The Department of Speech, Language, Hearing Sciences at MSU Denver invites applicants to apply for a tenure-track faculty position at the assistant professor level. This is a nine-month faculty contract beginning in Fall 2025.

MSU Denver has a robust mentoring program for tenure-track faculty. The candidate will be enrolled in the Roadrunner Faculty Academy during their first year. This is a year-long course designed to support new faculty navigate faculty life and thrive in teaching, scholarly activity and service.

Responsibilities

This is a full-time tenure-track faculty position (9-month) with a focus on teaching, advising, scholarship and service. Teaching includes multiple delivery modes such as in-person, hybrid and asynchronous courses; on-campus teaching is required each semester.  The teaching load is 12 credit hours per semester, with assignments to both the undergraduate and graduate programs. Opportunities for course releases may be available to support integration/collaboration with the Bookhardt Family Speech-Language Clinic.

Other duties include advising students in academic planning and career exploration; participating in curriculum development and programmatic assessment and accreditation efforts; serving on departmental, university and professional committees; and pursuing scholarly activities related to the discipline.  

Our department prioritizes engaged scholarship focused on community impact and serving the public good, which addresses one or more of the following issues: 

• Inequities in clinical service provision with historically marginalized populations
• Challenges in professional preparation of diverse students including students with intersectional identities
• Impact of inter-professional education and practice
• Innovations in clinical service delivery including prevention, assessment and/or intervention

Required Qualifications

• Earned research doctorate in speech-language pathology or commensurate field.  ABD candidates are welcome to apply, however, the required degree must be conferred before the fall 2025 semester starts
• Certificate of clinical competence in speech-language pathology from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
• Holds or is eligible for SLP license from Colorado’s Department of Regulatory Agencies
• Evidence of independent, university-level teaching experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Expertise in early intervention, developmental speech-language disorders, voice, and/or acquired communication disorders
• Instructor of record for one or more undergraduate and/or graduate course(s) in SLHS discipline Evidence of high-impact teaching practices across different teaching modalities
• Professional experience supporting individuals with diverse identities including race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, age, ability, economic status, and immigration status
• Commitment to increasing access to education/services for under-represented and historically minoritized groups
• Engagement in inter-professional collaboration
• Knowledge of university and programmatic accreditation
• Record of scholarly pursuits that align with department’s priorities for scholarship
• Pursuit of extramural funding

We encourage you to apply even if you do not meet every preferred qualification. We are most interested in finding the candidate who will best contribute to our Department and the University.

Salary for Announcement

The salary range for this position is $63,000 - $70,000 at Assistant Professor rank. The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based upon a variety of factors, including but not limited to, internal equity, education, experience, specialty and training.

MSU Denver offers excellent benefits that include medical, dental, retirement, tuition benefit, free RTD pass, and more.  For a brief overview of these options, please visit our Benefits section.

Instructions to Apply

Interested applicants must apply online at MSU Denver's career site, https://msudenver.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/MSUDenver, and search for JR103026. Click on Apply to submit the following required materials:

1. Curriculum vitae

2. Letter of Interest/cover letter that includes evidence of required and preferred qualifications

3. Teaching philosophy (2 pages max).  

Please detail your interest and prior experience with teaching diverse adult learners. Describe three values that guide your teaching practices.

4. Quantitative and/or qualitative evidence of successful independent university-level teaching experience

5. References. Please provide a list of three references with contact information

6. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Statement (2 pages max). See instructions below 

DEI Statement Instructions
We encourage applicants to reference Pillar IV of MSU Denver's Strategic Plan:  https://www.msudenver.edu/strategic-plan-2030/ 

Themes that may be addressed in a candidate’s diversity statement may include, but are not limited to:

• A candidate’s lived experiences and/or identities that align with the department and university’s commitment to inclusion and diversity; 
• Diversity and diversity-related approaches in a candidate’s research, pedagogy, and/or service;  
• Why a candidate believes diversity is a critical focus for higher education and ideas or strategies the candidate could enact as a member of the MSU Denver campus community to support the university’s efforts. 

Official transcripts will be required of the candidate selected for hire.

Deadline

Applications accepted until position filled; priority given to applications received by November 10, 2024.