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Job Title Assistant/Associate Professor of Community College Leadership (Tenured-Track, F0011A, F0975A)

Department ED FOUNDATIONS & LEADERSHIP

Position Number F0011A, F0975A

Job Description

Old Dominion University’s Department of Educational Leadership and Workforce Development in the Darden College of Education & Professional Studies is announcing two positions in community college leadership. We invite applications for a full-time, tenure-track assistant professor position and an assistant or associate professor position in Community College Leadership, beginning July 2025. Applicants should be comfortable teaching in both our Community College Leadership and Workforce Development programs. We invite scholars with a focus on topics related to community colleges with interests in areas such as policy, evaluation, and research methods. Old Dominion University has the Research 1 Classification, indicating “very high research activity,” from the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, placing it among the highest level of research institutions in the United States.

Candidates for this position should exhibit the ability to engage in a rigorous research agenda on topics related to the community college, publish in peer-reviewed research journals and outlets, and generate research-related grant activity. The candidates for this position are expected to teach synchronous distance courses and face-to-face courses for students in the Community College Leadership program in our 1-week summer institute.

Responsibilities

• Engage in scholarly activity (e.g., publish in peer-reviewed journals, grant activity)

• Teach (hybrid, face-to-face, and online) courses

•. Develop courses and contribute to program design, development, evaluation, and improvement

• Provide service to the program, department, university and profession

• Effectively recruit, guide, and advise community college leadership graduate students

• Chair and serve on doctoral dissertation committees

Position Type FullTime

Type of Recruitment General Public

Type of Recruitment General Public

Minimum required education and/or special licenses, registrations, trainings, or certifications

An earned doctorate from a regionally accredited university in community college leadership, workforce development, or a closely related field.

Minimum required level and type of experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities

+ Doctoral degree in community college leadership, workforce development, or a closely related field.

+ Familiarity with leadership and administration of community and technical colleges.

+ Plan to maintain an established record of scholarly research and publication appropriate for a Research University (very high research activity).

+ Clear commitment to interdisciplinary and collaboration with faculty in and outside of the institution.

+ Student-centered teaching philosophy and potential for effective instruction.

+ Ability to obtain large funded research as PI or Co-PI.

+ Trained in research methods, including both quantitative and qualitative methods, with the ability to teach and advise dissertations.

Preferred Qualifications

+ Experience teaching both face-to-face and synchronous, distance classes

+ Experience serving on and leading dissertation committees

+ Experience with external funding for research and projects

Conditions of Employment

Location Norfolk, VA

Job Open Date 07/25/2026

Application Review Date 10/15/2025

Open Until Filled No

Application Instructions

Interested candidates should submit application materials electronically to https://jobs.odu.edu/postings/24022 including:

+ A letter of interest.

+ A Curriculum vitae.

+ A research agenda (1 page).

+ Names and contact information for three professional references.

Review of applications will begin on October 15, 2025, and continue until the position is filled.

For additional questions concerning the position, please contact the chair of the search committee, James E. Bartlett, Ph.D. at [email protected].

Telework Friendly No

Reasonable Accommodation Request

If you are an individual with a disability and require reasonable accommodation, please contact the Division of Talent Management and Culture at (757)683-3141.

Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or © consistent with contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.

About the College

https://www.odu.edu/education

About the Department

The Department of Educational Leadership & Workforce Development is one of five departments in the Darden College of Education and Professional Studies. The department has twenty-two full-time faculty that offer graduate programs in Workforce and Organizational Development, Community College Leadership, Educational Leadership, and Higher Education Leadership, and undergraduate programs in Occupational & Technical Studies include Fashion Merchandising, Industrial Technology, Training Specialist, and Career & Technical Education (Marketing Education and Technology Education).

For more information, visit:https://www.odu.edu/educational-foundations-leadership

Posting Specific Questions

Required fields are indicated with an asterisk (*).

+ * How did you hear about this employment opportunity?

+ The Chronicle of Higher Education (website or print)

+ Higheredjobs.com

+ DiverseJobs.com

+ InsightIntoDiversity.com

+ Jobs.Virginia.gov

+ Old Dominion University website

+ Virginia Pilot (website or print)

+ Richmond Times Dispatch (website or print)

+ Academic Keys

+ Other

+ If you selected "Other," how did you hear about this employment opportunity?

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Applicant Documents

Required Documents

+ Cover Letter/Letter of Application

+ Curriculum Vitae

+ Teaching Philosophy

+ Contact Information for Professional References

+ Recommendation/Reference Letter 3

Optional Documents