Assistant Professor - Literacy Education

UMass Boston • Boston, MA

5d • $80,000 - $83,000 • Onsite

About The Position

The Department of Curriculum & Instruction in the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Massachusetts Boston seeks a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Literacy Education, with an anticipated start date of September 1, 2027. Candidates’ research agendas should focus on early literacy and reading development, particularly for students with dis/abilities and multilingual learners, and/or critical digital literacies and emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence, with attention to race, power, and social justice in P-12 educational contexts. The role includes teaching, research, advising, and service, with scholarly work understood to often integrate these areas.

The college is guided by social justice, community engagement, and academic excellence. The department offers cohort-based MEd, CAGS, PMC, and PhD degrees and certificates. The university describes itself as an urban public research university with a teaching soul and a diverse student body. Applications are invited from candidates who reflect and value the diverse life experiences of students and can articulate how their own backgrounds have shaped their work and commitments as researchers, scholars, and educators. The position offers opportunities for collaboration with UMass Boston’s Collaborative of Asian American, Native American, Latino, and African American Institutes (CANALA).

Application review begins November 15 and continues until the position is filled. Applicants apply online and submit a letter of interest describing their research agenda and its fit with the program mission, contributions of their scholarship to theory, practice, and policy in literacy education, and the fit of their teaching and advising philosophy with the urban teacher education program; a current CV; three samples of scholarship or scholarly artifacts; and contact information for three academic references. Only finalists will be asked to provide recommendation letters. The approximate pay range is $80,000–$83,000; the University determines specific pay based on relevant factors if it extends an offer.

Nice To Haves

• Research expertise focused on early literacy, including reading development, particularly for students with dis/abilities and multilingual learners, and/or critical digital literacies and emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence, emphasizing race, power, and social justice in P-12 educational contexts.
• Scholarship incorporating critical theoretical perspectives to examine literacy, educator preparation, teaching, learning, and educational opportunity in urban educational contexts.
• Experience with culturally sustaining and asset-based approaches to teaching and learning.
• Expertise in mixed methods research and interest in applied, participatory, and community-engaged scholarship.
• Candidates whose life experiences and backgrounds reflect the diversity of the student body and who can articulate how those experiences shaped their journeys, practices, and commitments as researchers, scholars, and educators.

Responsibilities

• Teach undergraduate and/or graduate courses in the Department of Curriculum & Instruction.
• Conduct research relevant to the field of education.
• Advise graduate students, including master’s and doctoral students, and serve on doctoral dissertation committees.
• Contribute service to university, college, departmental, and program committees; professional associations; and local, national, and/or international communities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed