Assistant Professor of Social Work

Overview

The Department of Social Work and Anthropology at Auburn University at Montgomery (AUM) invites applications for a 9-month tenure-track Assistant Professor of Social Work to begin August 2026. The candidate must be willing to teach primarily online and in-person evening courses; this position is not remote and faculty are expected to have a campus presence. The appointee should demonstrate excellence in scholarship and research (peer-reviewed publications), strengths in undergraduate teaching, and a commitment to service, social justice, online teaching, and promoting student-faculty research.

AUM is committed to an inclusive and equitable environment for all students, staff, and faculty.

AUM’s BSW program is accredited by CSWE and is one of the fastest-growing majors on campus. The program, grounded in a liberal arts perspective, prepares social workers to be ethical and competent practitioners who advocate for social, environmental, and economic justice across system levels using a person-in-environment framework. The program emphasizes ethics, critical thinking, professionalism, lifelong learning, evidence-based practice, strengths-based practice, justice, service, and culturally responsive practice, with a focus on social change toward greater equity locally, nationally, and globally.

Responsibilities include:

• Teaching core and elective undergraduate Social Work courses (primarily online and evening).
• Maintaining a productive research agenda that includes publishing and presenting in professional venues.
• Professional advising online and on-campus students.
• Assisting with maintaining the program’s accreditation.
• Contributing to the service mission of the university.

Minimum qualifications:

• A DSW or PhD in Social Work and an MSW from a CSWE-accredited program with at least two years of post-MS W practice is required.
• However, candidates with an MSW from a CSWE-accredited program with two years of full-time post-MS W experience and a PhD in a related field may be considered.

Other qualifications include:

• Ability to develop and maintain effective, collaborative relationships with faculty and administration across the university.
• A record of professional activities related to social work practice and education.
• Online teaching experience preferred.

Visit https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). and complete an online application. Completed applications should include a cover letter indicating qualifications, current curriculum vitae, a teaching dossier including a teaching philosophy and course evaluation summary (if available), a writing sample (preferably a peer-reviewed publication), a research philosophy with overview of ongoing research agenda, contact information for at least three professional references, and graduate transcript(s).

Questions may be addressed to Dr. Lacey Sloan, search committee chair, at lsloan1 or .

Screening of applications will begin as received, with priority given to applications received by February 15, 2026. While the position will remain open until filled, AUM reserves the right to stop accepting applications once interviewing has begun.

This position is not eligible for sponsorship.

A DSW or PhD in Social Work and an MSW from a CSWE-accredited program with at least two years of post-MS W practice is required. However, candidates with an MSW from a CSWE-accredited program with two years of full-time post-MS W experience and a PhD in a related field may be considered.

• Ability to develop and maintain effective, collaborative relationships with faculty and administration across the university

• A record of professional activities related to social work practice and education

• Online teaching experience preferred

College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

Nine (9) Months

Yes

The Department of Social Work and Anthropology currently includes nine full-time faculty lines and is expected to grow to eleven in Fall 2026. The department offers majors and minors in Anthropology, Child Advocacy Studies, and Social Work, and is part of the College of Liberal Arts and…