Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track), Department of Prosthodontics

Position Summary
The Prosthodontics department in the Indiana University School of Dentistry is seeking qualified applicants for our tenure-track faculty position. This will be a 12-month appointment at the rank of assistant professor at 1.0 FTE with an anticipated start date of July 1 2026. TEACHING AND LEADERSHIP THAT IMPROVES LIVES Our new faculty member will come with proven expertise in all aspects of prosthodontics ready to build upon the schools and campuss tradition of excellence advancing scholarship education clinical service and community engagement. Proven expertise in digital methodologies and workflows in prosthodontics including how those are implemented in didactic preclinical and clinical instruction as well as scholarly activity. Additionally our new faculty member will have a record of creating an environment that promotes collegiality collaboration and inclusion among members of various education research and service communities. Consistent with our schools core values this candidate will demonstrate commitment to serve as a role model and advocate for the ideals of professionalism and high ethical standards in a health science educational setting. Engagement in university service at the department school and university levels including participation in departmental and school governance is expected. You will make a difference weekly by providing preclinical clinical and didactic instruction to predoctoral dental students participating in competency assessments applying and shaping a comprehensive and robust predoctoral curriculum using state-of-the-art and emerging technologies. Teaching responsibilities may also include course directorship(s). In fulfilling those deliverables a focus on developing collaboration within and beyond the dental school and a sustained record of scholarship activities is expected. Our departments research enterprise naturally includes the fields of education clinical patient care dental materials and implantology. Albeit in a limited capacity you also might have opportunities to participate in the postdoctoral prosthodontic curriculum in the Advanced Education Program in Prosthodontics. Faculty practice and other revenue-generating opportunities will be considered for eligible candidates. The department is committed to professional growth for each of its team members through professional development. IUSD offers a dynamic learning environment for faculty in which teaching research clinical care and community service are core to our mission through clinical programs in Indianapolis and Fort Wayne Indiana. Our main facility includes a state-of-the-art 45000square-foot James J. Fritts DDS Clinical Care Center on the IU Indianapolis campus adjacent to local hospitals and part of an urban academic health center. We deliver a wide range of services and outreach to more than 20000 patients per year. IUSD enrolls approximately 800 students annually in degree and/or certificate programs in dentistry allied dental programs PhD and advanced dental specialty programs tailored to current and future needs of the professions and the communities we serve. The IU School of Dentistry is the only dental school in the state and educates 80% of the dentists practicing in Indiana. Over 12000 alumni of IUSD are pursuing careers throughout the US and around the world. OUR COMMITMENT As the states premier urban research institution Indiana University Indianapolis is committed to having a welcoming campus community. As a member of that community the IU School of Dentistry seeks candidates whose teaching service scholarship research and community engagement efforts contribute to robust learning working and patient care environments for all of our students employees and patients. This commitment is core to our mission through our school-owned clinics and educational programs in Indianapolis and Fort Wayne Indiana.