Job details
Job type part-time
Full job description
Opportunity at a glance: the richard wRiley college of education and leadership (coel) seeks part-time faculty to serve as methodologist on dissertation committees for our ed.dAnd ph.dProgramsContributing faculty are primarily responsible for student research mentoring within the school`s doctoral degree programsSpecifically, they will be required to serve on and/or chair dissertation committees and might also manage dissertation quality through service as a university research reviewerThese faculty members will report to the academic research coordinator or designeeResponsibilities: primary duties and responsibilities include:
Serve as methodologist on doctoral committees in either the position of chair or second member.
Manage dissertation quality through service as a university research reviewer (if additionally selected to serve as urr).
Complete required faculty trainings
Roles and responsibilities for methodologist and urr committee membership
The role of methodology expert
Provides feedback to student on the following:
Proposed research design including appropriateness for addressing the problem statement and research questions or for testing stated hypotheses
Selection of specific methodology
Selection of a sample of appropriate characteristics and size
Oversee implementation of the selected methodology, assuring compliance with the following:
Program/professional norms
Generally accepted ethical and moral principles regarding human subjects
Provides constructive criticism about the following:
Data collection and analysis
Presentation of the data and the conclusions drawn from the analyses
The role of urr members
The specific role of this committee member will be to collaborate with student, chair, and second member immediately prior to defense of proposal and prior to the final oral defense, and to perform a final review of the completed study to provide a consistent and reliable mechanism for quality management of student research including the following:
Insuring the maintenance of a high level of integrity in the research students’ produce
Facilitating a level of consistency in the application of university research standards
Providing timely and substantive feedback that is within the defined scope of the urr member role:
The defined scope includes feedback related to theoretical, methodological, analytical, and organization contentUrr members use the capstone rubric as their means for providing feedback on submissions.
The defined scope does not include minor form and style and ethical issues; however, urr members are instructed to alert students to such issues when they come across themOn occasion they may make mandatory referrals to the writing center or the institutional review board for advice, on such issues.
Determining if the proposal or research study is ready for advancement to the next milestone in the processUrr member approval, expressed through scores and comments entered in the appropriate capstone rubric, will be a prerequisite for conducting oral defenses of the proposal and completed capstone, as well as for submitting the abstract to the cao for final approval.
Qualifications:
Doctoral degree in the field of education or related field from an accredited university
Strong research methodology background in quantitative, qualitative and/or mixed methods.
A significant record of intellectual and professional contributions to the field of education or related field, including peer-reviewed publications and conference presentations.
Experience serving on doctoral dissertation committees is required.
Three to five years of independent research project mentoring is preferred.
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 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.
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