Assistant/Associate Professor

Assistant/Associate Professor

Position Number: F00291P
Position Type: Faculty
Position Category: Fulltime Faculty
Driver Classification: Non Driver
City: Richmond, KY
Division: Academic Affairs/Provost
Department: College of Health Sciences
Unit: Environmental Health Sciences
Contact Person: Ismail El-Amouri
Funding Source: Institutional

About the College/Department:
Eastern Kentucky University is a regional, coeducational, public institution of higher education offering general and liberal arts programs, pre-professional and professional training in education and various other fields at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Located in Richmond, Madison County, Kentucky, EKU has a distinguished record of more than a century of educational service to the Commonwealth. Eastern Kentucky University is committed to access, equal opportunity, dignity, respect, and inclusion for all people, as integral to a learning environment in which intellectual creativity and diversity thrives.

Situated near the heart of the Bluegrass, Richmond is served by a network of major highways that make EKU easily accessible from all parts of Kentucky and surrounding states. Richmond is 26 miles southeast of Lexington, Kentucky. Interstate Highways I-75 (north-south) and I-64 (east-west) make the metropolitan areas of Cincinnati, 112 miles to the north, and Louisville, 110 miles to the west, within convenient distance by automobile. Richmond is also served by U.S. Route 25 from Southeastern Kentucky and Kentucky Route 52 from the east and west. The Bluegrass, Mountain, Daniel Boone, and Cumberland Parkways provide even greater accessibility by automobile since the city is located near the convergence of these arterial highways into the interstate system.

EKU is dedicated to high-quality instruction, scholarship, and service, and places emphasis on the three in that order. Through its colleges and schools, the University seeks to offer quality instruction at a variety of degree levels in general education, the arts, the sciences, business, education, pre-professional and professional areas, and applied and technical disciplines. Through consultative services, continuing education, and the extended campus, the University seeks to provide service to the community and the region. Research seeks both to advance knowledge in the subject matter areas with which the University is concerned and to support the primary function of teaching.

The EKU EHS Department has a record of accomplishment as being a national leader of the interface of environmental health practice and education. Among the nation’s oldest and most prestigious EHS programs, our graduate and undergraduate programs are both accredited by the National Environmental Health Science & Protection Accreditation Council (EHAC) while our graduate program is also accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH).

Position Summary:
The Department of Environmental Health Science (EHS) at Eastern Kentucky University is accepting applications for a 9-month, full-time, tenure-track Assistant/Associate Professor to begin Spring or Fall 2022. The primary responsibility for the selected candidate will teach EHS undergraduate and graduate courses related to the field of environmental health science and occupational health/industrial hygiene.
Excellence in and a commitment to teaching are essential, as EKU's primary focus is providing engaging learning experiences to our students through a rich curriculum designed to help prepare the next generation of EHS professionals.

Non-teaching responsibilities include participation in recruitment; advising; service to the profession and the university; scholarly activities and research.

Minimum Qualifications:
A terminal degree (PhD, DrPH, ScD) in the field or a related field from an accredited or internationally recognized institution is required.

Teaching experience does not have to be college-level courses; however, the selected candidate must be able to demonstrate a strong teaching philosophy appropriate for the university environment.

Desired Qualifications:

• Experienced, well-rounded environmental/occupational health scientists and professionals who are also passionate educators.
• At least five (5) years of field experience.
• At least three (3) years of teaching experience.
• Professional credentials (RS/REHS, CIH, or CSP, CHP).
• Expertise and formal training related to toxicology, exposure assessment, epidemiology, air monitoring, air toxics, industrial hygiene, health physics, and/or environmental/occupational health.

Posting Number: F00291P
Number of Vacancies: 1
Job Open Date: 11/22/2021
Application Review Date:
Job Close Date:
Open Until Filled: Yes

Special Instructions Summary:


AA/EEO Statement:
Eastern Kentucky University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and educational institution and does not discriminate on the basis of age (40 and over), race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, ethnicity, disability, national origin, veteran status, or genetic information in the admission to, or participation in, any educational program or activity (e.g., athletics, academics and housing) which it conducts or any employment policy or practice.

Background Check Statement:
Offers of employment are contingent upon satisfactory background check.

Document Link:

To apply, visit https://jobs.eku.edu/postings/18677

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