Joseph W and Alma W Keilty Chair in Education
Joseph W and Alma W Keilty Chair in Education
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About UMass Amherst
The flagship of the Commonwealth the University of Massachusetts Amherst is a nationally ranked public landgrant research university that seeks to expand educational access fuel innovation and creativity and share and use its knowledge for the common good. Founded in 1863 UMass Amherst sits on nearly 1450acres in scenic Western Massachusetts and boasts stateoftheart facilities for teaching research scholarship and creative activity. The institution advances a diverse equitable and inclusive community where everyone feels connected and valuedand thrives and offers a full range of undergraduate graduate and professional degrees across 10 schools and colleges and 100 undergraduate majors. We believe every member of our university community can contribute to our ongoing success by striving for the highest level of excellence as we seek breakthrough solutions to mounting environmental social economic and technological challenges in our world.
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Area of focus: Schoolbased mental health and wellbeing with emphasis on historically marginalized populations.
The University of Massachusetts Amherst College of Education is seeking qualified candidates for the newJoseph W. and Alma W. Keilty Chair in Education join the dedicated and accomplished community of faculty students and staff in the Student Development Department within the College of Education.
We share a fundamental commitment to educational equity and the pursuit of educational excellence and orient ourselves around our mission of education for a socially just world. Located in the beautiful Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts the University of Massachusetts Amherst is a leading center of public higher education in the Northeast.
Our newly launched campuswide strategic plan calls for our campus community to engage in work for the common good and outlines a mission focused on inclusive and equitable wellbeing. As the flagship public landgrant university of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts our mission is to expand educational access fuel innovation and creativity and share and use our knowledge for the betterment of the world. With certitude we embrace our responsibility to advance the inclusive and equitable wellbeing of all people and the health of our planet.
Aligned with this mission and with our involvement in the Okanagan WellBeing Collective we are seeking applicants whose work focuses on wellbeing and mental health in pk12 educational settings. Ideal candidates will contribute to our wellestablished training programs in School Psychology and School Counselor Education and place an emphasis on supporting historically marginalized populations. Candidates may also affiliate themselves with any of seven research centers within our College Ideal candidates will specialize in areas such as provision of psychological and counseling services and mental health assessment in a multitiered system of support socialemotional outcomes and interventions teacher wellbeing positive psychology practices healingcentered pedagogy positive behavioral supports schoolbased practices that address racialized trauma systemic consultation focused on teacher and student mental health and partnerships with families and communities. We will prioritize scholars who examine the intersections between psychological cultural environmental and policy factors using an ecological and solutionfocused framework. We will seek scholars who operate from a social justice orientation and whose work seeks to advance equitable educational opportunities.
Successful candidates will have a strong publication record demonstrate a systematic line of research exhibit evidence of ability to procure external funding and have experience and interest in mentoring and supervising graduate students and early career faculty in their research endeavors. This position will receive ongoing support from the Keilty endowment for this research line related to school mental health.
This position will include opportunities to teach graduate students in our APAapproved doctoral and NASPapproved Ed.S. programs in School Psychology in our Ed.S. program in School Counselor Education and undergraduate students in our popular Community Education and Social Change major. Interested candidates may also supervise graduate student fieldbased experiences related to supporting mental health in school and community settings.
Requirements:
Minimum Qualifications:
- Current rank as Associate Professor at current institution.
- Earned doctorate in psychology counseling education or a related field and be engaged in research related to school mental health.
- A record of rigorous empirical research and dissemination of scholarship through presentations and publications and a history of securing and managing external funding from a variety of sources.
- Experience working with children and youth in educational settings as well as supervising graduate student research and/or fieldbased training experiences.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Current rank as Full Professor at current institution.
- Earned doctorate in School Counseling or Clinical Psychology from an APAaccredited program or in Counselor Education from a CACREPaccredited program.
- Trackrecord of scholarship focused on supporting historically marginalized students in public educational settings.
- History of success in procuring external funding for research and training.
- Ability to contribute to interdisciplinary collaborations across the departments and research centers in the College of Education and across campus.
- Documented teaching and mentoring skills at the undergraduate and graduate level.
- Current licensure as a Health Service Provider or licenseeligible in the state of Massachusetts.
Additional Information
Tenure track faculty at the University of Massachusetts are employed for 9month contracts with opportunities to engage in additional teaching research and community service during summer months and intersessions. Tenure track faculty are expected to teach two courses each semester maintain a robust student advising caseload have an active research and scholarship agenda that includes procuring external funding and provide service related to their expertise to the college university and community.
Application Instructions
Along with the application please submit the following materials (in pdf format). Applications will be reviewed starting in March 2025 and continue until the position is filled with an anticipated start date of September 2025.
- A letter of interest addressed to the Keilty Endowed Chair Professorship Search Committee that addresses the candidates alignment with the minimum and preferred qualifications.
- Curriculum vitae.
- Samples of written work.
- A onepage statement of vision for the candidates role in advancing diversity equity inclusion and social justice. This may include the candidates skills experiences and commitment to teaching and mentoring professional service and past or future outreach.
- Contact information for three 3 professional references.
- Shortlisted candidates will be asked to provide materials to show they meet the criteria and standards of tenure at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. more information about the College of Education at the University of Massachusetts Amherst please visit our website at University is committed to active recruitment of a diverse faculty and student body. The University of Massachusetts Amherst is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer of women minorities protected veterans and individuals with disabilities and encourages applications from these and other protected group members. Because broad diversity is essential to an inclusive climate and critical to the Universitys goals of achieving excellence in all areas we will holistically assess the many qualifications of each applicant and favorably consider an individuals record working with students and colleagues with broadly diverse perspectives experiences and backgrounds in educational research or other work activities. We will also favorably consider experience overcoming or helping others overcome barriers to an academic career and degree.
Employment Type
Full-Time
