Assistant, Associate, Professor of Public Health

Assistant, Associate, Professor of Public Health School of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Department Academic Affairs Tsaile Campus

Duty

Schedule:

40 hours per week.

The successful applicant must have a background and experience in public health. The Assistant/Associate/Professor is a full-time faculty member responsible for contributing to the program's academic, research, and service missions. This role involves teaching and mentoring students, developing innovative public health curricula, and engaging in research that addresses the health needs of indigenous communities, especially the Navajo Nation. The faculty member is expected to collaborate with community partners and public health professionals while supporting the growth and excellence of the public health certificate, undergraduate, and upcoming graduate programs.

This position offers the opportunity to make meaningful contributions to improving public health in the Navajo Nation and the Southwest of the US through education, scholarship, and community engagement.

A college faculty is critical in creating, maintaining, assessing and reflecting upon a learning environment where academic discipline interweaves with the college mission to support student learning and Dine Education Philosophy....

Disclaimer: This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, skills, efforts, requirements, or working conditions associated with the job. While this list is intended to reflect the current job accurately, management reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed as assigned.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

• (90%) Instruction, Research, and Scholarship:
  • Teach a course in the Public Health program
  • Support other programs within the school as needed.
  • Assist in developing and updating course curricula, prepare course syllabi, and align courses with HLC standards and/or other accrediting bodies as needed.
  • Participate in articulation and accreditation processes for public health degree programs as needed.
  • Apply for grants in the areas of research and other public health initiatives.
  • Collaborate with faculty, staff, and administrative leadership to enhance program excellence and equity.
  • Monitor national and international initiatives in the field of public health as well as programmatic innovations and best practices.
  • Attend professional development conferences and training courses as required.
  • Maintain an active and sustainable research agenda aligned with indigenous public health needs, community-based participatory research, or related public health fields.
  • Conduct research leading to publications.
• (5%) Monitoring, Advising, and Supervision:
  • Mentor and serve as an advisor to students in Public Health Programs,
  • Provide mentorship to capstone and integrated research students, train, and supervise personnel in conducting research at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
  • Participate in committees of other graduate students.
  • Supervision of technical staff if grants are developed.
  • Maintain scheduled office hours for student engagement and advisement.
• (5%) Service:
  • Must be comfortable working with diverse faculty, staff, and students.
  • Service on different standing committees.
  • Faculty are expected to be collegial members of their units, and to perform appropriate service that contributes to the effectiveness of their units, departments, the College, and their professions.
  • Service includes outreach to the greater Diné community to better position the college within the community.
  • Support service initiatives at the school and university levels.

• A Master's Degree in public health or a related field.
• Minimum of one year of teaching experience at a 4‑year higher learning institute or university level.
• Online teaching experience is a plus.
• Ability to work within a collaborative faculty environment.
• Commitment to advancing diversity and inclusion.

• For teaching of 100‑200 level…