Assistant Professor, Tenure Track in Health Sciences

Arcadia University•Glenside, PA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Arcadia University's College of Health Sciences includes: The Department of Public Health with Public Health and Health Sciences programming; the Department of Medical Science, including the Physician Assistant program; and the Department of Physical Therapy that houses several programs. The College is accepting applications for a full-time, 12-month, Assistant Professor (tenure track) faculty position in Health Sciences through the College of Health Sciences and Department of Public Health. The position is projected to begin in the Fall semester, 2026 (i.e., August) or Summer 2026 if feasible with timing. Health Sciences is an interdisciplinary major, including courses in health sciences, public health, biology, chemistry, and other related disciplines at Arcadia University. Programming is offered through the College of Health Sciences (CHS) and is housed administratively in the Department of Public Health. CHS is also seeking to launch additional health science programming in the Fall 2026, and this position will support these initiatives in addition to teaching and advising in the health sciences curriculum. Location: Glenside Responsibilities : We are seeking an individual with academic and applied health and research experience in the health sciences and related health fields. Teaching, scholarly and applied and interdisciplinary practice and research expertise of the candidate might pertain to health services, health systems and delivery, and population health. Candidates will have a strong interest in health sciences and application and research through health promotion and research, teaching excellence, curricular innovation, student engagement, and service to department, College, and University. Candidates will also have strong evidence of, or highly emerging potential for, teaching and advising excellence, and research excellence particularly with community-level, clinical, and applied population health topics. A typical 12-month faculty role involves student advising, a 3 (fall): 3 (spring): 2 (summer) course load, and support for department curricular and other needs as well as University service and scholarship. Program support roles might involve course release or stipend to adjust workload.

Requirements

Terminal degree with health sciences with academic and applied relevance (e.g., PhD, DHSc, DMSc, DrPH, etc)
research-related experience and evidence
Evidence of teaching, advising, and curricular work at the undergraduate and graduate levels
Evidence of collaborative work, ideally in higher education and in health systems, including in research settings
Strong written and oral communication skills

Nice To Haves

Awareness of program development, admissions and recruitment processes, advising, and program and course development and pathways for Health Sciences is strongly preferred

Responsibilities

Teaching undergraduate students through in-person and online courses in health sciences, public health, and, possibly, chemistry or biology-related course lab support as feasible
Supporting the implementation of an online undergraduate professional pathway or related programming in health sciences and doctoral level coursework
Advising undergraduate and/or graduate students
Supporting the overall structure of health sciences along with the Health Sciences Program Director, Chair of Public Health, and the Dean of the College of Health Sciences
Engaging in research-related innovation
Full engagement and support of the interdisciplinary work of the programming across the university
Support of the College of Health Sciences and University through service

Benefits

Arcadia offers a competitive benefits package that includes excellent healthcare, generous tuition benefits for employees and their families, retirement benefits, health and wellness programs and resources, and much more.

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