Page for Academic Positions in Social Work that begin in 2026.
Last year's page: Social Work 2024-2025
Let's do this! Try to stick to a few guidelines when posting to keep things consistent:[]
- Post information about the position (or positions) including rank, source of information, and desired specialties.
- Update when you know if a school has announced or cancelled a search, done preliminary interviews, a invited candidates out for job talks, or made offers, even if this information is anecdotal (but please note that it's anecdotal if it is)!
- Add date of posting to information whenever possible.
- Please Use === Heading 3 === when adding names of schools to this page.
A couple of features of this page, based on additional posts from past years:
- There are two general sections:
- Discussion: Post other job search related information here. In the past, topics have included:
- Tally of number of people checking this page
- Information about salaries offered relative to cost of living.
- Information about the number of places people have applied, number of initial interviews received, number of campus visits/job talks, and number of offers.
- Info on regular teaching load for each institution (e,g., 3 courses/semester is a 3-3 teaching load)
- Please feel free to add topics here!
- List of Schools: Post information about positions, here: FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THINGS ACADEMIC, PLEASE DATE YOUR POSTS!
RECENT ACTIVITY on the Social Work 2025-2026 Wiki[]
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Discussion[]
How many people are updating or monitoring this page?[]
ABD (Early):
ABD (On the market): 4
PhD/DSW: 1
Postdoctoral Fellow: 4
Visiting Professor:
Assistant Professor: 2
Associate Professor:
Full Professor:
Master's Students/MSW:
Other:
Salaries, Cost of Living, Teaching Load[]
Ratio of applications: 1st round interviews: Campus visits: Offers (example: 16:8:4:2)[]
Status Updates/General Discussion[]
Do folks have an idea of when we will start seeing Job Postings? (asking on 7/1/25)
- 07/01/25: Usually August is the earliest, but I've heard from faculty that this year is likely to be a challenging job market. I wonder if this will change when they start posting jobs.
07/01/25: Where are we looking for posted jobs? Is each individual school's website the most reliable source?
- 7/07/25: Besides looking at individual school websites, I look at Higher Ed Jobs (link below). I am curious if there are other centralized places others look at?
- 7/8/25: Higher Ed Jobs is good. I also look at the CSWE jobs board, Inside Higher Ed, and the Chronicle of Higher Ed
Schools That Have Interviewed[]
Schools That Have Scheduled Campus Visits[]
Schools That Have Made Offers[]
Accepted Offers[]
Interview/General questions[]
Jobs for 2026[]
Baylor University[]
https://apply.interfolio.com/168924
Baylor University Diana R. Garland School of Social Work seeks to fill two full-time, tenure-track or tenured faculty positions in mental or behavioral health or interdisciplinary research. Rank may be Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor. Positions start in August 2026.
Successful candidates for these faculty positions will contribute to the school's mission of educating social work professionals and advancing research in (1) mental or behavioral health or (2) interdisciplinary research, while also engaging in meaningful service and collaboration with colleagues in the school. In addition to research, these open faculty positions are focused on work based in our Waco residential programs.
University of Iowa[]
https://jobs.uiowa.edu/faculty/view/75657
The University of Iowa, School of Social Work seeks two excellent scholars, preferably with expertise in behavioral or mental health, to join our faculty and our growing social work programs, beginning in August 2026. We are accepting applications at the assistant, associate, and full professor levels. Tenure-track faculty hold a 9-month academic year appointment. The University of Iowa offers a competitive salary and research start-up funds.
We are seeking candidates with a strong record of scholarly productivity, including demonstrated potential for securing external funding. The University of Iowa is a member of the Association of American Universities and a Carnegie Foundation designated RU/VH University with an enrollment of 32,000 undergraduate and graduate students. UI is known for its balanced commitment to the arts, sciences, and humanities. It is home to one of the nation's largest academic medical centers and the pioneering Iowa Writers' Workshop. The University is located in the casual yet cosmopolitan environment of Iowa City, a diverse community widely recognized as one of the country's most livable communities.
The School of Social Work offers BA, MSW, and PhD programs at the main campus in Iowa City, and distance education MSW programs around the state of Iowa (Des Moines, Sioux City and an online program). We are growing our programs at all levels. The School is also home to the National Resource Center for Family Centered Practice and the Iowa Consortium for Substance Use Research and Evaluation. Current areas of faculty scholarship include aging; child, family, neighborhood, and community well-being; mental and behavioral health; and family violence. For more information, please visit: http://clas.uiowa.edu/socialwork/