Open Rank, 10-month, Tenure Track Professor, Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Job no: 496976
Work type: Faculty Full-Time
Location: Denver, CO
Categories: Faculty
Division: Graduate School Of Prof. Psychology
The Graduate School of Professional Psychology (GSPP) at the University of Denver (DU) invites applications for a full-time, open rank, tenure-track position. This faculty position will have an administrative appointment as Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI). We are looking for a colleague with an established record of inclusive pedagogy, scholarship, and academic leadership grounded in social justice and DEI. Preference will be given to individuals who have administrative experience leading DEI initiatives within higher education.
About the University of Denver
Located where the Great Plains meet the Rocky Mountains, the University of Denver embodies the spirit of exploration and discovery that defines our region and our history. DU is a private institution built on exploration through research and collaboration among educators, students, and local and global communities. With nationally recognized academic programs, a history of widespread influence, a forward-looking vision for a 21st-century education, and a deep commitment to promoting inclusion, we open a world of opportunity to students and empower Pioneers to make a difference around the world. Through learning, scholarship and practice, students gain the experience, knowledge and courage they need to tackle big challenges in the real world and guide diverse communities and organizations.
DU has a demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). The DEI Action Plan serves as a guide to DU's abiding commitment to truly embodying a forward-looking institution and community where all can belong, contribute, and thrive and includes three senior administrators in the chancellor's cabinet who have direct accountability for DEI work. The University of Denver recognizes that its success in being a great university dedicated to the public good depends greatly on how well it engages, supports, and champions the values of diversity, equity, inclusion and justice. As part of our intentionality in recruiting and retaining faculty from a wide variety of historically excluded intersecting identities, including those from communities of color, with diverse gender and sexual identities, first-generation college graduates, or with disabilities, new faculty will have the opportunity to choose to participate in a pilot University-wide initiative. This initiative will connect new colleagues in a cohort, building community across units with supportive programming led by the Office of the Vice Provost of Faculty Affairs in collaboration with the Division of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and each faculty participant's academic unit. To learn more about the University of Denver's commitments and work in support of DEI and J, please visit: https://www.du.edu/equity. For more information about this program or if you have any questions, please email inclusion@du.edu and/or visit https://duvpfa.du.edu/faculty-resources/prospective-faculty/.
About the Graduate School of Professional Psychology
At the Graduate School of Professional Psychology (GSPP), our goal is to transform the way we think about and approach mental health and wellness. We do so through groundbreaking academic programs and experiential training that aims to ensure we can better meet the needs of the communities we serve. We are dedicated to developing exceptional practitioners and scholars by offering a well-rounded approach to education. Every single one of our programs blends valuable academic offerings, intensive field-based training, cutting-edge applied research, and constructive community engagement. Our academic programs are rooted in our history of service and have developed over time to meet the growing needs of society. For more information, please visit http://psychology.du.edu.
GSPP was created in 1976 to house one of the first Doctor of Psychology (PsyD) programs in the country, under the Vail (practitioner-scholar) training model. GSPP currently also offers four specialized master's programs: Forensic Psychology, International Disaster Psychology: Trauma and Global Mental Health, Sport and Performance Psychology, and Sport Coaching, Furthermore, GSPP offers online certificate programs and continuing education opportunities. We now offer major and minor degrees in Kinesiology and Sport Studies. The School also has a partially affiliated, APA-accredited internship consortium and several in-house psychology training clinics that serve Denver and the surrounding communities. As a professional school, GSPP promotes and utilizes high-level pedagogy that integrates applied practice, theory, research, and scholarship.
Position Summary
GSPP seeks to train students to provide culturally competent services to clients and the community. Although more progress is needed, GSPP endeavors to create an accessible, affirming, and safe climate by actively engaging in the process of systemic transformation and accountability. We believe that embracing diversity in all its dimensions enriches our practice, research, and teaching, allowing us to better serve our community and contribute to a more equitable and inclusive field. Our commitment to DEI underscores our dedication to fostering a compassionate and effective environment for faculty, staff, students and the clients they serve.
We seek a colleague who will effectively ensure that GSPP's policies and procedures reflect an integration of principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). Achieving this outcome will require close collaboration with and leadership of faculty and staff at GSPP and across the university. Priority projects will include curriculum/syllabi reviews and integrating DEI in Appointment, Promotion, and Tenure, including faculty hiring and retention. The Director will help ensure that DEI is integrated into the School's strategic plans and visions and will assist with the strategic plans' implementation. Example future projects may include integrating DEI in processes such as professional development, student recruitment/admissions and retention, financial aid, student grievances, staff hiring, climate, data and assessment, and practicum training. A core component of this role is supporting faculty and staff leadership development around DEI. Success will require developing and maintaining relationships with DU partners such as the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, the Office of Graduate Education, the Office of Campus Life and Inclusive Excellence, and peers in similar roles across campus.
A successful candidate will have a demonstrated record of equity-focused research, teaching, service, and/or academic administration. The faculty position will teach in one or more of our academic programs, with a home program to be identified based on the candidate's academic specialty. This is a full-time, benefited position that reports to the Dean, with a dotted line to the academic program director for teaching responsibilities. GSPP faculty contracts are for 10-months, but the administrative appointment is held year-round and includes a small summer stipend.
The appointment will commence by September 1, 2024, but a start date during the current academic year is preferred.
This tenure-track position will be filled at the Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor level and will be appointed at the rank appropriate for the candidates documented experience and excellence in the field:

• Assistant Professors will be candidates in the first two to seven years of experience post-doctorate with strong, documented potential for excellence in teaching and research. Appointments at this rank will have a maximum of six years of service prior to consideration for promotion and tenure, and a mid-tenure review will occur half-way through the appointment time at the assistant rank.
• Associate Professors will be candidates who are mid-career teacher/scholars with a strong, documented record of excellence in research, teaching, and service.
• Professors will be candidates at the top of the profession as teacher/scholars with an extensive, strong, documented excellence in research and teaching. Often candidates will have received awards for their research and teaching and have evidence of functioning as a mentor to other faculty.

If the chosen candidate is deemed to have background and experience commensurate with associate or full professor rank, consideration for tenure may be completed at the time of hire.
Essential Functions
The ideal candidate will demonstrate experience and versatility in inclusive pedagogy. We are especially interested in qualified candidates who can contribute to diversity, equity, and inclusion through their teaching, service, student mentorship, and community-engaged research. Duties in these areas include, but are not limited to:
Administration

• Lead collaborative efforts to proactively ensure that GSPP's policies, processes, and practices reflect an integration of DEI principles. Priority projects will include curriculum/syllabi reviews and integrating DEI in Appointment, Promotion, and Tenure.
• Assist units in developing and implementing plans for recruiting, retaining, and graduating students with underrepresented identities.
• Assist units in developing and implementing plans for recruiting and retaining faculty with underrepresented identities.
• Serve as a resource for students, faculty, staff, and GSPP leadership to address DEI issues and opportunities as they arise.
• Promote professional development and leadership around DEI issues with GSPP faculty, students, and staff.
• Understand and uphold DU policy related to DEI and advocate for its change as appropriate.
• Develop relationships with units across campus to increase effectiveness.

Teaching

• Tenure-line faculty members typically teach 6 courses at the graduate level (because DU operates on the quarter system, this equates to an average of 2 courses in a single quarter, or the equivalent of 4 three-credit hour courses over an academic year in a traditional semester system). Based on the administrative responsibilities associated with the DEI Director role, the teaching expectation for this position is 3 courses.

Scholarship

• Engage in and sustain a research agenda in applied and community-based research, including publishing and/or seeking external funding.

Service

• Perform meaningful institutional service and participating in governance at the program, college, and university level as well as professional service to local, national, and/or international communities.
• Contribute to a model workplace to promote mutual respect.
• Fulfill other duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Knowledge of change management principles
• Relevant knowledge of and demonstrated commitment to diversity, inclusion, equity, social justice, and access in education
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, including the capacity for outstanding teaching at the graduate level
• Strong technology skills, including familiarity with MS Office suite, to be successful as a faculty member and leader
• Strong administrative and leadership skills, including project and process management
• Initiative and ability to work both independently and in a collaborative, collegial environment
• Demonstrated ability to interact with diverse communities or evidence of a commitment to incorporate inclusive teaching methods and/or pedagogies to effectively engage broadly diverse student populations
• Ability to mentor faculty, staff and students
• Ability and willingness to incorporate relevant, timely, and inclusive course material
• Ability to effectively receive and incorporate feedback
• Ability to meet changing school needs

Required Qualifications

• An earned doctorate from an accredited university in a discipline (or closely related field) offered through GSPP
• Experience in teaching, scholarship, and/or relevant professional experience, commensurate with rank, particularly in the area of multicultural psychology

Preferred Qualifications

• Five to ten years post-doctoral experience in the field of psychology
• Accomplished graduate level teaching and mentorship that reflects a variety of instructional approaches and/or curricular perspectives to engage diverse populations and learning styles
• A demonstrated commitment to inclusive excellence and social justice advocacy in education
• A demonstrated record of institutional and professional leadership
• Experience changing systems
• Experience integrating DEI principles in policy, process, and practice at the college level

Working Environment
1. Standard office environment.
2. Unexpected interruptions occur often and stress level is moderate to high.
3. Noise level is quiet to moderate.
Physical Activities
1. Ability to sit in front of a computer for an extended period of time.
2. Occasionally required to move about the office/campus with the capability of transporting objects up to 20 lbs.
Work Schedule
While the University's administrative offices are open Monday - Friday, 8:00 am - 4:30 pm, faculty schedules vary from term to term and are based on courses taught, service commitments, and research agendas. The University's academic calendars are posted on the registrar's website (the law school is on a semester system and has a different academic calendar).
Application Deadline
For best consideration, please submit your application materials by 4:00 p.m. (MST) January 22, 2024. Applications will be reviewed until the position is filled.
Special Instructions
Candidates must apply online through jobs.du.edu to be considered. Only applications submitted online will be accepted.
Salary Range:
The salary range for this open rank position is $78,000 - $135,000.
The University of Denver has provided a compensation range that represents its good faith estimate of what the University may pay for the position at the time of posting. The University may ultimately pay more or less than the posted compensation range. The salary offered to the selected candidate will be determined based on factors such as the qualifications of the selected candidate, departmental budget availability, internal salary equity considerations, and available market information, but not based on a candidate's sex or any other protected status.
Benefits:
The University of Denver offers excellent benefits, including medical, dental, retirement, paid time off, tuition benefit and ECO pass. The University of Denver is a private institution that empowers students who want to make a difference. Learn more about the University of Denver.
Please include the following documents with your application:
1. Curriculum Vitae
2. Cover Letter
3. A brief statement (1-2 pages) describing your perspective on integrating diversity, equity, inclusion, and social justice into your professional work, particularly as it relates to academic leadership and systems change.
The University of Denver is an equal opportunity employer. The University of Denver prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry, age, religion, creed, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, pregnancy, genetic information, military enlistment, or veteran status, and any other class of individuals protected from discrimination under federal, state, or local law, regulation, or ordinance in any of the University's educational programs and activities, and in the employment (including application for employment) and admissions (including application for admission) context, as required by Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972; the Americans with Disabilities Act; Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973; Title VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; the Age Discrimination Act of 1975; the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967; Equal Pay Act; Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act; the Colorado Protecting Opportunities and Workers' Rights ("POWR") Act; and any other federal, state, and local laws, regulations, or ordinances that prohibit discrimination, harassment, and/or retaliation. For more information, please see the University of Denver's Non-Discrimination-Statement.
All offers of employment are contingent upon satisfactory completion of a criminal history background check.
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