SCRD - School Director and Watts Endowed Professor PP4806

Description

The Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions at Arizona State University (ASU) is pleased to invite applications for the position of Watts Endowed Director of the School of Community Resources and Development (SCRD) and Full Professor, with a term commencing no later than July 1, 2025. We are seeking an innovative, engaging leader to advance the strategic vision of this important academic unit. ASU is repeatedly ranked #1 in innovation and for our engagement with international students. This growing, highly regarded institution is known for being ahead of the curve in anticipating and responding to the evolving nature of higher education.

This is a full-time, fiscal-year (12-months), benefits-eligible, tenured administrative appointment. The endowed Directorship comes with $100,000 of annual funding that may be used to advance scholarship or any school related initiatives the director envisions as appropriate. The SCRD currently hosts two Centers and one Institute that focus on areas such as sustainable tourism, non-profit leadership and management, and life-long learning.

The inaugural Watts Endowed Director will join a talented senior leadership team that works across a variety of disciplines including public policy and administration, social work, criminology, nonprofit leadership and management, sustainable and cultural tourism, parks and recreation, community sports, and emergency management to advance our mission to build more vibrant, health, equitable and sustainable communities.

About the College

This large, comprehensive college of public service serves over 8,000 students annually. With over $30M in annual research expenditures, this highly ranked, interdisciplinary college is a unique ecosystem with highly motivated faculty, committed staff, and inspiring students working together to advance innovative solutions to some of the most complex social challenges facing our local communities today. Working together, our faculty, staff, students, and community partners develop, test and evaluate new community-embedded solutions. Much of this occurs through our hands-on, service-learning opportunities through which our students contribute over 600,000 hours of community service each year.

About the School

The School of Community Resources and Development (SCRD) is one of four degree-granting units in the Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions at the Downtown Phoenix campus and one of ASU’s transdisciplinary schools encompassing faculty in several areas of study. 

The SCRD has more than 600 students studying in our Phoenix-based programs, with 18 tenured or tenure-track faculty, 11 career-track faculty and several adjunct faculty members who support the programs. We also serve over 1000 students who study onsite in Hainan, China with six tenured or tenure-track faculty and 13 career-track faculty who are appointed to this signature international program. SCRD’s unifying theme is community development, evinced through several distinctive, yet complementary areas of education and scholarship, through programs organized within three primary thematic areas: nonprofit leadership and management, parks and recreation management, and tourism development and management. The activities of the school’s faculty, staff, and students exemplify the design imperatives of the New American University through our unifying theme, with each program contributing to SCRD’s vision to advance healthy, resilient, and sustainable communities that amplify its core mission to promote community wellbeing.

Our campus is conveniently located in downtown Phoenix in the heart of the fifth largest city in the United States. Degree programs are also offered internationally at Hainan, China as part of the Hainan University-Arizona State University International College (HAIC). This global initiative prepares the next generation of professionals to leverage knowledge in the areas of economic, social, cultural, and environmental aspects of community development and management.

SCRD is a comprehensive school with a full range of programs that serve not only its majors but many students in a variety of programs at ASU. Depending upon the program, instruction takes place in-person, online, or in hybrid modalities. We currently offer bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, and a Ph.D. in the following fields:

●        Tourism Development and Management

●        Parks and Recreation Management

●        Nonprofit Leadership and Management

●        Community Sports Management

●        Community Resources and Development

●        Sustainable Communities

●        Recreational Therapy

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