Assistant/Associate Professor or Professor of Physical Therapy

Springfield College•Springfield, MA

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Springfield College Department of Physical Therapy invites applications for a full-time, nine-month, tenure-track faculty position at the assistant professor, associate professor or professor level, commensurate with experience, beginning Fall 2026. Housed in the School of Health Sciences, the Department of Physical Therapy offers a 6.5-year dual-degree program leading to both a bachelor’s degree in health science/pre-physical therapy and a Doctor of Physical Therapy degree. Using a collaborative and cooperative model, we are a faculty of academicians and clinicians who foster the acquisition of knowledge, values, and skills for exemplary professional practice. We develop innovative leadership and academic programs so that students, faculty, and consumers of physical therapy services may reach their fullest potential. Our service and scholarship reflect a commitment to the enrichment and promotion of the physical therapy profession and to our greater community. In addition to physical therapy, the School of Health Sciences includes programs in physician assistant studies, occupational therapy, communication sciences and disorders, public health, social work, and health science. The school is housed in the spectacular new Brown Cooper Health Sciences Center, with stellar facilities, including an interprofessional simulation suite featuring high-fidelity simulation and standardized participant programming; a maker space enabling a vast array of creative projects supporting health and wellness; an activities of daily living suite to promote real-life applications of rehabilitation practices; a spacious sunlit human anatomy lab; and technology-supported classrooms and conference rooms. Interdisciplinary collaboration, professionalism, engaged student learning, as well as global, intergenerational, and multicultural perspectives are priorities of the School. Founded in 1885, Springfield College is a private, coeducational institution offering undergraduate and graduate programs that reflect its distinctive Humanics Philosophy – the education of the whole person in spirit, mind, and body for leadership in service to humanity. Springfield College offers over 50 undergraduate and 14 graduate areas of study. It is world renowned as the birthplace of basketball. Springfield College is consistently ranked in the top tier in its category – Master’s-North Region - in the “America’s Best Colleges” issue of “U.S. News & World Report. For more information, please visit the College’s homepage at www.springfieldcollege.edu . Actual salaries will vary depending on multiple factors, including but not limited to degrees attained, experience, and other considerations permitted by law. Comprehensive compensation details, including any additional benefits, will be communicated upon finalization of the employment offer.

Requirements

An earned academic doctorate (e.g., PhD, EdD, DSc, DHsc, or equivalent) by the official start date of employment in a relevant field including but not limited to physical therapy, occupational therapy, exercise physiology, anatomy, kinesiology, or biomechanics.
Prior teaching experience in physical therapy.
A minimum of five years of relevant professional experience.
A record of scholarship.

Nice To Haves

Possession of an American Board of Physical Therapy Specialty (ABPTS).

Responsibilities

Teaching clinical and foundational science course work in our Doctor of Physical Therapy program and other graduate health science programs.
Scholarly activity.
Student advisement and mentorship.
Service to the Department, School, and College.