Assistant/ Associate Professor of Social Work

Widener University's Center for Social Work Education invites applications for a tenure track position at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor for a position starting August 2025. This faculty position carries a 3/3 teaching load as well as an active research and publication agenda along with university and community service responsibilities. Teaching assignments may be a combination of BSW, MSW and/or PhD courses.

We are seeking a faculty member who has a long history of social work experience at the macro and mezzo level with marginalized populations, and is knowledgeable about organizational dynamics and theory, social work and social welfare history, and/or policy analysis and development. We are seeking candidates with evidence of a strong research agenda that can contribute to collaborative research, including faculty-student research, PhD dissertations, and grant writing. Those with the ability to teach research methods and statistics at all degree levels are especially encouraged to apply.

The BSW program prepares students for generalist social work practice and/or graduate school. The MSW program has a single concentration in clinical social work with a trauma-informed curriculum. We currently have a campus-based MSW program and an on-line MSW program option. The MSW program also offers a dual degree option with human sexuality. The BSW and MSW programs are fully accredited by the Council on Social Work Education. The PhD program prepares candidates for academic and research careers.

Widener Social Work also runs a community-based clinic called Social Work Counseling Services (SWCS) that provides pro bono social work and capacity-building services to community-based organizations and community residents. SWCS is staffed primarily by social work interns and serves as a state-of-the-art internship site for BSW and MSW students. SWCS interns and faculty also provide capacity building and social work services in collaboration with grassroots community organizations that serve community residents but do not have MSW social workers on staff. For more information about Widener Social Work, please visit our website at www.widener.edu/socialwork.

Our students represent a multitude of diverse identities. We aspire to develop a graduate social work faculty, staff, and curriculum that is anti-racist, anti-oppressive, and reflects and respects our professional values. We seek to create an intentionally diverse educational community in which students, staff, and faculty perspectives are valued and meaningfully incorporated into our work.

Widener University is committed to fostering an environment in which faculty, staff, and students from a variety of backgrounds, cultures, and personal experiences are welcomed and can thrive. The Center for Social Work Education holds a deep commitment to an inclusive culture that supports the work of faculty and staff members across the institution, and works closely with the Chief Diversity Officer to facilitate that commitment. Faculty and staff are active participants in our work to enhance diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging, including through representation on the Faculty Council Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee and the Diversity Leadership and Inclusion Council.

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All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Widener University is committed to fostering an inclusive community in which faculty, staff, and students from a variety of backgrounds, cultures, and personal experiences are welcomed and can thrive. We are an equal opportunity employer and are committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, color, national origin, race, religion, disability, veteran status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or status as a protected veteran.

Widener University, an independent, metropolitan, doctoral-intensive university, connects curricula to social issues through civic engagement. Dynamic teaching, active scholarship, personal attention and experiential learning are key components of the Widener Experience. Located in Chester, PA, Widener's main campus is nestled between Philadelphia, PA and Wilmington, DE, with Law Schools located in both Harrisburg and Wilmington. For more information about the university, please visit our website at

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