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Job Description: The UTEP College of Education invites applications for one Research Assistant Professor (RAP) position specializing in community-engaged and impact-focused research, potentially through research-practice partnerships (RPP), to help advance the college's leadership in research for collaborative impact in education.Funded by the UT System Regents Research Excellence Program, this is a full-time, non-tenure track research faculty position with a three-year appointment. This is a research-dedicated position with no required teaching load, though opportunities to teach may be available depending on interests, opportunities, and funding.The College of Education is experiencing an exciting period of growth in its dedicated research structure, with a rapidly expanding team of research faculty and postdoctoral scholars. As part of our continued growth and strategic vision, the College of Education is intentionally expanding its research portfolio, with community engaged research, impact-focused research, and research-practice partnerships identified as priority growth areas. An RAP hire in this area will play a critical role in strengthening the College's collaborative impact with community partners.UTEP's location on the U.S.-Mexico border is an environment that drives research grounded in real-world challenges and opportunities. The UTEP College of Education is well positioned for expanded community-engaged, impact-focused research because of its existing and emerging partnerships with regional school districts and community organizations. The UTEP College of Education aims to bring on a dedicated faculty member to accelerate collaborative, impactful scholarship that directly improves educational outcomes in our community.Successful candidates will have a research background in one or more of the following topics: Counseling, Special Education, Educational Leadership, Teacher Education, Bilingual/Biliteracy Education, Early Childhood Education, Literacy/Biliteracy, Sociocultural Studies, STEM Education, Computer Science Education, Artificial Intelligence in Education, Space Education, Democracy Education, Workforce Development, and/or other closely related areas.Key Responsibilities:The RAP will develop a sustainable, externally funded research and programming agenda in RPP research. Faculty in the College of Education are currently in an RPP called the Paso del Norte Partnership for Education Research (PDNPER). This faculty position will potentially collaborate with PDNPER, community partners, and College of Education colleagues/leadership to design a clear and responsive process for soliciting research requests, ensuring that inquiry is driven by the real practice questions from educational and community organizations. The RAP will help this group to develop a streamlined model for translating research findings into timely, actionable insights and accessible research products that directly support community partners' decision-making and program improvement. The College is also consistently represented on the Provost's Community Engagement Council through a Provost's Faculty Fellow for Community Engagement from the Department of Teacher Education who currently sits on the Council. The RAP will also actively collaborate with this group, as well as with UTEP Center for Community Engagement. Anticipated outputs include securing external research and programming funding, generating high impact scholarship (including products accessible to practice partners), receiving prestigious research awards, and providing resources and support to other UTEP researchers and partners seeking to grow their capacity in RPP work and accelerate the pathway from evidence to impact in education. Requirements: Demonstrated commitment to and experience in research-practice partnership broadly conceived, including but not limited to community-engaged research, action research, use-inspired research, and other relational, applied, and use-oriented research paradigms.Evidence of peer-reviewed publications or strong potential for scholarly productivity.Earned doctorate by August 2026.Preferred QualificationsExperience with externally funded research proposal development.Demonstrated success collaborating through research-practice partnership, or aligned frameworks, with school districts, educational organizations, workforce agencies, and/or community partners.Knowledge of and experience with research-practice partnership networks and communities around the country (e.g., NNERPP).Experience with the creation of research products that are timely and accessible to community/practice partners.Expertise in quantitative research methods. Additional Information: In keeping with its access, excellence, and impact mission, The University of Texas at El Paso is committed to an open, diverse, and inclusive learning and working environment that honors the talents, respects the differences, and nurtures the growth and development of all. We seek to attract faculty and staff who share our commitment. The University of Texas at El Paso is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The University does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or sexual orientation and gender in employment or the provision of services in accordance with state and federal law. Discrimination on the basis of sex includes an employee's or prospective employee's right to be free from sexual harassment under Title IX of the Higher Education Amendments of 1972. Inquiries-including the filing of a Formal Complaint or reporting an incident-about the application of Title IX may be referred to the Title IX Coordinator, who can be reached by phone at (915) 747-8358, by email at , or by mail at 500 W. University Ave., El Paso, TX, Kelly Hall, Room 312.For accommodation information for employees and applicants with disabilities, please contact UTEP's Equal Opportunity Office at the extent that this position involves research, work, or access to critical infrastructure as referenced in Executive Order GA-48, being hired for and continuing to be employed in this position requires the ability to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure.Application Instructions: Applicants must submit:Cover letterCurriculum VitaeResearch Statement (2-3 pages)Contact information for three references