Assistant Professor of Health Care Management

California State University System • Long Beach, CA

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About The Position

The Department of Health Care Management at California State University, Long Beach is a regional leader in preparing diverse and equity-minded professionals to navigate and shape the evolving health care landscape. Through accredited programs, innovative curricular offerings, and strong partnerships with the health care industry, the department advances interdisciplinary education and applied scholarship in health care leadership and systems improvement. The undergraduate program (BS-HCA), accredited by the Association of University Programs in Health Administration (AUPHA), integrates foundational business and health care management education with hands-on experience through a required internship. Two new undergraduate options, Healthcare Data Analytics and Risk Management and Safety, reflect the department's commitment to emerging fields by integrating health care administration with applied data science, risk analysis, and regulatory policy. At the graduate level, the Master of Science in Health Care Administration (MSHCA) program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education (CAHME) and is the only program in California offering both traditional and executive formats. The curriculum is designed to serve both early-career and mid-career professionals through a flexible, rigorous, and practice-oriented learning model. Faculty in the department engage in teaching, research, and service that support workforce development, innovation in care delivery, and inclusive excellence in health care management education.

Requirements

• Doctoral degree (Ph.D. preferred) in health care management, healthcare finance, health care administration, health services research, health economics, business, public administration, health policy, or a closely related field.
• Demonstrated potential and interest in teaching and/or developing courses at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.
• Demonstrated potential and interest in various modes of instructional delivery including in-person, online, and hybrid.
• Demonstrated potential and interest in conducting research, scholarly, or creative activities in areas such as health care administration, health services research, healthcare finance, patient quality and safety, or closely related topics.
• Demonstrated commitment to working successfully with a diverse student population, including low socioeconomic and first-generation students.

Nice To Haves

• Additional coursework or certification in healthcare finance, healthcare risk management, health economics, reimbursement systems, risk analysis, or patient care and quality.
• Evidence of scholarly productivity such as publications or conference presentations in healthcare finance, healthcare risk management, health economics, reimbursement, cost modeling, risk forecasting, or financial decision-making in health care systems.
• Demonstrated potential and interest in securing external research funding.
• Experience working successfully with populations demographically and/or socioeconomically like the CSULB student body.
• Experience mentoring or supporting students with minoritized identities or experience using inclusive and culturally relevant teaching strategies in a diverse classroom.

Responsibilities

• Teach undergraduate and graduate courses in the Department of Health Care Management, focusing on healthcare finance, healthcare risk management, and related areas.
• Use equity-minded teaching practices that promote student success across various teaching modalities.
• Develop and maintain a research agenda and disseminate research in peer-reviewed academic publications and discipline-specific conferences.
• Pursue external funding to support research and scholarly activities.
• Mentor and advise undergraduate and graduate students.
• Contribute to accreditation-related activities.
• Collaborate with faculty across the department, college, and university to advance shared goals and interdisciplinary initiatives.
• Engage in service to the department, college, university, profession, and broader community.
• Contribute to equity, inclusion, and access through teaching, research, service, and mentoring.

What This Job Offers

• Industry: Educational Services
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees