Overview
Clinical Assistant to Associate Professor, Non-tenure Track, Environmental Health Science
Environmental Sciences
Description:
The Department of Environmental Science at Baylor University seeks an outstanding environmental scientist at the Assistant or Associate Clinical Professor rank beginning August 2024. This appointment is a renewable full-time position with a promotion path to Clinical Professor for successful candidates. In addition to required teaching duties and opportunities for research, the successful candidate will coordinate our MPH in Environmental Health Science program. Due to our current and pending multidisciplinary partnerships, this person must be committed to expanding the health-related, multidisciplinary footprint of Baylor University. This person will play an essential role on collaborative, multidisciplinary teams of specialists in environmental toxicology, chemistry and epidemiology, and public, population, and global health at Baylor University.
The Environmental Health Science Program in the Department of Environmental Science is accredited by the National Environmental Health Science and Protection Council and works closely with faculty in the Department of Public Health and other departments, colleges, and schools. Public Health at Baylor, accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health, is a rapidly growing undergraduate and graduate public health effort. We invite applications from those wanting to join a strong core of public health faculty engaged in cross-disciplinary partnerships in the College of Arts & Sciences, the Robbins College of Health and Human Sciences, and other health-related disciplines at Baylor University.
About Baylor University: Located in Waco, Texas, Baylor University is the oldest college in Texas. With a population of 21,000 diverse students, Baylor is one of the top universities in the nation, having been named an R1 institution by the Carnegie Classification in January 2022. Baylor is also on the honor roll of the “Great Colleges to Work For” from The Chronicle of Higher Education; Baylor offers competitive salaries and benefits while allowing faculty and staff to live in one of the fastest-growing parts of the state. Our strategic plan, Illuminate, guides the University as we continue to live up to Baylor’s mission of educating men and women for worldwide leadership and service by integrating academic excellence and Christian commitment within a caring community.
Qualifications:
Candidates will be expected to teach at undergraduate and graduate levels in our environmental public health program; contribute to Ph.D. programs; help recruit and mentor a broad and diverse range of students; engage in the programmatic work and activities of the Environmental Health Science and the Baylor Public Health Programs; and serve the university and public health profession.
• An earned doctorate in Environmental and Occupational Health (or related field) is preferred, and the MPH in environmental, occupational, or global health is required.
• Successful candidates will have significant practice-based experience in environmental health, with demonstrated experience in teaching and program administration and coordination.
Application Instructions:
To apply, visit https://apply.interfolio.com/126566
Submit an application packet that contains a formal letter of application (specifically addressing how you meet the qualifications and can fulfill responsibilities described in this position announcement), a full curriculum vitae, official copies of doctoral transcripts, a list of three references (include all contact information), and two samples of research publications or clinical environmental public health work. Submit all required materials through Interfolio apply.interfolio.com/126566. Contact Dr. Erica Bruce, Search Committee Chair (Erica_Bruce@baylor.edu), should you have questions.
Baylor University is a private not-for-profit university affiliated with the Baptist General Convention of Texas. As an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer, Baylor is committed to compliance with all applicable anti-discrimination laws, including those regarding age, race, color, sex, national origin, military service, genetic information, and disability. Baylors commitment to equal opportunity and respect of others does not undermine the validity and effect of the constitutional and statutory protections for its religious liberty, including, without limitation, the religious organization exemption under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the religious exemption to Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, and the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, among others. Baylor encourages women, minorities, veterans, and individuals with disabilities to apply.
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