Category : Faculty Subscribe : Department : Public Health Locations : Bowling Green, KY Posted : Jul 30, 2024 Closes : Open Until Filled Type : Full-time Ref.
No. : 995345 Position ID : 179353 Share
About Western Kentucky University :
Western Kentucky University (WKU) is a student-centered, applied-research institution committed to providing its students with a transformative academic and social experience and to elevating its surrounding communities.
Founded in 1906, WKU is the second largest undergraduate institution in the Commonwealth of Kentucky with approximately 15,035 students (29% first generation, 18% underrepresented minority) and just over 2,500 faculty and staff employees.
Western Kentucky University is committed to empowering its campus community to embrace diversity by building equitable and inclusive learning, working, and living environments.
At the heart of our mission, we seek to provide holistic education and employment experiences that prepare students, faculty, and staff to become effective scholars, contributors, and leaders in our diverse and evolving communities.
Located 65 miles north of Nashville, TN, and just over 100 miles south of Louisville, KY, WKU's main campus is in Bowling Green, KY - a city with approximately 70,000 residents.
Our population is ethnically diverse, with more than 85 languages spoken in and around Bowling Green, and people from 35 nationalities call our community home.
Western Kentucky University seeks to attract talented faculty and staff who are inspired individually to contribute to WKU's strategic plans and ongoing success.
We offer comprehensive wellness and health benefits to employees and their families, including domestic partners and other qualified dependents and take pride in providing a workplace culture that supports balancing the responsibilities of work and family life.
Paid-time off for holidays, vacation and sick leave, and a tuition discount program for employees and dependents are also provided.
Learn more about WKU and Bowling Green at wku.edu / about.
Job Description :
The Department of Public Health is accepting applications for a tenure-eligible faculty appointment at the rank of assistant professor, associate professor, or professor.
We seek candidates who are qualified to teach social and behavioral competency-based courses, especially those related to health behavior theory, health inequality, foundation of public health, community organization, policy, leadership, program planning and evaluation, research methods and / or evidence-based approaches.
- Responsibilities include teaching diverse graduate and undergraduate public health courses; conducting and disseminating original research;
- applying for external grants and contracts; advancing a community-based public health research agenda; engaging in program, university, professional, and community service;
and advising and mentoring undergraduate and graduate students. Candidates with other public health teaching and research expertise will be considered, especially those related to current disciplines in the Department of Public Health and in the College of Health and Human Services, Applied Research Centers (https : / / www.
wku.edu / chhsresearch / ). There may be additional opportunities for MPH Program Coordination for the applicant.
Requirements : Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor
- Candidates must hold an earned PhD / DrPH, or be ABD, in a public health or a related field,
- Candidates must hold at least one graduate degree from an accredited school of program of public health
- Candidates must demonstrate competence in classroom and online instruction
Associate Professor
- Candidates must hold an earned PhD / DrPH in a public health or related field
- Candidates must hold at least one graduate degree from an accredited school or program of public health
- Candidate must have at least 5 years teaching experience
- Candidates must have a minimum of five years at the rank of Assistant Professor or hold a current rank of Associate Professor at their current or former institution
- Candidates must demonstrate a record of research with a current public health research agenda and a record of funded research
- Candidates must meet departmental, college and university requirements for associate professor
Full Professor
- Candidates must hold an earned PhD / DrPH in a public health or related field
- Candidates must hold at least one graduate degree from an accredited school of program of public health
- Candidates must demonstrate competence in classroom and online instruction
- Candidate must have a minimum of five years at the rank of Associate Professor or hold a current rank of Full Professor at their current or former institution
- Candidates must demonstrate an exemplary and sustained record of research with a current public health research agenda and a record of externally funded research
- Candidates must meet departmental, college and university requirements for professor
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