Website San Francisco State University
Description:
San Francisco State University, Department of Health Education offers an exciting opportunity for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Critical Public Health beginning August 2020.
We seek a colleague whose teaching and research interests include the application of critical public health principles of health equity, social justice, analysis of power and resources, and reflexivity to advance knowledge and improve practice in public health. We are especially interested in qualified candidates who can contribute, through their research, teaching, and/or service, through diversity, to the excellence of the academic community.
Qualifications:
Required:
•Doctoral degree in Public Health (PhD or DrPH), or, doctoral degree in closely related field with an MPH degree. Terminal degree must be completed by first day of employment.
•A proven record of excellence in teaching
•Record of collegial, supportive and collaborative work relationships with faculty, staff, and students.
Preferred:
•Demonstrated ability to teach in two or more of the following areas of: epidemiology, community health, biostatistics, research methods, courses addressing topics with critical public health lens, e.g., housing insecurity, food systems, migration, family separation.
•Record of community-engaged research and scholarship that addresses structural and social determinants of health using a critical public health lens.
•Demonstrated ability to incorporate inclusion, diversity, and educational equity in teaching and/or scholarship.
•Experience teaching and working closely with students from historically under-represented communities.
•Ability to work collaboratively in a faculty learning community to support socially relevant, engaged curriculum and pedagogies.
•Evidence of external support or the potential for external funding of research activities.