Assistant/Associate Professor - Kinesiology - Tenure Track

Description

The Department of Nutrition, Kinesiology, and Health (NKH) at the University of Central Missouri (UCM) is seeking qualified candidates to fill a nine-month, tenure-track assistant/associate professor position beginning August 2025. NKH resides in the College of Health, Science, and Technology (CHST).

Faculty within CHST at UCM support the university’s mission of providing student-centered, quality education and are committed to the success of students. This includes quality teaching, advising, collegiality, and communication. In addition, faculty provide service to their program, department, and university, engage in research, scholarship, and professional development activities. During contractual employment, faculty members are expected to be available to assist, engage, and respond to students, colleagues, departmental, college, and institutional needs.

Faculty within the College of Health, Science, and Technology at University of Central Missouri support the university’s mission of providing student-centered, quality education and are committed to the success of students. This includes quality teaching, advising, collegiality and communication. In addition, faculty provide service to their program, department and university, engage in research, scholarship, and professional development activities. During contractual employment, faculty members are expected to be available to assist, engage, and respond to students, colleagues, departmental, college, and institutional needs.

Examples of Duties

For this position, the expectation is teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in the discipline. Teaching assignments may include traditional, hybrid, and online environments. An active presence in-person, on campus is expected. Typical teaching loads are 12 hours per term. This position offers a competitive salary and benefits, commensurate with experience and qualifications.

Teaching - The primary responsibility of the faculty is quality teaching in their respective content areas, regardless of delivery format. This entails adequate preparation for courses, effective course design and instruction, and fair and timely evaluation/feedback of student progress. To ensure quality teaching, faculty must be committed to the success of students as well as ongoing assessment of curriculum and of student learning.

• Keep current in your discipline.
  
  
• Organize courses to facilitate quality student engagement and high impact practices.
  
  
• Assist department/school chairs with scheduling of classes that meet the needs of students.
  
  
• Comply with departmental, college, and university standards concerning the academic quality and integrity of their classes.
  
  
• Keep current in their use of technology by attending university training sessions and other professional development opportunities.
  
  
• Be available to meet students outside the classroom by being available before or after classes by scheduling office hours both in a physical and electronic format to include in person and virtual office hours.
  
  
• Assist with department and college assessment and be proactive with modifications to curriculum based on assessment feedback.
  
  

Scholarship/Professional Development - The strength of a university rests on the knowledge and skills of its faculty. Faculty must stay current in their field of expertise/teaching area.

• Authoring academic writings.
  
  
• Presentation of work at local/state/regional/national conferences.
  
  
• Active membership and/or office holding in professional organizations at the local/state/regional/national level.
  
  
• Engage with students in scholarly work (e.g. research design, data analysis, and dissemination).
  
  

Service - An expectation of a professional faculty member is to serve the department, college, and university community.

• Attending department/college/university meetings
  
  
• Engaging in committee work that will advance the department/college/institution.
  
  
• Assisting with student recruitment.
  
  
• Participating in graduation and convocation ceremonies.
  
  

Advising - A primary responsibility of faculty is the proper, timely, competent and professional advising of students.

• Be knowledgeable of the requirements of their degree programs as stated in the appropriate catalog(s).
  
  
• Meet/advise students on academic and non-academic matters (e.g. curriculum mapping, internships, graduate/professional school options and career preparation).
  
  
• Provide leadership and promote excellence in student organizations.
  
  

Communication - Faculty should communicate effectively and in a timely manner with students and colleagues at all levels of the institution. This implies an understanding of the communication hierarchy within departments, colleges, and administrative levels. Timely communication with students supports other faculty responsibilities (teaching, advising).

• Cultivate a collegial atmosphere when interacting with other faculty/staff within their own department, the college and the university.
  
  
• Be responsive and timely. Respond to student phone calls and email messages within university guidelines.
  
  

Typical Qualifications

Education:

• Successful candidates will have a doctoral degree in exercise science, exercise physiology, or related discipline from an accredited institution.
• While ABD candidates will be considered, completion of the doctoral degree is required by the start of the appointment.

Experience:

• The successful candidate will have demonstrated an ability to teach courses at the undergraduate and/or graduate levels.
• Preferred qualifications include the ability to teach (UG) Foundations of Exercise Physiology and Assessment and Evaluation of Fitness and Wellness; (Grad) Advanced Exercise Physiology and Clinical Exercise Physiology.

Supplemental Information

UCM, located 35 miles southeast of the Kansas City Metropolitan area, is a public comprehensive university with more than 11,000 students providing a small-college learning environment coupled with large-university opportunities.

The Department of NKH offers B.S degrees in Kinesiology and Health Studies and M.S. degrees in Kinesiology, Clinical Nutrition, and Athletic Training, as well as various minors. Information about NKH can be found here.

Candidates should be able to express their commitment to UCM’s institutional values of community, diversity, excellence, learning, opportunity, and service.

To apply: Candidates must complete the online faculty profile (position #998306) by going to https://www.schooljobs.com/careers/ucmo .

Candidates will attach a cover letter, curriculum vitae, and copies of transcripts showing all degrees completed to their online application. Later in the process, candidates should be prepared to submit three letters of recommendation.

Review of completed applications will begin February 17, 2025, and will continue until filled.

UCM requires that all faculty applicants for this position complete the online faculty profile and submit to the appropriate position for consideration at https://www.schooljobs.com/careers/ucmo. All documents requested for this position must also be attached to the faculty profile at the time of application. Only completed faculty profiles with attached documents will be accepted for this position.

Direct inquiries regarding this position to: Dr. Amanda Wakeman, Search Committee Chair at wakeman@ucmo.edu

For information about the online application process contact Human Resources at jobs@ucmo.edu or (660) 543-4255 and note position #998306 in the request.