Assistant​/Associate Professor - Adult Nursing; Tenure Track

College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Adult Nursing Department
Assistant/Associate Professor Tenure Track
Job Description:

The College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Adult Nursing Department invites applications for full-time faculty positions for the Tenure Track. Prospective faculty must be committed to rapid pedagogical, academic, and employment changes as driven by environmental conditions. These are on-site positions

Applicants will have an earned research doctorate in Nursing [PhD] or related field or its equivalent, a Master’s in Nursing degree or its equivalent, and RN license in Massachusetts or eligibility for licensure. Applicants must have a successful record of teaching with the ability to sustain their program of funded research, secure external funding, and participate in community outreach. Although not limited to these areas, applicants with a program of research or scholarship in adult health, chronic illness, nursing education, informatics, or data science are encouraged to apply.

Additional responsibilities include student advisement and service.

PhD candidates will be considered. However, the applicant’s PhD degree must be conferred by August 1 prior to the September start date. A letter from the applicant’s faculty advisor confirming anticipated degree conferral date must be submitted with application materials.

The preferred applicant will have completed post-doctoral research training and will also have an advanced specialty certification in her/his area of expertise.

Applicants will have an earned research doctorate in Nursing [PhD] or related field or its equivalent, a Master's in Nursing degree or its equivalent, and RN license in Massachusetts or eligibility for licensure. Applicants must have a successful record of teaching across undergraduate and graduate levels, using face to face and online pedagogies. Applicants must have a robust program of funded research in chronic illness, nursing education, informatics, or data science with evidence of ability to sustain a program of funded research, secure external funding, and develop academic-practice partnerships.

Based on qualifications, faculty teach across all program levels. Additional responsibilities include student advisement, professional scholarship, and service. Salary will be highly competitive.

Applicants must possess credentials warranting appointment as a tenured Associate Professor.

The preferred applicant will have a funded program of research and an advanced specialty certification in their area of expertise.

The College of Nursing and Health Sciences has three departments, Adult Nursing, Community Nursing, and Medical Laboratory Science. Nursing has a total of 34 full-time faculty members and offers undergraduate and graduate programs in two Departments-Adult Nursing and Community Nursing. The undergraduate degree program has approximately 550 baccalaureate students enrolled in the prelicensure traditional and accelerated, and RN to BS tracks.

The College also offers graduate nursing programs at the MS, DNP, and PhD level, with approximately 110 students enrolled across the graduate programs. Nursing is committed to building scholarship in the areas of chronic illness, nursing education, and global population health. Nursing has a long-standing teaching and research collaboration with the College of Engineering. Nursing also has a growing portfolio of international collaborations and offers unique clinical experiences through these collaborations.

Programs are fully accredited by CCNE.

For more information about the College of Nursing and Health Sciences, please go to: (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). OR contact Ms. Justine Santos, Administrative Assistant in Adult Nursing at

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