Wednesday, October 14, 2009

JOBS: University of Texas at Austin


The Health Education program at the University of Texas at Austin is recruiting for an assistant professor. We are recruiting broadly for this position. Please share the ad with anyone who might be interested.

TENURE-TRACK ASSISTANT PROFESSOR. The Health Education program in the Department of Kinesiology & Health Education at the University of Texas at Austin invites applications for a tenure-track position beginning September 1, 2010. Candidates are expected to have a doctoral degree in Health Education, Public Health, or related field. Preference will be given to those with postdoctoral experience and potential for obtaining external funding. The successful candidate will join faculty in the Health Education program who have diverse research interests and whose funding sources include the National Institutes of Health and the Texas Department of State Health Services. The successful candidate will have an established area of research relevant to health education/health promotion (e.g. disparate populations, health communication, program evaluation, social epidemiology etc.) that can complement existing foci in the department, be able to teach core health education courses, and potentially guide students interested in obtaining the Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) certification. Austin provides multiple opportunities for collaborations with other health education/ health promotion and public health researchers, including those at the Austin Regional Campus of the University of Texas School of Public Health. Review of applications will begin on November 13, 2009. Applicants should send a letter of application including research and teaching interests, a curriculum vita, reprints/preprints, and three letters of recommendation to hed@teachnet.edb.utexas.edu or Health Education Search Committee Chair, Department of Kinesiology & Health Education, University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station D3700, Austin, TX 78712. The University of Texas at Austin is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. 



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Carole K. Holahan, Ph.D.
Professor
Dept. of Kinesiology and Health Education
The University of Texas at Austin
1 University Station (D3700)
Austin, TX 78712

Phone: 512-471-2428
FAX:  512-471-3845

e-mail: c.holahan@mail.utexas.edu