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Position: Assistant Professor, Tenure Track: Education Leadership

The Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania invites applications for a tenure-track position in Educational Leadership. The successful candidate will have (1) an earned doctorate in education or a related field, with a strong background in educational research on leadership; (2) training in a relevant disciplinary perspective, like sociology, history, psychology, organizational development, educational finance; (3) experience with and the disposition to work with practitioners on educational leadership issues. The successful candidate will teach classes about leadership and related topics and will conduct research on educational leadership. The successful candidate will also teach in one or more of the executive leadership programs, chair committees in the Mid-Career doctoral program, and contribute to cross-school programs within the Graduate School of Education. We seek a highly promising early career scholar with a strong commitment to research, publishing and graduate teaching and mentoring, with a commitment to securing external support for his or her research.

We will begin reviewing applications on October 3, 2011 and we will continue to consider new applications until the position is filled. Please submit a letter expressing your interest and general qualifications, curriculum vitae, names of three references, and reprints of publications and relevant manuscripts using the form below. Please address all correspondence to Chair, Search Committee, Leadership.

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