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Associate or Full Professor, Intellectual Disability/Autism
Teachers College, Columbia University
Department of Health and Behavior Studies
Associate/Full Professor, Tenure Track
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY/AUTISM
Position: The Program in Intellectual Disability/ Autism in the Department of Health and Behavior Studies at Teachers College, Columbia University invites applications for a tenure-track Associate/Full Professor position.
Responsibilities: The successful candidate will conduct a very active program of research and scholarship relevant to the effective education of students with intellectual disabilities and autism; successfully pursue external funding opportunities for research grants; contribute substantively in coordinating interdisciplinary initiatives in intellectual
disabilities and autism; advise both masters and doctoral students in the Programs in Applied Sciences of Learning and Special Education cluster with a special interest in intellectual disabilities and autism; teach courses in the masters and doctoral special education cores and specialized courses in the program in intellectual disability/autism; provide dissertation advisement to Ph.D. and Ed.D. candidates; share responsibility for meeting national and state program accreditation requirements; and contribute to the intellectual life of the Department and the College.
Qualifications: Ph.D. or Ed.D. in Special Education or Psychology or a related field with an emphasis on the education of students with intellectual disabilities and autism spectrum disorders and conversant with multiple theoretical perspectives; a strong background in research methods; evidence of successful university teaching, doctoral dissertation sponsorship, and externally funded research; teaching experience with children with intellectual disabilities and/or autism spectrum disorders, preferably in an urban, multicultural school environment.
Rank: Associate or Full Professor, Tenure Track.
Please send a letter of application, a CV, and three letters of reference and three recent
publications to:
Professor R. Douglas Greer
Chair, Intellectual Disability/ Autism Search Committee
Box 223
Teachers College, Columbia University
525 West 120th Street
New York, NY 10027
and email rdg13@columbia.edu.
Review of applications will begin upon receipt of materials and continue until the search in successfully concluded. Appointment begins September 2013.
Teachers College as an institution is committed to a policy of equal opportunity in employment. In offering education, psychology, and health studies, the College is committed to providing expanding employment opportunities to persons of color, women, and persons with disabilities in its own activities and in society.
Teachers College, Columbia University
525 West 120th Street, New York, NY 10027