AssociateFull - Marieb Endowed Professorship - Joint Colleges of Nursing Engineering
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About UMass Amherst
UMass Amherst the Commonwealths flagship campus is a nationally ranked public research university offering a full range of undergraduate graduate and professional degrees. The University sits on nearly 1450 acres in the scenic Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts and offers a rich cultural environment in a bucolic setting close to major urban centers. In addition the University is part of the Five Colleges (including Amherst College Hampshire College Mount Holyoke College and Smith College) which adds to the intellectual energy of the region.
As a campus with an increasingly diverse student body we are looking for candidates who can operate effectively in a diverse faculty and student community and who value collegiality collaboration achievement and integrity. We encourage applications from women minorities and individuals with a commitment to mentor underrepresented demographics within engineering. We are also interested in candidates who have had nontraditional career paths those who have paused their careers for family or pandemic reasons or who spent time outside of academia. We are committed to helping all constituents reach their full potential creating bestinpractice operations to support faculty scholarship and fostering excellence in student experiences inside and outside our department.
UMass Amherst is a leader in providing institutional support for faculty to combine work and family/personal responsibilities and was listed among the Chronicle of Higher EducationsGreat Colleges to Work ForUMass is in the top 10 of public researchintensive universities in the COACHE survey for making having and raising children compatible with the tenuretrack. For more information on worklife balance at UMass Amherst see Elaine Marieb College of Nursing at the University of Massachusetts Amherst prepares students at the baccalaureate masters and doctoral levels to practice in a wide variety of healthcare settings and develops nursing leaders and researchers to educate future generations. Our faculty members draw on their advanced clinical skills and innovative research in their teaching to prepare students for their careers by using stateoftheart technology and techniques. In Fall 2022 enrollment included 363 undergraduate and 195 graduate students. The College is committed to the inclusion of social determinants of health and social justice in our service teaching and scholarship.
The College of Engineering is recognized as one of the top public engineeringschools in the country byU.S. News & World Report andis the #1 public engineering program in New inclusive community includes 2400 undergraduate 750 graduate students and 145 instructional faculty across five engineering departmentsbiomedical chemical civil and environmental electrical and computer and mechanical and industrial. Our faculty members are developing lifesaving medical devices and therapeutics designing smart infrastructures tackling climate change and revolutionizing materials science computing and cybersecurity. They are recipients of prestigious national awards including 17 CAREER Awards in five years. With over $50 million in annual research expenditures and 15 research centers were at the forefront of innovation and discovery. The University of Massachusetts Amherst is a member of the Five College Consortium including Amherst Smith Mount Holyoke and Hampshire Colleges.
Job Description
The University of Massachusetts Amherst invites applications for a fulltime 9month) tenuretrack faculty that will be jointly appointed with the Elaine Marieb College of Nursing and the College of Engineering. This position offers the unique opportunity to join a strong team of collaborators between these colleges in the Elaine Marieb Center for Nursing and Engineering Innovation as well as part of the larger Universitywide Institute for Applied Life Sciences (IALS) and its Center for Personalized Health Monitoring (CPHM). Eligible candidates for this position may be appointed to a Marieb endowed professorship addition the successful candidate is expected to take a leadership role in large collaborative sponsored research projects.
Individuals will be considered in all areas of basic/applied research in nursing and engineering who have an impact on the development of human factors medical devices (e.g. bioelectronic systems robotics biomechanics systems biology bioinformatics operations research) operations or other related nursing and engineering research topics.
The successful candidate will be expected to teach both undergraduate and graduate courses in nursing engineering or joint interprofessional courses supervise graduate students contribute significantly to the advancement of engineering/nursing/healthcare applications establish a vibrant independent research program and play an active role in the community and academic service activities in the Elaine Marieb College of Nursing and the College of Engineering as well as in the wider University.
Requirements
Applicants must have an earned PhD in nursing or engineering with relevant medical experience and a focus on healthcare. The position is open to individuals with qualifications that allow them to be appointed at the rank of associate or full professor and will be a candidate for the anticipated Elaine Marieb Professorship. The successful candidate will have a stellar track record in research in nursing and engineering including extramural funding teaching and leadership as well as a commitment to diverse and crossdisciplinary academic and industrial collaborations. The successful candidate will be expected to maintain an internationally recognized scholarly presence. Candidates will also be expected to teach existing undergraduate and graduate courses in our curriculum in relevant Nursing and Engineering courses in addition to developing courses that combine these areas of expertise. Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.
Additional Details
The steps of the process are as follows:
- A minimally qualified pool is identified from the applicants ideally by the end of February 2025.
- All remaining candidates are evaluated and a long list is identified which will be interviewed via video conference. Candidates invited to these interviews will be emailed at least one week before the scheduled date.
- For candidates advancing to the long list: references will be contacted and candidates will have an opportunity to submit 1 or 2 representative scholarly works.2
- A shortlist is developed from the long list and these candidates will be invited to interview on campus. Shortlisted candidates will be asked to provide materials that demonstrate the candidates eligibility and qualifications to show they meet the criteria and standards for tenure at the University of Amherst. Instructions
Candidates must provide the following in their application package addressed to the Nursing / Engineering Search Committee. Applications will be reviewed starting on February 15 2025. The review process will continue until the search is completed. All files must be provided in .pdf format.
- A cover letter addressed to the Nursing/Engineering Search Committee. The cover letter should a) introduce yourself b) briefly describe your research interests and c) describe your vision for this position.Page limit: 2 pages
- A research statement. Candidates should situate their past research in a broader scholarly context and give their research vision for this position. Candidates are specifically asked to mention the types of scholarship they will perform how that scholarship will be disseminated and the expectation for how that scholarship will be funded. Statements will be evaluated based on the assessment of demonstrated excellence or demonstrated promise of future excellence.Page limit: 4 pages
- A teaching statement. Candidates should describe their past teaching experience and express their teaching vision for this position. Candidates are specifically asked to mention existing courses related to Nursing or Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management they are qualified to offer and also mention classes they are interested in developing. Candidates should address both undergraduate and graduate classes. Statements will be evaluated based on the assessment of demonstrated excellence or demonstrated promise of future excellence.Page limit: 2 pages
- A statement of vision for the candidates role in advancing diversity equity and inclusion. Candidates should list past and planned future actions to support the diversity mission of the Colleges of Nursing Engineering and UMass.Page limit: 2 pages
- A current curriculum vitae. The CV should be ordered as follows: 1 education 2 employment 3 awards and honors 4 sponsored research (if any) 5 peerreviewed publications 6 service and 7 other sections as considered appropriate by the candidate.
- Contact information (name title email address institution) for three 3 professional references. References will not be contacted until the second phase of the search.
- Optional Supplemental Materials:Candidates may submit up to three recent manuscripts (articles book chapters etc. representative of their research work.
The University is committed to active recruitment of a diverse faculty and student body. The University of Massachusetts Amherst is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer of women minorities protected veterans and individuals with disabilities and encourages applications from these and other protected group members. Because broad diversity is essential to an inclusive climate and critical to the Universitys goals of achieving excellence in all areas we will holistically assess the many qualifications of each applicant and favorably consider an individuals record working with students and colleagues with broadly diverse perspectives experiences and backgrounds in educational research or other work activities. We will also favorably consider experience overcoming or helping others overcome barriers to an academic career and degree.
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