Adjunct Faculty, Dissertation Committee

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Part-time adjunct faculty advising doctoral dissertation committees in Social Sciences and Integrative Medicine at Saybrook University. Responsible for guiding research proposals and ensuring academic compliance in doctoral programs.

Responsibilities:

  • Participate in all requisite Saybrook employee training
  • Respond to Saybrook communication in a timely manner
  • Serve in the capacity of dissertation chairperson, research methodologist, in alignment with college and department policy
  • Collaborate and communicate with dissertation committee members to review and report on student progress
  • Complete provided rubrics, provide relevant written feedback on student work using Track Changes
  • Attend student proposal orals and dissertation orals
  • Maintain technical skills related to Saybrook systems and procedures, including Canvas LMS, research administration (Mentor IRB), and petitions to form dissertation committee (Mentor Petitions)
  • Facilitate ongoing communication with units within the Office of Research, Innovation, and Sponsored Projects (ORISP), including but not limited to the academic Department of Research and Dissertation Services

Requirements:

  • Primary U.S. residency
  • Doctoral or terminal degree
  • Minimum of two years of record of successful dissertation service as a dissertation chair or dissertation methodologist, as evidenced in the CV
  • Mastery of the Office 365 suite and APA publication style
  • Mastery of the Canvas learning management system (LMS)
  • Requirements to Serve as a Dissertation Chair: Minimum of two years of online doctoral-level experience serving as a dissertation chairperson. Established record of completed (published) dissertations serving as Chair
  • Requirements to Serve as a Dissertation Methodologist: Minimum of two years of online doctoral-level experience serving as dissertation methodologist. As evidenced in CV, a record of peer-reviewed publications or doctoral course instruction in one or more of the following research methods: Action Research, Autoethnographic Research, Case Study (qualitative), Correlational Research, Descriptive Phenomenology, Experimental and Comparative Research, Grounded Theory (Classic, Straussian, or Constructivist), Hermeneutic Phenomenology, Heuristic Inquiry, Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA), Narrative Inquiry Research

Benefits:

  • generous paid time-off
  • medical and dental coverage
  • company-paid life and disability insurance
  • retirement plan with employer contribution
  • multiple flexible spending accounts (FSA)
  • tuition reimbursement
  • professional development
  • regular employee appreciation events