Job Description

Department Contact: Dr. Monique Matute-Chavarria, mmatute@nmsu.edu.

Internal or External Search: External - Open to all applicants

Advertising Summary: The College of Health, Education, and Social Transformation has a job opening for a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in the School of Teacher Preparation, Administration and Leadership, beginning August 2027. The application deadline is October 31, 2026.

For Applications: Screening will begin November 1, 2026, with an anticipated start date of August 16, 2027.

Position Details

Position Title: Assistant Professor of Special Education

College/Division: College of Hlth, Educ & Soc Trans

Department: 350150-CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION

Location: Las Cruces

Offsite Location (if applicable):

Target Hourly/Salary Rate: 73,643

Appointment Full-time Equivalency: 1.0

FLSA Status: Exempt

Bargaining Unit Announcement: This is a bargaining unit position with the National Education Association (NEA).

Contingent Upon Funding: Not Applicable

Standard Work Schedule: Standard (M-F, 8-5)

If Not a Standard Work Schedule:

Job Duties and Responsibilities: The successful candidate will be expected to teach undergraduate and graduate courses in special education (face-to-face and online modalities), including coursework in bilingual/multilingual and multicultural special education with an emphasis in serving culturally and linguistically diverse learners in the region; serve as faculty advisor; develop a strong research agenda that is consistent with the mission of the School of TPAL, College of HEST, and the university; pursue external funding; demonstrate evidence of successful scholarship and creative activity; and exhibit a commitment to service to the School of TPAL, College of HEST, and University. In person presence at the Las Cruces Main Campus is required.

Qualifications

Required Education and Experience:

Required Qualifications

• Earned doctorate in special education or disability studies from an accredited institution, or ABD considered, but the doctorate must be awarded by start date (August 2027).
• Evidence of teaching and/or research in three or more of the following:

1. bilingual/multilingual and multicultural special education,
2. literacy/biliteracy/reading for students with disabilities,
3. mathematics instruction for students with disabilities,
4. culturally sustaining and social justice pedagogies
5. special education in rural, border, and/or Tribal communities, and culturally and linguistically diverse communities and contexts.

• Evidence of excellence in teaching for a minimum of three years in special education settings in grades 4-12 (Upper Elementary/Secondary).
• Experience with diverse school-university-community partnerships

Equivalent Qualifications: Not applicable.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bilingual/multilingual proficiency, with particular interest in Spanish-English bilingualism and additional consideration of Indigenous languages and/or American Sign Language.
• Demonstrated record of, or ability to establish, scholarly productivity in special education and secure external support and grant funding related to the specialty area.
• Demonstrated experience working with culturally and linguistically diverse populations as well as rural and tribal communities.

Special Certification/Licensure: Not applicable.

Working Conditions and Physical Effort

Environment: Work is normally performed in a typical interior/office work environment.

Physical Effort: No or very limited physical effort required.

Lifting Requirements: Requires handling of average-weight objects up to 10 pounds or some standing or walking.

Risk: No or very limited exposure to physical risk.