The Division of Health, Mathematics and Sciences at Columbia College invites applications for an Assistant Professor in Public Health beginning August 2024. Columbia College is a liberal arts college that is committed to creating a learning community that values diversity and inclusion. We seek candidates who will be innovative in teaching, leadership, and research, while building collaborative relationships in the college and profession.
The Division houses several majors including Exercise Science, Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, Computer and Information Science, Healthcare Administration, and Public Health. Faculty within the division are committed to collaborative undergraduate research and have been successful in obtaining outside funding to support these efforts. Programs are offered in day and online formats. The College and Division are committed to social justice and demonstrate sensitivity to the needs of underserved and marginalized populations. The academic programs housed in this Division rely on the convergence of scientific education with a strong liberal arts foundation.
Columbia College
Columbia College was founded in 1854 as Columbia Female College by the Methodist Conference of South Carolina. Today, Columbia College offers a personalized liberal arts education that is open and inclusive to all. The college provides educational opportunities that develop students’ capacity for critical thought and expression, lifelong learning, and acceptance of personal responsibility.
Columbia College empowers students to change the world with Courage for Innovation, Commitment to Social Justice, Confidence through Service, and Competence in Leadership. In furtherance of its mission, the College is responsive to the needs of students, the communities which it belongs, and the greater global society.
Columbia College encompasses the historic undergraduate day college as well as evening, online, and graduate programs. Total enrollment is approximately 1400. The College is noted for faculty who foster academic excellence through collaborative teaching and learning; a vital learning community in which character, ethics and values are cultivated; the study of leadership enhanced by opportunities for practical application; programs that capitalize on advances in technology; and learning environments that extend beyond the classroom.
Qualifications
Applicants should possess an earned Ph.D in a Public Health related field. Interested candidates should demonstrate a strong commitment to teaching excellence and service to the college and profession, have potential to sustain a program of productive scholarship, and a desire to work in a liberal arts environment with an emphasis on leadership development. Candidates should demonstrate an alignment to the CC mission and a commitment to and capacity for contributing to the development and leadership of programs, research, grant writing, and student experience.
Responsibilities
This position is a full-time tenure-track appointment. Responsibilities include teaching undergraduate courses in Public Health. The Public Health Program offers courses in our Day and Online programs and candidates should therefore demonstrate the ability to design and deliver courses in a variety of formats including face-to-face, online and hybrid. The individual hired for this position will also serve as Program Chair of Public Health whose responsibilities include contributing to program assessment, supervising internships, and assisting the Dean with program course schedules. Full time faculty are expected to contribute service at the division, college, and community level, and produce scholarship relevant to the position.
This is a 9-month appointment. Candidates may teach core courses and specialized courses in the discipline.
Columbia College offers a competitive benefits package.
Application Process
Application deadline is March 1, 2024. Interested applicants should:
- Submit a letter of interest, curriculum vita, transcripts, and three references (to include names, phone number, email and relationship to the applicant) to Dr. Adrienne Oxley, Dean of the Division of Health, Mathematics and Sciences, 1301 Columbia College Drive, Columbia, South Carolina 29203 or ayoxley@columbiasc.edu.
- Complete the online application using this link: https://www.columbiasc.edu/about/employment. If you have never applied to Columbia College, you will have to create and account. Once you complete that process and log back in, search for the Assistant Professor of Exercise Science position to begin the application.
- Submit official transcripts from all higher education institutions attended to the Office of the Provost, Columbia College. 1301 Columbia College Drive, Columbia, South Carolina 29201 or Provost@columbiasc.edu
