The University of Akron today announced that it would begin the hiring process for 55 full-time faculty members – 18 tenure track positions, 33 non-tenure track positions and four open category positions; the open positions could be either tenure track or non-tenure track, depending on the result of the searches. In addition, the hiring of additional faculty members will be discussed with college deans and faculty leadership as part of the implementation of the colleges’ strategic plans.
This hiring initiative resulted from ongoing discussions by Provost Mike Sherman with college leadership, as well as the chair of the Faculty Senate and a department chairman who is a member of University Council’s Budget & Finance Committee.
President Scott Scarborough said, “The immediate hiring plans are targeted to achieve three objectives: enhance high quality undergraduate teaching with full-time faculty members; address management needs in Art; Dance, Theatre and Arts Administration; Communications; English; and Biology; and, provide full-time faculty to maintain accreditation in specialized areas, such as business and the health professions. Now that we have completed the University’s overall budget and are working on the implementation of the colleges’ strategic plans, we are able to make these critical hiring decisions.”
Additional requests for faculty positions will be discussed and decided as a result of planned meetings with the leadership of the colleges during the next two months (October and November) in the context of implementing the colleges’ strategic plans.
| College | Tenure Track | Non-tenure Track |
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| LeBron James Family Foundation College of Education (2) | Higher Education Administration (1) TESOL* (1) |
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| College of Engineering (6) | Biomedical Engineering (1) Chemical Engineering (2) Electrical Engineering (1) Mechanical Engineering (2) |
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| School of Law (4) | Patent Law (1) Law library director (1) Intellectual Property Law (1) |
Clinical professor – Experiential (1) |
| College of Applied Science & Technology (4) | Business and Information Technology (1) | Surveying (1) Manufacturing (1) Computer Information Systems (digital forensics/network security) (1) |
| College of Business Administration (5) Includes three open positions – either tenure track or non-tenure track, depending on search results – in Accounting, Information Systems and Marketing |
Accounting (1) Marketing (1) (See note in College column) |
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| College of Polymer Science & Polymer Engineering (0) | ||
| College of Arts & Sciences (22) (Includes (1) English Composition open faculty position – either tenure track or non-tenure track, depending on search result) |
Director – Myers School Art (1) Director – Dance, Theater and Arts Administration (1) School of Music (1) Director – School of Communication (1) Chair – Department of Biology (1) Biology (1) Chair – Department of English (1) (See note in College column) |
Art – Graphic Design (1) Dance, Theater and Arts Administration (1) Family & Consumer Science (1) Music (1) Communication (2) Political Science (1) Sociology (1) Economics (1) Mathematics (3) Computer Science (1) Statistics (1) (See note in College column) |
| College of Health Professions (12) | Nutrition (1) Counseling (2) Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology (2) |
Nursing (2) Counseling (1) Sport Science & Wellness (2) Allied Health (1) Social Work (1) |
* TESOL – Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
