The American Dental Education Association (ADEA) is looking to add a talented Senior Director of Higher Education Research to its team.

Position Summary

The Senior Director of Higher Education Research is a key member of the research team for ADEA which focuses on producing educational research products for the Association and its membership. This position is housed in the Office of Educational Services and is supervised by the Senior Vice President, Policy and Education Research. The Senior Director of Higher Education Research requires an understanding of higher education research, specifically, as it relates to research associated with the health professions. An ability to lead research projects and produce products that presents data in various forms, including visually and storytelling is essential to meeting membership needs.

As a key member of the Office of Educational Services (OES) research team, you will actively support the research programmatic activities of ADEA by executing higher education research activities. Major activities include but are not limited to leading several of the ADEA higher education research projects. The Senior Director of Higher Education Research will also be responsible for serving as a content expert, assisting in verification processes with other projects within the division and identifying other research areas for growth and/or expansion. Key research projects for the Senior Director of Higher Education Research are the annual ADEA Dental School Faculty Census and the biennial ADEA Allied Dental Program Directors Survey. The current research products of these projects include:

1. Annual ADEA Faculty Census

• spreadsheet-based national faculty compensation report
• spreadsheet-based faculty compensation report for each participating dental school
• faculty open positions and lost positions interactive visual report
• Journal of Dental Education association report
• faculty demographic interactive visual report

2. Biennial ADEA Allied Dental Program Directors Survey

• spreadsheet-based report
• summary report
• online storyboard of the summary report
• Journal of Dental Education association report

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• A master’s degree and eight years of higher education research experience; or a Ph.D. degree and six years of relevant experience. Higher education research experience in dental education/medical education preferred.
• Expertise in survey design, methodology and strategies to increase survey response rates, in other data collection methods, and data processing.
• Experience with survey software such as Qualtrics or similar platform, including extensive logic implementation through embedded fields and survey flow, implementation of quota requirements, display and skip logic as well as loop and merge, setting up email and contact list triggers.
• SPSS, Python, and SQL proficiency.
• Working knowledge of statistics and ETL techniques.
• Experience developing different type of reports (written, spreadsheet based, automated, visual and interactive) based on storytelling with data for different audiences.
• Experience in working with a multitude of internal and external stakeholders, with different timelines, expectations and roles.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines, with demonstrated project management skills. Strong project management and planning skills are essential. 
• Ability to exchange ideas, facts and technical information clearly and concisely with others.
• Attention to detail and meticulous focus on sensitive and time sensitive materials and activities.
• Ability to work effectively in a diverse team environment and the ability to collaborate well with others from different backgrounds.
• Ability to work at ADEA’s DC office on a hybrid basis three days per week and as needed.

As The Voice of Academic Oral Health, ADEA is the sole national organization representing academic dentistry. Our members include all 80 U.S. and Canadian dental schools, more than 800 allied and advanced dental education programs, more than 55 corporations and approximately 15,000 individuals.

Our mission is to develop an inclusive, future-ready oral health workforce prepared to improve the health of all people and communities through leadership, education, and collaboration.

Our activities encompass a wide range of research, advocacy, faculty and leadership development, meetings, news and publications, including the peer-reviewed Journal of Dental Education. We also offer the dental education application services ADEA AADSAS, ADEA PASS, ADEA DHCAS and ADEA CAAPID.