AssistantAssociate Teaching Professor - Biobehavioral Health
AssistantAssociate Teaching Professor - Biobehavioral Health
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JOB DESCRIPTION AND POSITION REQUIREMENTS:
The Department of Biobehavioral Health BBH at Penn State invites applications for an ongoing fulltime inresidence academic year 36 weeks) nontenure track Assistant or Associate Teaching Professor (rank determined based on prior experience) position to support our undergraduate curriculum. The Department of BBH is a large vibrant and uniquely multifaceted program that examines the space where biological psychological environmental cultural and global factors converge to affect health and wellness across the entire human lifespan. Penn State has a formal process for career development and promotion for nontenure faculty and an instructor in this position would be eligible to participate in that process. We are particularly interested in individuals whose pedagogy fits within the departments interdisciplinary focus on integrating biological environmental psychosocial and contextual processes as related to health. The individual who fills this role will instruct six sections of BBH course offerings per year and be involved with service to the department. There may be opportunities to be involved with other aspects of our curriculum and department initiatives. The desired candidate will hold a Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Biobehavioral Health or a related field including (but not limited to) psychology health promotion or public health. The candidates should have teaching experience in areas related to diversity and health health promotion or epidemiology and a commitment to fostering student engagement in realworld application of public health principles. The individual must be able to work effectively with diverse populations and audiences as evidenced by previous work and life experiences. Penn State offers a resourcerich and inspiring higher learning environment with significant opportunities to collaborate with experts in pedagogy such as the Schreyers Institute for Teaching Excellence .
Salary is competitive and commensurate with experience and includes an attractive benefits package. To be considered for this position applications must be submitted electronically and should include: 1 a cover letter describing interests qualifications teaching philosophy and commitment to fostering diversity equity and inclusion 2 curriculum vitae and 3 the names and contact information of three professional references. Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until all positions are filled. Questions concerning this opportunity may be sent to Erica Rauff at .
Penn State the College of Health and Human Development (HHD) and BBH strongly encourage applicants who would enrich the diversity of our academic community to apply. To learn more about Penn State Universitys commitment to diversity and inclusion see the Universitys Statement on Diversity Equity and Inclusion at As an institution we embrace individual uniqueness foster a culture of inclusion that supports both broad and specific diversity initiatives leverages the educational and institutional benefits of diversity and engages all individuals to help them thrive. We value inclusion as a core strength and an essential element of our public service mission. In HHD enriching the lives of others is our mission. We believe in the power of human capacity for growth and live that mission by meeting challenges both big and small with excitement and energy every day. As a part of this we enthusiastically support both broad and specific diversity initiatives with varied strategies (including via Penn States offices for Educational Equity and Affirmative Action and HHDs Office for Diversity Equity and Inclusion to maximize the chance that persons with unique abilities interests strengths and needs can thrive at Penn State.
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