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- Walden University
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Contributing Faculty - Human Services Dissertation Committee
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- Part-time
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- Walden University
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Walden University, an Adtalem Global Education institution, supports a diverse community of adult learners from across the U.S. and other countries, who seek to achieve their academic goals and make positive, lasting social change in their professions and communities. Walden is a B Corporation with a mission to provide a diverse community of career professionals who have the opportunity to transform themselves as scholar-practitioners to positively affect social change. Walden offers more than 100 online degree and certificate programs, for students pursuing a bachelor’s, master’s, doctoral or certificate. Walden University has graduated more than 174,000 students and is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission.
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Walden University's Human Services department seeks part-time faculty to mentor dissertation committees for our PhD/DHS Program. Applicants with secondary data experience are strongly encouraged to apply. Contributing faculty are primarily responsible for student research mentoring within the school's doctoral degree programs. Specifically, they will be required to serve on and/or chair dissertation committees, and will manage dissertation quality through service as a university research reviewer. These faculty members will report to the Academic Research Coordinator.
Primary duties and responsibilities include:
- Chair dissertation committees
- Serve as the second member of committees
- Manage dissertation quality through service as a university research reviewer (URR).
- Participation in university and school based residencies
- Complete required faculty trainings
- identifies and supports excellence in human services education
- Faculty may be invited to instruct content courses or to instruct research methodology
Roles and Responsibilities for Research Mentorship/Committee Membership
The Committee
Mentoring is a major responsibility of faculty members who work with students completing the research requirements of their doctoral degrees. Faculty mentor involvement with students is a significant factor in student retention and students’ success in their programs. Students’ progress toward completion of degree requirements is regularly monitored by the university, as is the effectiveness of faculty mentors in supporting this progress by their mentees.
The Committee Member’s Responsibilities
Committee members are expected to:
- Accept specific mentoring assignments and maintain a minimum workload as determined by the school or college.
- Facilitate the intellectual and professional development of their assigned students by continuing mentoring support until each program requirement associated with the assigned mentoring role has been completed or has been assigned to another faculty mentor. (Student reassignment must be accepted and approved by the program director.)
- Initiate and maintain frequent and regular interaction with students, at a minimum of twice per academic quarter (or more frequently as required by specific colleges or programs).
- Help students produce high-quality work through analyzing and synthesizing appropriate subject matter and/or by applying appropriate research methods and data analyses.
- Evaluate students’ work related to their progress in achieving academic milestones and demonstrating standards of quality.
- Assist students in maintaining satisfactory academic progress toward timely completion of their degree programs.
- Personalize and monitor their sections of courses that support continuing research development:
- Advise students on the development of quarter plans.
Training:
All new Faculty Members receive specific training from Walden University in the techniques of teaching, use of an electronic learning platform, specifics of the policies, procedures and degree programs of the School or College in which they are going to teach, socialization into the Walden University culture, assessment of academic integrity of student work (including use of www.turnitin.com ), and research supervision of theses and dissertations.
- Doctoral degree in the field of Human Services, Social Work (PhD, DHS) or a related field from an accredited institution is required
- Evidence of continuing scholarly or creative work within the past 5 years
- A significant record of intellectual and professional contributions to the field of Human Services
- Experience serving on doctoral dissertation committees is required; experience chairing is preferred (preferably 1 year +).
- Strong research methodology background in quantitative, qualitative, and/or mixed methods in research (preference given to quantitative) and/or Force Field Analysis and Action Research for DHS.
- Proficient in APA 7th edition
- 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 applied research that contributes to Walden's mission of contributing to positive social change; commitment to advocating for the learning and development needs of students earning their degrees in a distance learning environment.
- Excellent leadership, communication, team, and human relation skills.
- Experience with distance learning preferred.
in support of the pay transparency laws enacted across the country, the expected compensation rate for this position is as follows:
- Graduate Course Instruction: $1,560 - $4,080 per Quarter or Semester, depending on type of course taught and length of course
- Undergraduate Course Instruction: $700 - $2,200 per quarter, depending on type of course taught and length of course
Actual pay may be adjusted based on job-related factors permitted by law, such as type of course taught; experience and training; geographic location; licensure and certifications; market factors; departmental budgets; and responsibility. Walden also offers other opportunities for its contributing faculty members, such as dissertation/doctoral study committee chair positions, research reviewing, and dissertation and doctoral study mentoring.
Our Talent Acquisition Team will be happy to answer any questions you may have, and we look forward to learning more about your salary requirements.
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We are proud to be an EEO employer M/F/D/V. At Adtalem, we welcome everyone and have a strong commitment towards diversity and inclusion. We encourage our Colleagues to be their true authentic selves and support laws that prohibit discrimination everywhere we do business. We also maintain a drug-free workplace.

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