Assistant/Associate Tenure Track Professor Speech and Hearing Sciences

Available Title(s):

270-NN_FACULTY - Assistant Professor, 280-NN_FACULTY - Associate Professor

Business Title:

Assistant/Associate Tenure Track Professor Speech and Hearing Sciences

Employee Type:

Faculty

Time Type:

Full time

Position Term:

9 Month

Position Details:

The Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences (SHS), Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, Washington State University Health Sciences Spokane, WA invites applications for a permanent, full-time, tenure-track, 9-month Assistant or Associate Professor appointment, rank will be commensurate with qualifications. This individual will be responsible for teaching undergraduate / graduate courses in SHS, conducting research, securing external funding, and providing service to the department, college, and university. The search committee is especially interested in candidates who, through their research, teaching, and/or service, will contribute to the diversity and excellence of the academic community.

The position will begin at the start of the 2024-2025 academic year. Start date is negotiable depending on relocation needs and contract.
 

Required Qualifications for All Candidates:

• Record of scholarly work with potential for externally funded support
• Demonstrated ability to teach at undergraduate and graduate levels, and with students from diverse backgrounds and underrepresented groups.

 

Required Qualifications for Candidates at Assistant Professor rank:

• An earned PhD in speech-language pathology or closely related field prior to hire.

 

Required Qualifications for Candidates at Associate Professor rank:

• An earned PhD in speech-language pathology or closely related field prior to hire
• Six years of experience at the assistant professor rank and demonstrated performance toward tenure expectations.
• Appointment to the rank of Associate will be contingent on meeting tenure expectations in the College of Medicine at Washington State University through the Faculty Annual Review (Faculty Manual Section 3.C.4  ) and Promotion and Tenure process (College of Medicine Tenure and Promotion Guidelines ).  

 

Preferred Qualifications for All Candidates:

• Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology (CCC-SLP)
• Ability to teach adult neurogenic speech and language disorders, dysphagia, and/or voice

 

Salary/Benefits: 

Assistant Professor Rank: $84,000-$94,500 per 9-month annual year;

Associate Professor Rank: $94,500-$105,000 per 9-month annual year

 

In accordance with RCW 49.58.110, the above salary reflects the full salary range for this position. Individual placement within the range is based on the candidate’s current experience, education, skills, and abilities related to the position or as mandated by a U.S. Department of Labor prevailing wage determination.  WSU offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes paid sick and vacation leave; paid holidays; medical, dental, life and disability insurance package for employees and dependents; retirement; deferred compensation and optional supplemental retirement accounts. For additional information, please review the detailed Summary of Benefits offered by WSU for Faculty and Total Compensation; .

Additional Information:

Background Check:

This position has been designated by the department to require a background check because it requires access to children or vulnerable adults as defined by RCW 74.34 , engages in law enforcement, requires security clearance, interacts with WSU students in a counseling or advising capacity, has access to personal identifying and/or financial information, unsupervised access to university buildings/property, or other business-related need.  A background check will not be completed until an initial determination of qualification for employment has been made.

Application Instructions:

Applicants must upload the following required documents to their online application. External candidates, please upload all documents in the “Resume/CV” section of your application.

Internal WSU candidates, please upload all documents in the “Resume/Cover Letter” section of your application.

Application materials should clearly communicate how the applicant meets all required qualifications.

Required Documents:

1. Cover Letter

2. Curriculum Vitae

3. Research statement

4. Teaching statement

5. Contributions to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion statement: (2 page maximum) that includes your demonstrated and or potential for contributions to diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts through scholarship/research, and/or teaching/mentoring, and/or service/engagement. There may be some overlap with your research and teaching statements.

6. Contact information for three (3) professional references

 

For inquiries, contact search committee chair, Dr. Georgina Lynch, [email protected] (509) 358-7691.

 

Applicants will be accepted through March 31, 2024 with screening of candidates beginning on March 7, 2024.

 

Department and College: SHS is in the Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine on a beautiful and growing health science campus that includes Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, Translational Medicine and Physiology, Community and Behavioral Health, Nursing, Nutrition and Exercise Physiology, and Medical Education & Clinical Sciences. Opportunities are available for collaborations between colleges, and between units within the Elson S Floyd College of Medicine. Department faculty have extra- and intramural research funding in autism, hearing impairment, childhood apraxia and dysarthria in rare diseases, automatic speech recognition, and speech electrophysiology. The Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences includes an undergraduate and graduate program. The on-campus clinic provides specialty clinics such as Camp Candoo for children with severe apraxia, and the WSU Autism and Neurodevelopmental Program of Excellence , providing multidisciplinary evaluation of autism spectrum disorder and neurodevelopmental disabilities. The College of Medicine has relationships with hospitals, community clinics, individual service providers, school districts, and advocacy groups. Researchers in the Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences are engaged in community-based research and interinstitutional projects with collaborators across the country.

 

University: Washington State University is a R1 Land Grant Research institution with 65 doctoral degree programs and professional medical, veterinary, and pharmacy degree programs. Research expenditures are ~$345 million a year.  WSU is one of the largest residential universities in the Northwest and has branch campuses across the state.  WSU employees promote academic excellence and innovative research that serves the state, nation, and world. With a focus on innovation, excellence, and accountability, continual enhancement of research and educational endeavors are at the core of WSU's strategic priorities .  See here for additional information about WSU's statewide locations. 

 

Location: Spokane is home to over half-a-million residents in Eastern Washington.  It is known for outdoor recreation and high quality-of-life indices. The climate is mild, 4-season high-desert with close-by access to winter mountain skiing, rivers and lakes, hiking/biking, and calendar-perfect summer days. The campus is located in the downtown University District , just across the Spokane River from Gonzaga University.  Spokane, with its big city amenities and small city feel, is ranked among the most desirable places to live in the U.S.

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WSU is committed to providing access and reasonable accommodation in its services, programs, activities, education and employment for individuals with disabilities. To request disability accommodation in the application process, contact Human Resource Services: 509-335-4521 (v), Washington State TDD Relay Service: Voice Callers: 1-800-833-6384; TDD Callers: 1-800-833-6388, 509-335-1259(f), or [email protected] .