The Department of Educational Policy Studies and Evaluation in the College of Education at the University of Kentucky invites applications for the position of Department Chair at the rank of Associate Professor or Professor, regular title series, tenure- eligible, in a field appropriate to the interdisciplinary degree offerings in the department, to begin July 1, 2024.
The Department of Educational Policy Studies and Evaluation is an innovative, interdisciplinary department with expansive methodological and topical expertise studying contemporary issues of education policy spanning from pre-school through graduate school. The department is home to two masters programs (Educational Research Methods and Policy Studies and Higher Education), a doctoral program (Studies in Higher Education), and two strands in the College of Education’s interdisciplinary doctoral program in Education Sciences (Educational Evaluation and Policy and Philosophical and Cultural Inquiry). The department also houses popular certificate programs in Research Methods in Education, International and Comparative Education, and a Senior Diversity Officer certificate. The faculty of the department anchors in research methods and strong disciplinary expertise in education, history, law, philosophy, and sociology. Visit our website (
https://education.uky.edu/epe) to learn more about our programs.
With this expansive orientation to educational policy studies and evaluation, we are strongly committed, along with the University of Kentucky, to principles of equity and inclusion in our community of students and faculty. We encourage submission of applications for this position from scholars studying historically excluded groups, including but not limited to race, ethnicity, gender identity and expressions, ideas and perspectives, religious and cultural beliefs, sexual orientation, national origin, age, ability, first generation college participation, and socioeconomic status. Individuals possessing these and other backgrounds are also actively encouraged to apply.
You are eligible for a generous benefits package as a University of Kentucky faculty member with diverse rewards, focusing on your total well-being. Additional information and updates to benefits can be found at:
https://www.uky.edu/hr/benefitsRESPONSIBILITIES: The Department Chair represents the department in college, university, and external strategic initiatives. As a tenured faculty member in the department, the department chair will be expected to engage in national and internationally recognized research (i.e., publishing and conference presenting, externally funded projects and proposals), teach graduate courses (with reduced teaching load), mentor graduate students (i.e., serve as thesis/dissertation chair or committee member), and support faculty productivity and development.
Finally, the Department Chair is responsible for duties including, but not limited to: working with graduate program chairs in the recruitment, admissions, enrollment, and retention of students as well as programmatic assessment reports, working with/supervising the Department Support Specialist with course scheduling, faculty workloads, curriculum development, faculty recruitment and appointment; faculty/staff performance evaluation; working with College of Education staff regarding budgetary management, philanthropic efforts, marketing and social media/print advertisement of graduate programs; working with department faculty, students, staff, and postdocs.
Application review begins February 1, 2024. Applications should include:
(1) a letter of application describing their appropriateness for the position including their administrative, research, teaching, and mentoring experience with specific attention to equity and inclusion (upload under Cover Letter);
(2) a candidate statement on belongingness and inclusion (upload under Specific Request 1);
(3) current curriculum vita (upload under Curriculum Vita);
(4) candidate statement on research (upload under Specific Request 2);
(5) candidate statement on teaching and service (upload under Specific Request 3);
(6) two representative publications (upload under Writing Sample);
(7) information for 3 references when prompted in the application.
