Central Washington University is recruiting an Assistant Professor to join our Family and Consumer Sciences team in Ellensburg, Washington. This role is an important member of our team as they enhance the vision for the University. The role is a campus-based position, which means you get to see the lives you are impacting. We're offering a competitive salary plus the awesome CWU benefits.
Who we are:
We are a team of individuals committed to Changing Students' Lives. No matter what job, each of us plays a part in supporting and empowering our students to fulfill their dreams.
Working in higher education provides career growth and career choice. Think of a university campus like a mini city, operating across 380 acres. You'll find robust academics, libraries, athletics and sporting events, full service and quick serve dining, conferences and events from small to large, recreation centers, housing, health services, police and public safety for the campus population of ~8,300 students.
Central Washington University has been named a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program Top Producing Institution for the 2022-2023 academic year. In addition, for seven out of eight years, CWU was a recipient of the prestigious Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine. RentCafe has also named CWU #13 of the Top 20 Best College Towns in the U.S. in 2025.
Come join us on our journey to encourage, inspire, and create spaces where all identities thrive on campus.
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What we offer:
Our investment in you begins the day you join our team, a healthy and successful future for you is important to us. We offer medical, dental, life and disability insurance, retirement and optional savings plans, tuition assistance for you and your dependents, discounts across town, an employee assistance program for individualized counseling, and a wellness incentive program. Learn more: Benefits, Perks, and Leave and Total Rewards Calculator.
The Role:
The Department of Family and Consumer Sciences at Central Washington University, located in Ellensburg, Washington, invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor whose primary teaching responsibilities include the department's child life curriculum. This position involves teaching existing introductory and advanced Child Development and Family Science courses. Faculty are expected to teach undergraduate and graduate courses in child development, child life, therapeutic play, children with disabilities, practicum, and other areas; to serve as College in the High School liaison; and to contribute to the department/program. This faculty member will serve as Child Life Program coordinator, including advising and mentoring students, supporting students through the internship process, serving on child life students' graduate committees, maintaining and expanding partnerships and endorsements, participating in recruitment efforts, and engaging in research.
The Child Development and Family Science program houses an undergraduate bachelor's degree in Child Development and Family Science with specializations in Child Life, Child Development, and Family Science, as well as undergraduate minors and certificates and a graduate program with specializations in Child Life and Family Science. Both Child Life programs are endorsed by the Association of Child Life Professionals (ACLP). Faculty contribute to the program's mission through excellence in teaching, active scholarly engagement, meaningful service, and student advising while supporting learners both in-person and online.
The Department values excellence in teaching, applied scholarship, and service that advance the theory and practice of child development and family science. Faculty are expected to contribute to student success through innovative instruction, maintain an active program of scholarly activity, and engage in collaborative service that strengthens the department, university, profession, and community.
The ideal candidate enjoys contributing to a collaborative department that values teaching excellence, student success, innovative practice and inquiry, continuous improvement, and meaningful service to the department, college, university, profession, and community. The successful candidate will join a faculty committed to preparing the next generation of child development and family science leaders while contributing to the continued growth and innovation of the department and will integrate CWU's vision, mission, and values and create a learning environment that fosters student success and institutional excellence.
