Lewis & Clark College: College of Arts and Sciences: Health Studies - Visiting Assistant Professor of Public Health – Center for Community and Global Health

Description:

The Center for Community and Global Health at Lewis & Clark College invites applications for a full-time, visiting position to begin August 15, 2022. Lewis & Clark College is a private liberal arts college with approximately 2000 undergraduates. The position is a two-year appointment, with renewal for the second year contingent on teaching performance during the first year. Duties include teaching five semester-long undergraduate courses in public health/epidemiology each academic year (in-person) and contributing to the Center for Community and Global Health’s co-curricular programming.

A successful candidate must demonstrate potential for teaching excellence in an undergraduate liberal arts environment. The specific area of expertise is open but must enable the candidate to teach three core courses in the Health Studies minor: Public Health, Statistics, and Epidemiology. The remaining two classes (of the yearly five-course teaching load) should be specialty classes such as Global Health, Social Justice and Public Health, Health Policy and Advocacy, or Public Health Ethics. A Masters Degree in Public Health, Epidemiology or a closely related field is required. A Ph.D. is preferred. Candidates with the potential to contribute to the diversity of the academic community are strongly encouraged to apply.

Review of applications will begin on December 10, 2021 and continue until the position is filled. Please include: (1) a letter of application which includes a statement of teaching philosophy and evidence of teaching effectiveness (including teaching evaluations if available), (2) a description of how the applicant’s teaching and/or work in the community will contribute to a culture of inclusion and campus diversity, (3) a current curriculum vitae or resume, (4) graduate transcripts, and (5) three letters of recommendation, at least one of which addresses teaching effectiveness (uploaded separately by the referees). All materials should be addressed to Jerusha Detweiler-Bedell, Chair, Public Health Search Committee and must be submitted via Interfolio at http://apply.interfolio.com/98774 . Click “Apply” to create your free account. Lewis & Clark College will conduct background checks on the finalist.