The Teaching, Curriculum, and Society Department in the Lynch School of Education and Human Development at Boston College seeks to fill a tenure-track, full-time assistant professor position beginning Fall 2027. We invite applicants with expertise in teaching and research at the elementary and/or secondary level in one or more areas at the intersection of special education and literacy instruction (reading, writing), content-area learning (English language arts, history, biology, chemistry, physics, or mathematics), assessment, transition, or teacher education.
We are particularly interested in a colleague who takes interdisciplinary perspectives on disability. For example, a focus on disability and multilingualism, disability and historically marginalized populations, or disability studies perspectives. In addition to sustaining a robust program of research, the successful applicant will teach in our Moderate Support Needs programs. Candidates must have a doctoral degree in Education, Special Education, or a related field, as well as experience in K-12 inclusive special education.
Primary responsibilities will include:
● Maintaining a productive research agenda, including applying for and securing external funding;
● Teaching (two courses per semester) in the following: graduate moderate support needs licensure and certificate programs, generalist special education coursework, undergraduate general education, and the department’s interdisciplinary Curriculum & Instruction doctoral program;
● Student advising;
Candidates must have a doctoral degree in Education, Special Education, or a related field, as well as experience in K-12 inclusive special education.
Candidates should submit a curriculum vitae, a letter of interest that includes teaching interests, and names of three recommenders (letters will be solicited at the finalist stage) to https://apply.interfolio.com/187178. Review of candidates’ credentials will begin on October 1, 2026 and will continue until the position is filled. For further information, you may contact the search committee chair, Dr. David Scanlon (david.scanlon@bc.edu).
The Lynch School of Education and Human Development at Boston College, a Catholic and Jesuit university, endeavors to improve the human condition through education and applied psychology.
We pursue this goal through excellence and ethics in teaching, research, and service.
We prepare undergraduate and graduate students to serve diverse populations in a variety of professional roles—as teachers, administrators, human service providers, psychologists, and researchers.
Through research, we seek to advance knowledge in our respective fields to inform policy and improve practice. As teachers, scholars, and learners, we engage in collaborative school and community improvement efforts locally, nationally, and internationally.
What unites our diverse work is the underlying aspiration to enhance the human condition, to expand the human imagination, and to make the world more just.
