Two-Year Visiting Full-Time Faculty Position in Health Studies

Description

The Center for Interdisciplinary Studies at the College of the Holy Cross invites applications for a two-year visiting full-time faculty position in Health Studies for the 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 academic years, to begin in August 2023. Reappointment for the 2024-2025 academic year is contingent upon a successful review of teaching. We are seeking applications from candidates in any health-related field, with a preference for those with teaching and professional experience in public health disciplines such as Environmental Health, Global Health, Health Disparities, or Health Policy. The successful candidate will be expected to teach two sections of Introduction to Health Studies per year. In addition, the candidate should be prepared to teach some combination of intermediate and upper-level courses related to their discipline and training such as a course in environmental health, epidemiology, global health, health policy, or research methods and/or design. The courses will be taught through the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies at https://www.holycross.edu/academics/programs/center-interdisciplinary-studies .

This position carries a 3-3 teaching load and instructors are encouraged to contribute to co-curricular program planning. Visiting full-time faculty are eligible for travel support and reimbursement of relocation costs within the College’s published policies. All full-time appointments offer competitive salaries and include full benefits.

Qualifications

Candidates must have expertise and substantial experience as a practitioner in fields related to health, with a preference given to those with a background in public health. A minimum of an MPH, MSPH, or equivalent degree is required. Candidates must also demonstrate commitment to, and excellence in, undergraduate teaching and mentoring.

Application Instructions

Please submit a cover letter addressing the position requirements listed above, curriculum vitae, statement on teaching, transcripts, and two confidential letters of recommendation.

In your cover letter, in addition to describing your experience and teaching interests, please address how your teaching, mentoring, and/or service might support the College’s mission as a Jesuit, undergraduate liberal arts college (see http://holycross.edu/mission ), and its core commitment to inclusive excellence in teaching For more information, please visit https://www.holycross.edu/inclusive-excellence-0.

The College of the Holy Cross uses Interfolio to collect all faculty job applications electronically. Please submit all application materials to ( https://apply.interfolio.com/125817 ).

Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position has been filled. For full consideration, please apply by June 19, 2023. We will interview candidates via Zoom. Questions about this search may be directed to Professor Renee Beard, Professor of Sociology and Health Studies coordinator, at rbeard@holycross.edu .

To learn more about faculty life at the College, candidates are encouraged to visit the page for the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies and http://holycross.edu/join before submitting their application materials.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

College of the Holy Cross is a highly selective Catholic liberal arts college in the Jesuit tradition. It enrolls about 3,100 students and is located in Worcester, Massachusetts, a medium-sized city 45 miles west of Boston. The College seeks faculty members whose scholarship, teaching, advising, and on- and off-campus service demonstrate an enduring commitment to academic excellence and who embrace the educational benefits of a richly diverse community. Holy Cross aspires to meet the needs of dual-career couples, in part through its membership in the Higher Education Consortium of Central Massachusetts and the New England Higher Education Recruitment Consortium .

The College is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and complies with all Federal and Massachusetts laws concerning equal opportunity and affirmative action in the workplace.