Assistant/Associate Professor of Evaluation in Education

Position description

DEPARTMENT SUMMARY

The Department of Education in the School of Education & Information Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles announces an opening for a full-time tenure-track position in Evaluation at the Assistant or early Associate level. We are seeking an evaluation scholar with demonstrated experience designing and conducting program or policy evaluations, teaching undergraduate or graduate-level courses in evaluation, and mentoring graduate students in evaluation theory and practice. The ideal candidate has a record of conducting funded evaluations, expertise in qualitative, quantitative, or mixed methods, and an active agenda of research and publications that advances evaluation theory and practice. We encourage application from scholars with expertise in cross-cultural evaluation (in local, national, or international contexts), whose work bridges evaluation and related fields (e.g. improvement research, implementation science, systems theory), or who advance theory and methodology around issues of fairness and equity in evaluating educational programs and systems.

Responsibilities include

• Teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in evaluation and research methods
• Advising and mentoring graduate students
• Serving and chairing PhD dissertations.
• Maintaining an active research program combining program or policy evaluations, and research in areas of theoretical or methodological interest.

Minimum Qualifications

• Earned doctoral degree in Evaluation, Research Methods, or related areas and disciplines. (with a specific focus or specialization in program evaluation).
• Relevant experience leading or participating in program or policy evaluations in Education.
• An active research agenda, record of publications, and/or funding activity

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated interest in evaluation as a multi-disciplinary field of applied research, through presence in professional groups (e.g. American Evaluation Association or related organizations) and publications in relevant journals (e.g. American Journal of Evaluation, Evaluation Review, Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, New Directions for Evaluation)
• Experience teaching graduate or undergraduate courses in evaluation and research methods
• Demonstrated expertise and scholarly interest in specific methodologies as they apply to program/policy evaluation (e.g. qualitative, quantitative, or mixed)
• Demonstrated expertise in culturally responsive, cross-cultural, comparative, or critical frameworks and theories as they relate to program/policy evaluation
• Experience collaborating with researchers across disciplines and methodologies
• Experience in curriculum development around evaluation or methodology
• Experience teaching and mentoring students in EdD programs for education professionals

Required Applicant Documents

Basic Items include:
• Curriculum Vitae
• Cover Letter
• Statement of Research
• Statement of Teaching
• Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion statement (Describes candidate's past, present, and future (planned) contributions to equity, diversity, and inclusion) Sample guidance for EDI statement: https://equity.ucla.edu/programs-resources/faculty-search-process/faculty- search-committee-resources/sample-guidance/.
• 3 Letters of Reference
• 2-3 sample publications

For More Info

Contact Professor Jose Felipe Martinez, Search Committee Chair, at jfmtz@ucla.edu

Salary

The posted UC salary scales set the minimum pay determined by rank and/or step at appointment. See Table #1 for the salary range. "Off-scale salaries" and other components of pay, i.e. a salary that is higher than the published system-wide salary at the designated rank and step, are offered when necessary to meet competitive conditions. A reasonable estimated salary range for this position is $90,000-$140,000 for Assistant rank and $100,000 - $175,000 for Associate rank, inclusive of the salary scale and off-scale salary components.

Job Location

Los Angeles, CA

Anticipated Start Date

July 1, 2025

Deadline

Applications will be accepted via the UC Recruit website beginning September 2024. The deadline for applications to be submitted is November 15, 2024, however, screening of applications will continue until the position is filled.

As a University employee, you will be required to comply with all applicable University policies and/or collective bargaining agreements, as may be amended from time to time. Federal, state, or local government directives may impose additional requirements.

The University of California is committed to creating and maintaining a community dedicated to the advancement, application, and transmission of knowledge and creative endeavors through academic excellence, where all individuals who participate in University programs and activities can work and learn together in a safe and secure environment, free of violence, harassment, bullying and other demeaning behavior, discrimination, exploitation, or intimidation. With this commitment as well as a commitment to addressing all forms of academic misconduct, UCLA conducts targeted employment reference checks for finalists to whom departments or other hiring units would like to extend formal offers of appointment into Academic Senate faculty positions. The targeted employment reference checks involve contacting the finalists' current and prior places of employment to ask whether there have been substantiated findings of misconduct that would violate the University's Faculty Code of Conduct. To implement this process, UCLA requires all applicants for Academic Senate faculty positions to complete, sign, and upload the form entitled "Authorization to Release Information" into RECRUIT as part of their application. If the applicant does not include the signed authorization to release information with the application materials, the application will be considered incomplete. As with any incomplete application, the application will not receive further consideration. Although all applicants for faculty recruitments must complete the entire application, only finalists (i.e., those to whom the department or other hiring unit would like to extend a formal offer) considered for Academic Senate faculty positions will be subject to targeted employment reference checks

Qualifications

Basic qualifications

• Earned doctoral degree in Evaluation, Research Methods, or related areas and disciplines. (with a specific focus or specialization in program evaluation).

Additional qualifications

• Relevant experience leading or participating in program or policy evaluations in Education.
• An active research agenda, record of publications, and/or funding activity

Preferred qualifications

• Demonstrated interest in evaluation as a multi-disciplinary field of applied research, through presence in professional groups (e.g. American Evaluation Association or related organizations) and publications in relevant journals (e.g. American Journal of Evaluation, Evaluation Review, Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, New Directions for Evaluation)
• Experience teaching graduate or undergraduate courses in evaluation and research methods
• Demonstrated expertise and scholarly interest in specific methodologies as they apply to program/policy evaluation (e.g. qualitative, quantitative, or mixed)
• Demonstrated expertise in culturally responsive, cross-cultural, comparative, or critical frameworks and theories as they relate to program/policy evaluation
• Experience collaborating with researchers across disciplines and methodologies
• Experience in curriculum development around evaluation or methodology
• Experience teaching and mentoring students in EdD programs for education professionals

Application Requirements

Document requirements

• Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V.
• Cover Letter
• Statement of Research
• Statement of Teaching
• Statement on Contributions to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion - An EDI Statement describes a faculty candidate's past, present, and future (planned) contributions to equity, diversity, and inclusion. To learn more about how UCLA thinks about contributions to equity, diversity, and inclusion, please review our EDI Statement FAQ document.
• Reference check authorization release form - Complete and upload the reference check authorization release form
• Misc / Additional (Optional)
• Sample Publication #1
• Sample Publication #2
• Sample Publication #3 (Optional)

Reference requirements

• 3 letters of reference required

Please include 3 letters of recommendation.
Apply link: https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF09709

Help contact: mreyes@gseis.ucla.edu

About UCLA

As a University employee, you will be required to comply with all applicable University policies and/or collective bargaining agreements, as may be amended from time to time. Federal, state, or local government directives may impose additional requirements.

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Job location

Los Angeles, CA