Professor - Rehabilitation teaches courses in the discipline area of rehabilitation and therapy. Develops and designs curriculum plans to foster student learning, stimulate class discussions, and ensures student engagement. Being a Professor - Rehabilitation provides tutoring and academic counseling to students, maintains classes related records, and assesses student coursework. Collaborates and supports colleagues regarding research interests and co-curricular activities. Additionally, Professor - Rehabilitation typically reports to a department head. Requires a PhD or terminal degree appropriate to the field. Has considerable experience and is qualified to teach at undergraduate and graduate levels and initiates research and case studies in field of interest and may publish findings in trade journals or textbooks. Provides intellectual leadership and has made significant contributions to the field. May offer independent study opportunities and mentoring to students. Typically this individual is a leader in the field and has been published. (Copyright 2024 Salary.com)
The University of New
Mexico College of Arts and Sciences is seeking to recruit a cohort of nine tenure-track Assistant
Professors. The positions are part of the NIH funded Faculty Institutional
Recruitment for Sustainable Transformation (FIRST) grant
(https://commonfund.nih.gov/FIRST) awarded to the University of New Mexico (UNM). The UNM FIRST
program goals are: (1) to recruit a cohort of diverse faculty who have a
demonstrated strong commitment to promoting diversity and inclusive excellence
in the biomedical fields of neuroscience and data science, and (2) to achieve
sustainable culture change of inclusive excellence at the institutional level.
The new hires will be
part of one of the following six academic departments in the College of Arts
and Sciences: Psychology, Biology, Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Physics and
Astronomy, Speech and Hearing Sciences, and Mathematics and Statistics. We anticipate
hires in Psychology, and Chemistry and Chemical Biology, and Physics and
Astronomy. To determine if positions are available in the other three
departments, please contact unmfirst@unm.edu.
These positions are for tenured and tenured-track faculty in College of
Arts and Sciences. Tenure and tenured-track faculty in the College of Arts
& Sciences are fully funded (hard money) for academic year salary for the
duration of their careers at the institution.
University of New Mexico Information
The University of New Mexico (UNM) is the premier research university in the state of New Mexico. We are a Carnegie R1 Highest Research Activity Institution, a federally designated Hispanic Serving Institution, and a Carnegie Community Engaged Institution.
UNM is located in Albuquerque,
the largest city in New Mexico. Albuquerque is an ethnically diverse
metropolitan area of over a half million residents that has been listed as one
of the best small cities in the U.S. by National Geographic Traveler.
The city has a rich culture and a location offering unparalleled opportunities
for outdoor adventure. Learn more about our city here
(https://unmfirst.unm.edu/why-choose-us/why-albuquerque.html).
The University is located within one hour of Santa Fe, three hours of Taos, and
within minutes of the Sandia and Manzano mountain ranges, which offer great
opportunities for hiking, biking, rock climbing, skiing, and other outdoor
activities.
New
Mexico is a majority minority state with a long and rich cultural heritage that prioritizes advancement, equity, and
accessibility. In the 2023 legislative session, a few of the key bills passed
included free school meals of all K-12 students, establishing the Native
American Voting Rights Act, establishing permanent funding for land and water
conservation, and expanding protections offered under the Human Rights Act,
just to name a few. To learn more about our 2023 legislative session, read here. Equality New Mexico, one of our
leading non-profit organization for equal rights, further expanded that the 2023
legislative session was the most successful session for LGBTQ issues, including bill HB7 that legally
affirmed all New Mexicans protected access to reproductive and gender affirming
care. The Land of Enchantment continues to welcome all who wish to call it
home.
To learn
more about living in New Mexico, our values, and our culture visit here: https://unmfirst.unm.edu/why-choose-us/index.html.
In addition to the highest
standards of scholarship, teaching, and professional activity, successful
candidates will have demonstrated a commitment to promoting inclusive
excellence. Several of the University’s ongoing initiatives to promote
inclusive excellence include:
UNM FIRST – https://unmfirst.unm.edu/
UNM Division for Equity and Inclusion - https://diverse.unm.edu
Advance at UNM – https://advance.unm.edu
UNM2040 Goal Three: Inclusive Excellence - https://opportunity.unm.edu/goals/goal3.html
The selected candidates will receive competitive startup
packages to support salary and research start-up costs, and will be welcomed
into a diverse and inclusive vibrant scholar community. The positions have 75%
protected research time for the duration of the NIH FIRST award.
Eligible candidates have not held a prior tenure-track Assistant
Professor position but may have held a non-tenure track Research Assistant
Professor position. Furthermore, candidates must qualify as a NIH early-stage
investigator (https://grants.nih.gov/policy/early-stage/index.htm), including not having already been
the Principal Investigator or Program Director on a successfully awarded NIH independent
research award comparable to an R01.
The appointment will be at the Assistant Professor rank.
Salary will be commensurate with experience and qualifications and based on comparable
University of New Mexico salaries at the Assistant Professor rank in each
department.
Next best consideration date: Tuesday, August 8, 2023
Final best consideration date: Wednesday, November 1, 2023
Additional best consideration dates will likely be announced in the future, but this is contingent upon availability of positions.
Start date is negotiable, with an earliest start date of Fall 2024.
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