Contributing Faculty - Education & Health Education Promotion – Methodologist (College of Education & Health Sciences)

Company Description

Walden University is a member of Adtalem Global Education (NYSE: ATGE). More than 50 years ago, Walden University was founded to support adult learners in achieving their academic goals and making a greater impact in their professions and communities. Students from across the U.S. and more than 115 countries are pursuing a certificate, bachelor’s, master’s, or doctoral degree online at Walden. The university offers more than 100 online degree and certificate programs. Walden University is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission, hlcommission.org. For more information, please visit WaldenU.edu and WaldenFacts.com.

Job Description

The Richard W. Riley College of Education and Human Sciences seeks part-time faculty to serve as methodologists on dissertation committees for our Ed.D. and Ph.D. programs. Contributing faculty are primarily responsible for student research mentoring within the school's doctoral degree programs. Specifically, they are required to serve on and/or chair dissertation committees and might also manage dissertation quality through service as a university research reviewer. These faculty members will report to the Associate Dean or designee.

Primary duties and responsibilities include:

• Serve as methodologist on doctoral committees in either the position of chair or second member.
• Manage dissertation quality through service as a university research reviewer (if additionally selected to serve as URR).
• Complete required faculty trainings

Roles and Responsibilities for Methodologist and URR Committee Membership
The Role of Methodology Expert

• Provides feedback to student on the following:
  • Proposed research design including appropriateness for addressing the problem statement and research questions or for testing stated hypotheses
  • Selection of specific methodology
  • Selection of a sample of appropriate characteristics and size
  • Oversee implementation of the selected methodology, assuring compliance with the following:
    • Program/professional norms
    • Generally accepted ethical and moral principles regarding human subjects

• Provides constructive feedback about the following:
  • Data collection and analysis
  • Presentation of the data and the conclusions drawn from the analyses

The Role of URR Members
The specific role of this committee member will be to collaborate with student, chair, and second member immediately prior to defense of proposal and prior to the final oral defense, and to perform a final review of the completed study to provide a consistent and reliable mechanism for quality management of student research including the following:

• Insuring the maintenance of a high level of integrity in the research students’ produce
• Facilitating a level of consistency in the application of university research standards
• Providing timely and substantive feedback that is within the defined scope of the URR member role:
  • The defined scope includes feedback related to theoretical, methodological, analytical, and organization content. URR members use the capstone rubric as their means for providing feedback on submissions.
  • The defined scope does not include minor form and style and ethical issues; however, URR members are instructed to alert students to such issues when they come across them. On occasion they may make mandatory referrals to the Writing Center or the Institutional Review Board for advice, on such issues.

• Determining if the proposal or research study is ready for advancement to the next milestone in the process. URR member approval, expressed through scores and comments entered in the appropriate capstone rubric, will be a prerequisite for conducting oral defenses of the proposal and completed capstone, as well as for submitting the abstract to the CAO for final approval.

Qualifications

• Doctoral degree in the field of Education, Health Education Promotion, or related field from an accredited university
• Strong research methodology background in quantitative, qualitative and/or mixed methods.
• A significant record of intellectual and professional contributions to the field of Education, Health Education Promotion, or related field, including peer-reviewed publications and conference presentations.
• Experience serving on doctoral dissertation committees is required.
• Three to five years of independent research project mentoring is preferred.
• Commitment to advocating for the learning and development needs of students earning their degrees in a distance learning environment; supervising student research preferred at the graduate level; commitment to the promotion of research that contributes to Walden's mission of contributing to positive social chang