Assistant Professor - Race, Social Inclusion and Social Welfare Institutions - Berkeley Social Welfare

The University of California, Berkeley seeks applicants for one tenure-track, Assistant Professor to join the School of Social Welfare. We seek a scholar who is, or is becoming, a leading voice on anti-Blackness and its impact across social domains, with a demonstrated commitment to advancing anti-racism within and beyond the academy, in the U.S. or globally. This scholar is attuned to professional social work practice in areas that center Anti-Black Racism, Social Inclusion, Structural Intersectionality, and Critical Epistemologies, and also prioritizes a focus on Social Justice and Structural Change within and across social services, institutions, communities, families, and individuals. The scholar may focus on anti-blackness in the US and the African Diaspora: abolition studies, critical race approaches to data science and mapping, anti-racism and anti-blackness, social inequality, racial socialization, racial capitalism, trans/queer/feminist theory, and critical disability studies among others.

University of California, Berkeley is committed to building a community of scholars whose work contributes to contemporary efforts to strengthen democratic structures that are currently in crisis (e.g., through the suppression of voting rights; hyper-criminalization; persistent wealth inequality; highly segregated schools, and approaches to crime control). The Anti-Black Racism and Social Inclusion hiring initiative centers anti-blackness as a central organizing feature of social and political institutions in the US and globally, and as an expansive conceptual framework that draws attention to the systems and structures that delimit Black lives and enables us to interrogate how anti-blackness functions across and within racial/ethnic groups. We seek scholars who are leading or emerging voices in conversations on anti-blackness as it relates to outcomes in various social domains and who possess a demonstrated commitment to advancing anti-racism both inside and outside the academy, whether in the United States or internationally.

This initiative is especially interested in applicants whose research can contribute to theoretical, conceptual, and empirical understandings of how social institutions can provide for the safety and well-being of a diverse group of people in a democratic society as it reckons with its roots in racism, anti-blackness and white supremacy. We invite applicants with interdisciplinary expertise in critical epistemologies, like critical race theory, and the Black intellectual and Black feminist traditions. The position's duties include: scholarly experience includes a demonstrated commitment to this research arc and publications, undergraduate and graduate teaching/mentoring, and administrative service, practice and public intellectualism/partnerships along these lines.

UC Berkeley is committed to addressing the family needs of faculty, including dual career couples and single parents. We encourage candidates who have had non-traditional career paths, who have taken time off for family reasons, or have achieved excellence in careers outside academia, to apply.

For information about potential relocation to Berkeley, or career needs of accompanying partners and spouses, please visit: (http://ofew.berkeley.edu/new-faculty)

A PhD or equivalent international degree at the time of application.

• A PhD from an accredited school or university, or equivalent as recognized by Office Of Social Work Accreditation (OSWA) or International Social Work Degree Recognition and Evaluation Service (ISWDRES);
• An established or promising record of substantial scholarly impact in their areas of interest;
• General expertise in the fields of social work and social welfare;
• Evidence or promise of high impact, funded scholarship.

• An MSW degree with at least two years of post-MSW practice experience;
• Experience in direct practice, research, or/and teaching;
• Potential to secure resources for research;
• Capacity for interdisciplinary research and teaching; additional linkages to allied fields are also desirable (e,g, public policy, public health, social sector management, data science, law);
• Skills essential for mentoring students and engaging community leaders;
• Experience removing barriers and supporting the success and participation of all students;
• Evidence or future plans to show UC Berkeley's principles of community are reflected in their research, teaching and service;
• Commitment to participating in collegial teamwork and university citizenship needed for a range of leadership roles in a public institution.

• 3 required (contact information only)

Finalists will be asked to provide letters of recommendation, which will be treated confidentially. We will seek your permission before contacting your letter-writers.

UC Berkeley is committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging in our public mission of research, teaching, and service, consistent with UC Regents Policy 4400 and University of California Academic Personnel policy (APM 210 1-d). These values are embedded in our Principles of Community, which reflect our passion for critical inquiry, debate, discovery and innovation, and our deep commitment to contributing to a better world. Every member of the UC Berkeley community has a role in sustaining a safe, caring and humane environment in which these values can thrive.

The University of California, Berkeley is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, or protected veteran status.

For more information, please refer to the University of California's Affirmative Action and Nondiscrimination in Employment Policy and the University of California's Anti-Discrimination Policy.

In searches when letters of reference are required all letters will be treated as confidential per University of California policy and California state law. Please refer potential referees, including when letters are provided via a third party (i.e., dossier service or career center), to the UC Berkeley statement of confidentiality prior to submitting their letter.

As a University employee, you will be required to comply with all applicable University policies and/or collective bargaining agreements, as may be amended from time to time. Federal, state, or local government directives may impose additional requirements.

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As a condition of employment, the finalist will be required to disclose if they are subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct.

• "Misconduct" means any violation of the policies or laws governing conduct at the applicant's previous place of employment, including, but not limited to, violations of policies or laws prohibiting sexual harassment, sexual assault, or other forms of harassment or discrimination, as defined by the employer.
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