Job No. 159684
- Job Title:
- Assistant/Associate Professor in Educational Research
- Employer:
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Coastal Carolina University
- Location:
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Conway , SC
- Posting Date:
- 24-Sep-2026
- Description:
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Job Details
The Spadoni College of Education and Social Sciences at Coastal Carolina University announces a full-time tenure track position in Educational Research beginning August 2027. The department houses a Ph.D. in Education Sciences with specializations including Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment, Higher Education Administration, Educational Leadership, and Charter, Private & Independent School Leadership.
The successful candidate will be expected to collaborate with the chair, program coordinators, and other program faculty to plan and teach graduate courses as needed; these are expected to include Quantitative and Mixed Methods courses for the Ph.D. program and chairing dissertation sections. The successful candidate will also actively participate in curriculum and assessment development and analysis; provide advisement and mentorship to students; participate in program, departmental, college, and university governance; represent the program with external constituencies; assist with the recruitment and retention of students; and engage in relevant professional activities and scholarship.
The faculty and administrators in the Spadoni College, along with professional staff across the University, will provide meaningful support for the successful candidate’s teaching and scholarship as elements of their personal and professional career development. The Spadoni College administration encourages each faculty member to grow professionally, and supports a healthy work-life integration.
Required Qualifications:
· Earned Ph.D. in Educational Research or closely related field, or earned Ph.D. in an Education field with demonstrated emphasis on Educational Research
Preferred Qualifications:
· Potential for excellence in teaching at the graduate level based on previous teaching experience
· Potential for excellence in supporting doctoral research projects.
· Experience teaching research courses at the graduate level
· Experience teaching in hybrid and streaming teaching modalities
· Demonstrated engagement and/or leadership in the educational research community
Interested candidates should submit: a letter of application (outlining interest in the position and specifying how the candidate meets the required and preferred qualifications), current curriculum vitae, copies of transcripts of all graduate work (copies are acceptable at this time), and a list of at least three professional references. All information and material must be submitted electronically. Applicants that are invited for interviews must provide official transcripts of all undergraduate and graduate work prior to visiting campus. Review of applications and materials will begin on October 23, 2026 and continue until the position is filled. Please visit here to apply: https://jobs.coastal.edu/postings/122697 .
Coastal Carolina University is a public comprehensive liberal arts institution located in Conway, South Carolina, just nine miles from the Atlantic coastal resort city of Myrtle Beach. Coastal Carolina University enrolls over 12,000 students from 48 states and 53 nations. The University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to award the baccalaureate and master’s degrees of national and/or regional significance in the arts and sciences, business, humanities, education, and health and human services, a specialist degree in instructional technology, and PhD degrees in marine science: coastal and marine systems science and education sciences.
The University provides equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, national origin, or because an employee or applicant for employment is an individual with a disability or a disabled veteran, an Armed Forces service medal veteran, a recently separated veteran, or an active-duty wartime or campaign badge veteran, or other “protected veteran,” as defined by law. Coastal Carolina University is an EO/AA employer.
Required Qualifications
1. Earned Ph.D. in Educational Research or closely related field, or earned Ph.D. in an Education field with demonstrated emphasis on Educational Research.
2. Potential for excellence in teaching at the graduate level based onprevious teaching experience. 3. Potential for excellence in supporting doctoral research projects.
Preferred Qualifications
1. Experience teaching research courses at the graduate level,
2. Experience teaching hybrid andstreaming courses,
3. Demonstrated engagement and/or leadership in the educational research community
- Contact information:
- Coastal Carolina University
- Conway, SC 29526
- United States
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