We seek a nationally known scholar with effective leadership qualities to serve as a full-time tenured Professor and head of the department, who will support a strong and diverse faculty as we fulfill the teaching, research, and service missions of the Department and College in a major research land-grant university. The Department consists of 23 nationally and internationally recognized tenure-track faculty and 6 clinical faculty, from racially, culturally, and linguistically diverse backgrounds. Research anchors our work at the graduate level, with our intellectual work organized into four program areas: Curriculum, Aesthetics, and Teacher Education (CATE); Digital Environments for Learning, Teaching & Agency (DELTA); Language and Literacy (L&L); and Mathematics, Science, and Engineering (MSE). At the undergraduate level, we focus on global, national, and local concerns of pre- and in-service teacher education in early childhood, elementary, and secondary education, and our faculty contribute significantly to the College’s licensure and non-licensure degree programs. The department head has the administrative support of an associate head for graduate programs, program area chairs, and administrative assistance. The department head works collaboratively with a College executive leadership team committed to transformative education and with the College-level I-Teach I-Lead office, which coordinates undergraduate programs in the College.
Confidential inquiries about the position may be directed to Professor Daniel G. Morrow, Search Committee Chair, dgm@illinois.edu, phone: (217) 300-0915.
