29/14)

Idaho State University

 * Hiring 9 Month Full-Time Asst. Professor (per HigherEdJobs.com, 06/20/14)

Lewis-Clark State College

 * Looking for a tenure-track assistant professor (per CSWE website 6/16/14)
 * States that salary is $46,000 and duties include teaching 24 credits/year, both in class and online; student advising; institutional service; professional development; and assisting with CSWE re-accreditation.

Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI

 * Look for 2-3 job postings this year

Ohio State University

 * Hiring two assistant professors and one senior associate/full professor (6/4/14 per SSWR and CSW website).
 * Looking for candidates in the areas of aging, developmental disabilities, health/health disparities, and substance use.

Ohio University

 * Hiring for two positions: an assistant professor and an open-rank professor who will serve as coordinator for social work programs for Fall 2015 (6/12/14 per SSWR and CSWE websites).
 * For assistant professor (not coordinator) position: "Teaching and research interests should be related to a variety of social work issues, including but not limited to, substance abuse, veterans issues, rural issues, mental health, aging issues and/or child welfare."
 * Seems like the open-rank program coordinator position would be more for a non-junior person; the ad says that they're looking for someone in this position with a macro focus.

Seattle University

 * Hiring tenure track assistant or associate professor position
 * Looking for someone with specialization in macro and policy practice as well as social justice
 * Private, urban, liberal arts, Jesuit university
 * Review starts 10/15, Interviewing at CSWE APM

Tulane University

 * Hiring one open-rank tenure track or tenured professor (6/4/14 per SSWR website).
 * Interested in applicants with backgrounds and expertise in vulnerable children and families.

University of Houston

 * Looking for a new dean of the Graduate College of Social Work (per CSWE and Chronicle websites, 6/12/14).

University of Missouri

 * Looking for an open-rank tenure track professor (someone who can teach with an emphasis on evidence-based practice and service delivery) at the School of Social Work (per CSWE and SSWR websites, 6/18/14)
 * Looking for applicants in the areas of aging, veterans/military families, substance abuse, mental health, health disparities, and child welfare service delivery.

University of Utah

 * Hiring a new Dean for the College of Social Work, with a preferred start date of January 1, 2015 (per CSWE and SSWR websites, 6/26/14)

University of Washington (Tacoma)
Hiring Assistant Professor and Full-Time Lecturer or Senior Lecturer positions

Will be interviewing / informational interviewing at CSWE

Virginia Commonwealth

 * Hiring for an open rank faculty position (per VCU's hiring website, 07/10/14, and Chronicle and CSWE websites, 7/14/14), concentration seems open, although the ad mentions "candidates who contribute to our growing interdisciplinary research foci in child welfare, health, mental health, gerontology, practice and policy affecting members of the military and their families, and disparities among racial and ethnic minority populations" and makes specific reference to collaboration with the "Virginia Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities, Massey Cancer Center, and Center for Clinical and Translational Research."
 * Also hiring for the Samuel S. Wurtzel Endowed Faculty Chair in Social Work AND a non-tenure track teaching position (per VCU and Chronicle websites, 7/14/14).