Assistant Professors 2 positions in Arts in Health

Assistant Professor(s) in Arts in Health

Center for Arts in Medicine
Position Vacancies Announcement
Two 2 Assistant Professor positions
Position: Fulltime 9 month tenure accruing faculty positions
Date of Expected Hire: August 16 2025

Salary: $90000 annual salary with a comprehensive and highly competitive leave and benefits package

The Center for Arts in Medicine in the College of the Arts seeks two 2 Assistant Professors to recruit teach and mentor undergraduate and graduate students maintain an active national and international externally funded research and creative activity profile and participate in shared governance and service to the Center College University and the Arts in Health field. The successful candidate will conduct research in one of the following areas:

• Arts in health (administration arts practitioner researcher educator etc.
• Arts in public health
• Medical and health humanities
• Arts health and AI
• Or related fields (tell us what you bring to Arts in Health)

The University of Florida College of the Arts intends to be a transformative community responding to and generating paradigmatic shifts in the arts and beyond. As artists and scholars we embrace the complexity of our evolving human experience and seek to empower our students and faculty to shape that experience fearlessly through critical study creative practice and provocation. We seek a colleague who identifies as a changemaker. We seek a colleague who will prepare students to access and unsettle centers of power of any ideology in a radically changing world. We seek a colleague who will position emerging artists and researchers as catalysts for justice on local and global levels.

The University of Florida is an equal opportunity institution dedicated to building a broadly diverse and inclusive faculty staff and student body.

This position is covered by the United Faculty of Florida Contract. You can view this employment union contract here teach and mentor undergraduate and graduate students in arts in health. Examples of undergraduate courses to be taught include Introduction to Arts in Medicine in a Global Context Music and Health Dance in Medicine Visual Arts in Medicine Arts in Medicine Practicum and Music in Medicine Capstone. Examples of graduate courses to be taught include Research and Evaluation in Arts in Medicine Arts in Medicine Advanced Professional Seminar and Arts in Medicine Capstone Proposal. Active engagement or possible leadership in CAMs comprehensive two and a half day Research Primer in collaboration with University College London.

Research and Creative Activity
Maintain an active national and international research and creative activity profile in areas of specialization consistent with UF and unit guidelines for progress toward tenure and promotion. Maintain and manage a sponsored research portfolio. Actively participate in our learning community finding innovative ways to collaborate with faculty and peers in Arts in Health. Active engagement or possible leadership in CAMs Interdisciplinary Research Lab.

Service
Participate in shared governance through service to the Center College University and the field including taking on leadership roles and volunteering for service opportunities that benefit the community and the profession.

Tenure assignment will be housed in one of the three schools in the College of the Arts (School of Theatre Dance School of Music School of Art Art History); however this position is expected to perform their duties in and for the Center for Arts in Medicine on the UF main campus in Gainesville Florida.

CENTER FOR ARTS IN MEDICINE: Housed in the College of the Arts the Center for Arts in Medicine (CAM) is committed to advancing research education and practice in the arts in health locally and globally. The Center facilitates research education and training in the use of the arts to enhance health in healthcare and public health contexts. The Center provides a framework for interdisciplinary collaboration among University of Florida faculty and students healthcare providers clinical artists and our local and global communities. The Center develops and effects interdisciplinary research studies through its two research labs and educational curricula on all levels. The Center serves as a national model for the arts in health research education and training. The Center provides certificate and degree programs including MA and graduate certificates in Arts in Medicine and Arts in Public Health and undergraduate certificates across disciplines. For more information visit COLLEGE OF THE ARTS: The mission of the College of the Arts is to be a transformative community responding to and generating paradigmatic shifts in the arts and beyond. We achieve the universitys mission by training professionals and educating students as artists and scholars while developing their capacities for critical study creative practice and provocation. The College offers baccalaureate masters and doctoral degrees. Approximately 1700 students are pursuing majors in degrees offered by the College of the Arts under the direction of 135 faculty members in its three accredited schools the School of Art Art History the School of Music and the School of Theatre Dance and in the Center for Arts in Medicine the Digital Worlds Institute and the Center for Arts Migration and Entrepreneurship. In addition the college comprises the University Galleries and the University level of the New World School of the Arts in Miami.

The University of Florida: The University of Florida is a comprehensive learning institution built on a land grant foundation ranked one of the top five best public universities in the nation in U.S. News & World Report. We are The Gator Nation a diverse community dedicated to excellence in education and research and shaping a better future for Florida the nation and the world. Our mission is to enable our students to lead and influence the next generation and beyond for economic cultural and societal benefit. UF is a graduate research institution with more than 50000 students and membership in the prestigious Association of American Universities. Gainesville which is consistently ranked as one of the nations most livable cities is located midway between the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. Together the University and the community comprise the educational medical and cultural center of North Central Florida with outstanding resources such as the University of Florida Performing Arts (Phillips Center for the Performing Arts the Squitieri Studio Theatre the Baughman Center University Auditorium) the Harn Museum of Art the Florida Museum of Natural History and in the community the Hippodrome State Theatre and Dance Alive National Ballet.

In addition to salary the University of Florida (UF) offers low cost State Health plans a number of Dental plans to fit you and your familys needs and Vision. Domestic partner coverage through GatorCare is also available. Optional plans such as life disability legal and accident insurance are also available.

UF provides a variety of leave programs including sick leave 11 paid holidays and family medical leave. Ninemonth faculty accrue approximately 13 sick days annually. UF also provides you the flexibility to deal with lifes challenges by offering paid family leave eight full weeks of leave over a 24month period.

Build a retirement roadmap with competitive pension plans investment accounts and a host of voluntary addons such as 457 deferred compensation and 403(b) plans.

UF Employees are also eligible for the GatorPerks discount program which provides big savings at various business and retailers!

Explore UFs plethora of benefit options here: FACULTY Benefits

Inquiries may be sent to:
Colleen Rua
Chair Arts in Health Assistant Professors Search
Email:

The selected candidate will be required to provide an official transcript to the hiring department upon hire. A transcript will not be considered official if a designation of Issued to Student is visible. Degrees earned from an educational institution outside of the United States are required to be evaluated by a professional credentialing service provider approved by National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES).

If an accommodation due to a disability is needed to apply for this position please call 1 or the Florida Relay System at(TDD).Hiring is contingent upon eligibility to work in the US. Searches are conducted in accordance with Floridas Sunshine Law.

This requisition will be used to fill multiple positions.