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Aug 14, 2022
Full time
Assistant Professor in Health Policy and Managment
University of Massachusetts Amherst, Health Promotion and Policy Department, School of Public Health and Health Sciences Amherst, MA, USA
  Position: We are seeking candidates with interest and experience in developing an extramurally funded research program and teaching in health policy and management or health services research.  This is a fully state funded (9month) tenure track position. Duties include an active program of research, teaching, and service as well as mentoring graduate and undergraduate students.  Candidates should have experience with graduate and or undergraduate teaching and strong research skills with a proven track record of, or excellent potential for, securing extramural research funding from federal and state funding agencies, foundations and other sources. Preference will be given to candidates with research and/or teaching interests in one or more of the following areas: (1) health care administration, including health care organizations, institutional management, organizations behavior, or financial management; (2) health services research, including health...
Aug 14, 2022
Full time
Assistant Professor In Community Health Education
University of Massachusetts Amherst, Health Promotion and Policy Department, School of Public Health and Health Sciences Amherst, MA, USA
  We see a colleague with a background in community health sciences whose teaching and research interests include social justice, health equity, and racial-ethnic health disparities.  This is a fully state-funded (9-month) tenure track position. Duties include an active program of research, teaching, professional, and community service, as well as mentoring graduate and undergraduate students.  Candidates should have experience teaching at the graduate and undergraduate level and strong research skills with a proven track record of, or excellent potential for, securing extramural research funding from federal and state funding agencies, foundations and other sources. Research areas of particular interest include substance use disorder, place and health, sexual and reproduction health, racism and health, and research about the health of Latino and black populations in the U.S.  We are especially interested in candidates who apply mixed-methods and...
Jul 28, 2022
Full time
Amherst College - Lecturer in Organic Chemistry
Amherst College, Chemistry Department Amherst College, Amherst, MA, USA
  The Amherst College Department of Chemistry (https://www.amherst.edu/academiclife/departments/chemistry) invites applications for a full-time lecturer in organic chemistry beginning in July 2023. Within the last decade, Amherst College has profoundly diversified its student body in terms of socioeconomic status, ethnicity, race, and nationality. Today, 57 percent of the students receive financial aid; 45 percent of our students identify as domestic students of color; and 10 percent of our students are international students. Our expectation is that the successful candidate will excel at teaching and mentoring this extraordinarily talented group of students who are broadly diverse with regard to race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, gender, nationality, sexual identity, and religion.   The position requires a Ph.D. in chemistry and calls for teaching organic chemistry at the undergraduate level. Opportunities for teaching electives and interdisciplinary...
Jul 19, 2022
Full time
Assistant Professor (Communication) – Critical Media Production/Film Studies
University of Massachusetts Amherst Amherst, MA, USA
  Job Description The Department of Communication at the University of Massachusetts Amherst invites applications for a tenure-track position in Film Studies and Media Production. We are seeking talented applicants qualified for an assistant professor position. Under exceptional circumstances, highly qualified candidates at other ranks may receive consideration. We seek a colleague who is a Film Studies maker-scholar and whose research includes a commitment to critical paradigms expressed and embodied both in scholarly publication as well as through moving image production. This maker-scholar position will help integrate our Film Studies curriculum with our Media Production offerings, while expanding the range of courses we offer in both these areas at the undergraduate and graduate levels. This position extends a department tradition and commitment to original, interdisciplinary research that includes written as well as critical and multi-modal...
Jul 12, 2022
Full time
Professor and Department Chair, Environmental Health Sciences
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, School of Public Health & Health Sciences Amherst, MA
  The School of Public Health and Health Sciences ( www.umass.edu/sphhs/ ) at the University of Massachusetts Amherst seeks a dynamic senior scholar to lead its Department of Environmental Health Sciences and develop its future planning and direction. The duties of the chair include developing and implementing academic and scholarly activities for the department, planning finances and budgets, and supervising faculty, staff, and students in the department. In dialogue with colleagues and stakeholders across the university, the chair will implement the department’s strategic vision. The chair will promote excellence in the department’s undergraduate and graduate programs. The chair’s responsibilities are classified as professional duties requiring leadership and mentoring of faculty, administrative expertise to include vision, long term and short-term planning, decision-making and coordination of instruction and advising of students,...
Jun 30, 2022
Full time
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry
Amherst College, Chemistry Department Amherst College, Amherst, MA, USA
  The Amherst College Department of Chemistry (https://www.amherst.edu/academiclife/departments/chemistry) invites applications for a full- time tenure-track appointment in biochemistry at the rank of assistant professor, beginning July 1, 2023. Amherst College is one of the most diverse liberal arts colleges in the country. Forty- five percent of our students identify as domestic students of color, and another 10 percent are international, with non-U.S. citizenship; 15 percent are the first members of their families to attend college. Amherst is committed to providing financial aid that meets 100 percent of every student’s demonstrated need, and 57 percent of our students receive financial aid. Our expectation is that the successful candidate will excel at teaching and mentoring students who are broadly diverse with regard to race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, gender, nationality, sexual identity, and religion. Located in the Connecticut River Valley of...
Jul 18, 2022
Full time
Professor and Department Chair - Environmental Health Sciences
University of Massachusetts - Amherst Amherst, MA
About UMass Amherst UMass Amherst, the Commonwealth's flagship campus, is a nationally ranked public research university offering a full range of undergraduate, graduate and professional degrees. The University sits on nearly 1,450-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. Job Description The School of Public Health and Health Sciences ( www.umass.edu/sphhs/ ) at the University of Massachusetts Amherst seeks a dynamic senior scholar to lead its Department of Environmental Health Sciences and develop its future planning and direction. The duties of the chair include developing and implementing academic and scholarly activities for the department, planning finances and...
Jul 18, 2022
Full time
Visiting Assistant Professor of Critical Social Thought
Hampshire College Amherst, MA
Hampshire College Job Title: Visiting Assistant Professor of Critical Social Thought Position Type: Full-Time Pay Range/Status: $56,647 Anticipated Start Date: August 1, 2022 Hampshire College, an independent, innovative liberal arts institution and member of the Five College consortium, is accepting applications for a Visiting Assistant Professor of Critical Social Thought. The successful candidate will apply social science approaches to urgent contemporary issues, preferably in ways that incorporate multiple disciplinary perspectives. We are open to a range of scholarly expertise in the social sciences but particularly welcome candidates with training and experience in economics, political economy, international affairs, and/or peace and conflict studies. This visiting position will begin August 1, 2022 and is for one year. Hampshire's academic program is organized around a set of transdisciplinary Learning Collaboratives that gather faculty, students, and staff to...