Open Positions

The Stanford Graduate School of Education (GSE) seeks to fill a faculty position in Teacher Education at the associate or full professor rank. We welcome applications from established scholars with distinction and an active and rigorous research agenda in the field of teacher education, broadly conceived. Candidates’ research and practice should address issues of teaching and teacher education. Engagement in teacher education policy is desirable. The successful candidate will be expected to play a leadership role in Stanford’s Teacher Education Program (STEP) in close collaboration with STEP’s senior leadership team, among other contributions to the GSE including teaching and advising at the masters and doctoral levels.

The GSE faculty represents considerable diversity, including in its theoretical, methodological, and substantive expertise and interests. We seek a colleague who can work effectively within this multidisciplinary community. All applicants should provide the following:

• a brief cover letter
• a combined research and teaching statement (no more than 3 pages total)
• curriculum vitae
• three scholarly publications and/or well-developed papers
• the names of three references, who may be contacted for a letter at a later stage in the application process

All application materials must be submitted online. Please submit your application to the following site: https://facultypositions.stanford.edu/jobs/faculty-position-in-teacher-education-stanford-university-california-united-states 

Application deadline is October 1, 2026 at 11:55pm PST.

Questions pertaining to this position may be directed to Tanya Chamberlain, Faculty Affairs, tanyas@stanford.edu. 

Stanford is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Stanford welcomes applications from all who would bring additional dimensions to the University’s research, teaching and clinical missions. 

Consistent with its obligations under the law, the University will provide reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities. Applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process should contact disability.access@stanford.edu. 

The expected base pay range for this position is:

• Assoc. Prof: $160k – $180k
• Full Prof: $200k - $275k

Stanford University has provided a pay range representing its good faith estimate of what the university reasonably expects to pay for the position. The pay offered to the selected candidate will be determined based on factors including (but not limited to) the experience and qualifications of the selected candidate including years since terminal degree, training, and field or discipline; departmental budget availability; internal equity; and external market pay for comparable jobs.

The Stanford Graduate School of Education seeks a faculty member at the assistant or associate professor level whose research focuses on developing, testing, and studying interventions that support young children’s learning and development.

We are particularly interested in scholars who conduct theoretically grounded research in applied settings — including homes, schools, early childhood programs, and community contexts — to identify mechanisms of learning and developmental change, evaluate intervention effectiveness, and examine the conditions that support successful implementation.

This work may draw on implementation science to inform the development, adaptation, and delivery of scalable interventions and enrich developmental science.

Research areas may span foundational domains of learning and development, including cognition; early mathematics and STEM learning; early language and literacy; social-emotional development; creativity; and related skills that support children’s educational success.

Applicants should focus on learning and development from early childhood through the early elementary years.

Preference will be given to applicants whose research attends to cultural and contextual variation in learning, addresses issues of educational opportunity and equity, and includes children and families from historically underserved communities.

Ph.D./Ed.D., or enrollment in a Ph.D./Ed.D. program with anticipated degree conferral by the time of appointment is required.

Applicants are required to provide:

• a brief cover letter
• a research and teaching statement (no more than 3 pages total)
• curriculum vitae
• three scholarly publications and/or well-developed papers
• provide the names of three references, who will be contacted as follows:
  • references for non-tenured applicants will be contacted for a letter upon submission of the application
  • references for applicants who are currently tenured may be contacted for a letter at a later stage in the application process

All application materials must be submitted online. Please submit your application to the following site: https://facultypositions.stanford.edu/jobs/faculty-position-in-early-learning-mechanisms-and-interventions-stanford-university-california-united-states 

Application deadline is October 7, 2026, at 11:55pm PST.

Questions pertaining to this position may be directed to Tanya Chamberlain, Faculty Affairs Director, tanyas@stanford.edu. 

Stanford is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Stanford welcomes applications from others who would bring additional dimensions to the University’s research, teaching and clinical missions.

Consistent with its obligations under the law, the University will provide reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities. Applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process should contact disability.access@stanford.edu. 

The expected base pay range for this position is:

• Assistant Prof.: $135k – $150k
• Assoc. Prof: $160k – $180k

Stanford University has provided a pay range representing its good faith estimate of what the university reasonably expects to pay for the position. The pay offered to the selected candidate will be determined based on factors including (but not limited to) the experience and qualifications of the selected candidate including years since terminal degree, training, and field or discipline; departmental budget availability; internal equity; and external market pay for comparable jobs.

The Stanford Graduate School of Education seeks outstanding applicants at any faculty rank for a social scientist or humanities scholar studying fundamental questions about the role of education in contemporary society. Over the last twenty-five years, American society has changed dramatically. We have experienced rapid demographic and geopolitical shifts, rising inequality and polarization, climate-induced disasters, and massive technological innovation. We seek applicants attempting to understand the role of education amidst these societal transformations. We welcome applicants from a range of disciplinary and interdisciplinary spaces, including but not limited to anthropology, economics, education, history, philosophy, political science, psychology, sociology, gender studies, or STS. Research foci may include a wide range of substantive issues related to the societal changes above. The successful candidate will join a productive community of faculty who study educational phenomena from a variety of disciplinary perspectives, many of whom have interests in collaborating with colleagues across the university as well as with practitioners to understand and facilitate change. The successful candidate will also be expected to teach and advise students at the graduate level. 

A Ph.D./Ed.D., or enrollment in a Ph.D./Ed.D. program with anticipated degree conferral by the time of appointment is required.

Applicants are required to provide:

• a brief cover letter
• a research and teaching statement (no more than 3 pages total)
• curriculum vitae
• three scholarly publications and/or well-developed papers
• the names of three references, who will be contacted as follows:
  • references for non-tenured applicants will be contacted for a letter upon submission of the application
  • references for applicants who are currently tenured may be contacted for a letter at a later stage in the application process

All application materials must be submitted online. Please submit your application to the following site: https://facultypositions.stanford.edu/jobs/open-rank-faculty-position-social-sciences-humanities-of-education-in-a-rapidly-changing-world-stanford-university-california-united-states 

Application deadline is October 15, 2026, at 11:55pm PST.

Questions pertaining to this position may be directed to Tanya Chamberlain, Faculty Affairs Director, tanyas@stanford.edu. 

Stanford is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Stanford welcomes applications from others who would bring additional dimensions to the University’s research, teaching and clinical missions. Consistent with its obligations under the law, the University will provide reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities. Applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process should contact disability.access@stanford.edu. 

The expected base pay range for this position is:

• Assistant Prof.: $135k – $150k
• Assoc. Prof: $160k – $180k
• Full Prof: $200k - $275k

Stanford University has provided a pay range representing its good faith estimate of what the university reasonably expects to pay for the position. The pay offered to the selected candidate will be determined based on factors including (but not limited to) the experience and qualifications of the selected candidate including years since terminal degree, training, and field or discipline; departmental budget availability; internal equity; and external market pay for comparable jobs.

Stanford University’s Graduate School of Education invites applications for an open-rank faculty position in K–12 Ethnic Studies Education. The successful candidate will have a scholarly focus on the teaching, curriculum, or effects of ethnic studies in K-12 contexts. We welcome applicants from all disciplines, theoretical, and methodological approaches. The faculty member will teach and advise preservice teachers and doctoral students, as well as contribute to programmatic leadership.

Ph.D./Ed.D., or enrollment in a Ph.D./Ed.D. program with anticipated degree conferral by the time of appointment is required.

Applicants are required to provide:

• a brief cover letter
• a research and teaching statement (no more than 3 pages total)
• curriculum vitae
• three scholarly publications and/or well-developed papers
• provide the names of three references, who will be contacted as follows:
  • references for non-tenured applicants will be contacted for a letter upon submission of the application
  • references for applicants who are currently tenured may be contacted for a letter at a later stage in the application process

All application materials must be submitted online.  Please submit your application to the following site: https://facultypositions.stanford.edu/jobs/open-rank-faculty-position-in-k-12-ethnic-studies-education-stanford-university-california-united-states

Application deadline is August 20th, 2026, at 11:55pm PDT.

Questions pertaining to this position may be directed to Tanya Chamberlain, Faculty Affairs Director, tanyas@stanford.edu.

Stanford is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Stanford welcomes applications from others who would bring additional dimensions to the University’s research, teaching and clinical missions.

Consistent with its obligations under the law, the University will provide reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities. Applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process should contact disability.access@stanford.edu.

 The expected base pay range for this position is:

• Assistant Prof.: $135k – $150k
• Assoc. Prof: $160k – $180k
• Full Prof: $200k - $275k

Stanford University has provided a pay range representing its good faith estimate of what the university reasonably expects to pay for the position. The pay offered to the selected candidate will be determined based on factors including (but not limited to) the experience and qualifications of the selected candidate including years since terminal degree, training, and field or discipline; departmental budget availability; internal equity; and external market pay for comparable jobs.