Assistant Professor of Social Work

Position : Assistant Professor of Social Work

Effective Date : August 18, 2025 (Fall Semester)

Salary : The Assistant Professor (Academic Year) classification salary range is $71,100 - $151,128 / per year. The anticipated hiring range is $91,056 to $100,380 / per year.

Salary offered is commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Application Deadline : Review of applications to begin September 3, 2024. Position opened until filled (or recruitment canceled).

California State University, Long Beach () is a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) and an Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institution (AANAPISI).

It also earned the prestigious Seal of Excelencia in 2023, joining a distinctive group of colleges and universities who have been recognized for its commitment to Latine / x student success.

CSULB is committed to serving diverse students and has established and actively supports the Black Excellence Collegium, dedicated to promoting Black excellence and advancing Black Student Success, and El Concilio for Latinx Success at the Beach, whose mission is to build capacity and promote inclusive servingness across initiatives and efforts towards Latine / x student, faculty, and staff success across campus.

The President’s Equity and Change Commission is dedicated to achieving inclusive excellence in our community and culture and to interrogate, disrupt, and transform systemic inequities throughout the university.

CSULB’s University Action Plans prioritize engaging all students; expanding access to higher education; promoting intellectual achievement;

building community; and cultivating resilience.

Required Qualifications :

• Ph.D. or D.S.W. in Social Work or closely related field. Degree at time of application or official notification of completion of the doctoral degree by August 1, 2025.
• Master of Social Work (MSW) degree with at least two years post-master’s experience in social work practice
• Demonstrated potential for teaching at the college level
• Demonstrated potential for research, scholarly and creative activities
• Demonstrated commitment to working successfully with a diverse student population, including Black / African American, Latine / x, Native American / Indigenous, low-income, first-generation, and minoritized students

Preferred Qualifications :

• Demonstrated teaching / training experience across the curriculum at undergraduate and graduate levels
• Experience in working with diverse populations
• Demonstrated commitment for equity and inclusion in curricula and activities for all students
• Experience in one or more of these specialty areas : foundation and advanced social work practice
• Experience in graduate level thesis advising
• Experience of successfully working with populations demographically and / or socioeconomically similar to the CSULB student body
• Experience mentoring or supporting students with minoritized identities or experience using inclusive and culturally relevant teaching strategies in a diverse classroom

Duties :

• Teach in-person undergraduate and / or graduate courses related to foundation and advanced social work practice Modes of instruction, including in-person, hybrid, online, and / or any combination thereof.
• Establish and sustain a record of research, scholarly and creative activities
• Participate in service to the school, college, university, and profession / community

CSULB seeks to recruit faculty who enthusiastically support the University’s strong commitment to the academic success of all of our students, including students of color, students with disabilities, students who are first generation to college, veterans, students with diverse socio-economic backgrounds, and students of diverse sexual orientations and gender expressions.

CSULB seeks to recruit and retain a diverse workforce as a reflection of our commitment to serve the People of California, to maintain the excellence of the University, and to offer our students a rich variety of expertise, perspectives, and ways of knowing and learning.

The School of Social Work is proud to be an integral part of a university that is designated as a Hispanic Serving Institution and an Asian American and Native Pacific Islander Serving Institution located in a city with a large Cambodian / Cambodian American population in an aspirational context for increasing Black, Indigenous and People of Color enrollment.

The mission of the School of Social Work is to educate and graduate diverse, ethical, competent social work students able to think critically and use evidence-based practice approaches to effectively serve culturally diverse, vulnerable individuals, families and communities in a wide variety of practice areas as practitioners, leaders and social justice advocates.

Information on excellent benefits package available to CSULB faculty is located here :