Assistant/Associate Professor of Science Education

Classification Title:

AST/ASO PROF

Job Description:

The University of Florida invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant or Associate Professor position within the Science Education program area in the School of Teaching and Learning.  The successful applicant is expected to maintain a robust line of research, teach and advise master’s and doctoral students, and contribute to a nationally recognized and growing graduate program.

We seek candidates focused on issues of national and international importance in the context of science education as practiced in either formal or informal spaces, including those focused on:

• Innovative models and approaches to teaching and learning in K-5, including applications of engineering and computational thinking
• Advancing applications of technology, including artificial intelligence and game-based approaches for promoting teaching, learning, and research
• Learning environments, teacher-student and student-student interactions, including sociocultural perspectives
• Professional or workforce development, including forms of knowledge and relations to programs, policies, and issues of educational significance or
• Public participation in science, socioscientific issues, sustainability, and sustainable development.

The successful applicant for the tenure-track position is expected to maintain a systematic research program, seek external research funding, contribute to the instruction of graduate students, and recruit and mentor doctoral students. This 9-month faculty appointment will begin in August 2025 and includes the possibility of summer employment. Salary is negotiable, competitive, and commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Responsibilities:

• Conduct scholarly activities commensurate with the expectations of a tenure-track faculty member at a top-10 public research institution and member of the AAU
• Collaborate with cross-disciplinary faculty, students, and other stakeholders
• Maintain and develop new partnerships for innovative degree programs focused on education in fields such as medicine, engineering, and the sciences
• Vigorously pursue external funding to enhance research activities
• Publish in significant, high-impact refereed journals
• Advise, mentor, and engage graduate students in research
• Teach courses (face-to-face, blended, and/or online)
• Provide service to the program, school, college, university, and profession

ABOUT THE COLLEGE: The College of Education at the University of Florida, founded in 1906, has consistently been ranked No. 1 and No. 2 in the nation in Online Graduate Education for the last nine years, No. 2 nationally for undergraduate education and 8th nationally among public graduate colleges of education (U.S. News & World Report). Four of the College's academic programs occupy top-20 spots in the U.S. News rankings: Counselor Education (1st), Special Education (5th), Educational Administration (17th), and Elementary Education (17th). Cutting-edge interdisciplinary research and public scholarship—often conducted in partnership with other UF colleges, school districts and communities across the state and nation—are yielding powerful learning systems and models that are helping to transform education in today’s changing world, starting with our youngest learners. Faculty researchers last year garnered more than $150.3 million in external awards supporting studies and projects addressing education’s most critical issues. With both on campus and online options, the college offers 29 bachelor’s and advanced degree programs and concentration areas, within nine academic specialties. To sustain the college's innovative edge, heightened emphasis on emerging technologies, student experience and interdisciplinary research will effectively prepare tomorrow's leaders in all education disciplines. The College's educator preparation programs have been continuously accredited by CAEP and NCATE since 1954. Follow us: @UF_COE (X), @uf_coe (Instagram), @university-of-florida-college-of-education (LinkedIn), and @UF.COE (Facebook)

ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY: The University of Florida, founded in 1853, is a public land-grant, sea-grant and space-grant research university and one of the most academically diverse universities in the nation. U.S. News & World Report ranks UF 6th among public universities. National rankings such as 1st by the Wall Street Journal and 4th by Forbes in their respective lists of Public Universities are a result of UF’s commitment to provide the highest quality education at the best value. UF is home to 16 colleges and more than 200 research, service and education centers, bureaus and institutes, and boasts more than 6,600 faculty members,