Bloomington, Indiana
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Posted: 14-Feb-25
Location: Bloomington, Indiana
Type: Full Time
Salary: Commensurate with Experience
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Required Education:
Internal Number: IU-101155-2025
The Indiana University School of Public Health?Bloomington (SPH?B) invites applications for the position of Chair and Tenured Professor in the Department of Health and Wellness Design. We are seeking applicants with strong research, leadership, and administrative records, who value our many disciplines within Health and Wellness Design, and who will be champions for faculty, student, and staff success.
We are seeking individuals who will contribute multidisciplinary perspectives, conceptual and methodological diversity, and research leadership and mentoring strengths to the Department’s efforts toward academic excellence. This 12-month appointment would ideally start August 1, 2025, although an earlier or later start date is negotiable. Applications received by February 28, 2025, will receive full priority consideration, and applications will be accepted until the position is filled.
A member of the prestigious Association of American Universities (AAU) since 1909, Indiana University Bloomington prides itself in offering outstanding academics grounded in world class research and vibrant campus life. The School of Public Health-Bloomington is located on the flagship campus of Indiana University and is comprised of over 200 faculty across five departments. the Department of Health and Wellness Design maintains strong connections to other departments in the School of Public Health-Bloomington and other schools across Indiana University. Continuing the momentum of hiring over 60 outstanding tenure-track/tenured faculty over the last two three years, the SPH-B is launching another wave of faculty recruitment.
The Department of Health and Wellness Design offers a B.S. in Recreation, M.S. in Recreation, M.P.H. with emphasis in Parks and Recreation (online), and a Ph.D. in Leisure Behavior, and focuses on infusing health, happiness, and well-being into organizational structures where people live, work, govern, and play. Areas of study include aging, disability, chronic illness; health behavior intervention research; health equity and social determinants of health; informatics, technology, and digital health; brain health and mental health; patient experience; nonpharmacologic therapies and models of care; and various approaches to design and innovation including human-centered design, community-based participatory research, and implementation science. The Department of Health & Wellness Design strives to educate and prepare the next generation of leaders to maximize the human experience and empower people to live-well. Our students embark in diverse and exciting career paths that can vary from businesses, health care management, recreation therapy, tourism and hospitality management, state and local parks and recreation, government public health, nonprofit organizations, universities, and research centers.
Responsibilities: The chair will provide inspirational and practical leadership for research, teaching, and service; manage the budget and secure financial resources to meet program objectives; actively assist with fundraising activities; represent the department on external committees and to groups; oversee operations of the department’s undergraduate and graduate teaching programs and The Center for Health by Design (CHxD); recruit and mentor outstanding faculty, staff, and students; and facilitate productive interaction among faculty, staff, students, and alumni. It is expected that the successful candidate will work closely with the dean to further the school’s goals and research mission.
About Indiana University Bloomington: Founded in 1820, Indiana University Bloomington is the flagship campus of Indiana University. Located in Bloomington, IN., IU Bloomington constantly strives to embody its mission to create, disseminate, preserve, and apply knowledge. It does so through its commitments to cutting-edge research, scholarship, arts, and creative activity; inspired and challenging undergraduate, graduate, professional, and lifelong educational programs; meaningful experiences outside the classroom; expansive global educational opportunities while fostering a culturally diverse campus environment; first-rate library and museum collections; and far-reaching economic development and impact in the state and region.
Indiana University Bloomington is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and is a member of the North Central Association. With over 47,000 undergraduate and graduate students, the campus has 16 degree-granting colleges and schools offering 200+ undergraduate majors, 100+ master’s degrees, and 150+ doctoral and professional degree opportunities. Known for its Indiana limestone facades and green spaces throughout, Indiana University Bloomington is widely considered one of the country’s most beautiful college campuses. The School of Public Health-Bloomington (SPH-B) is located in the heart of the IU Bloomington campus and comprises five collaborative academic departments with over 300 faculty and staff, including one of the most diverse faculties of any school of public health in the nation, with 39% of current tenure-track/tenured faculty being scholars from traditionally underrepresented minority groups. In 2022 and 2023, Indiana University Bloomington was honored with the Higher Education Excellence in Diversity award.
Indiana University provides IU SPH-B faculty outstanding teaching and research support through programs like the Faculty Academy on Excellence in Teaching (F.A.C.E.T.); extensive research development and research administrative support through the Office of the Vice President for Research; and innovative collaborations with organizations like the Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute, the Indiana University School of Medicine (IUSM) and Regenstrief Institute’s Center for Aging Research, and the IUSM’s Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases, and the Indiana University Bloomington’s Environmental Resilience Institute. In addition to outstanding programs like these, exciting things are happening in medical sciences at Indiana University Bloomington with the opening of the IU Regional Academic Health Center in Bloomington and significant synergy in cross departmental collaborations in areas like environmental impacts on human health, nutrition, and aging. SPH-B has strong connections to the Indiana University School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Nursing, Informatics and Computing, Art & Design, Public and Environmental Affairs, and the Indiana University Indianapolis Fairbanks School of Public Health, along with Purdue University programs in Pharmacy and Engineering. IU SPH-B continues its rapid expansion embracing a comprehensive and holistic approach to promoting health and wellbeing within the research, teaching and service aspects of our mission. With an emphasis on high quality and impactful research and an embracement of the importance of diversity and inclusion across all our academic endeavors - there has never been a more exciting time to join our growing faculty.
Nestled in the rolling hills of south-central Indiana, and home to 85,000 residents, the city of Bloomington offers the feel of a college town with many of the amenities of a large city. From off-Broadway plays and musicals, the LOTUS World Festival of Music, quick access to 250,000 acres of public recreation lands, outstanding public schools and a reasonable cost of living, Bloomington offers much to all.
For more information about the School of Public Health-Bloomington and Indiana University Bloomington, visit:
School of Public Health-Bloomington: http://www.publichealth.indiana.edu
Indiana University Bloomington: https://www.indiana.edu
SPH-B Department of Health and Wellness Design: https://publichealth.indiana.edu/research/departments/health-wellness-design/index.html
Questions about the PeopleAdmin application procedure may be directed to Dave Archer at dwarcher@iu.edu or via postal mail at Department of Health and Wellness Design Search & Screen Committee, School Public Health–Bloomington, Indiana University, 1025 East 7th Street, Bloomington, IN 47405-4801. Questions regarding the position may be directed to Lisa Koontz, Director of Faculty Operations, lmkoontz@iu.edu, or NiCole Keith, Executive Associate Dean, nkeith@iu.edu,
Indiana University is an equal employment and affirmative action employer and a provider of ADA services. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment based on individual qualifications. Indiana University prohibits discrimination based on age, ethnicity, color, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, national origin, disability status or protected veteran status.
Qualifications: Candidates must hold a doctoral degree in public health or closely related ?eld, ideally from an accredited school of public health or related educational institution. Candidates must also demonstrate a record of scholarly achievement appropriate for a senior career level, including extramurally funded research as a principal investigator, current funding or strong potential to secure external funding, the ability to collaborate across disciplines, and a positive team spirit. The candidate is expected to be appointed as a tenured professor but need not be at the rank of professor at the time of application. Finally, candidates are expected to reside in Bloomington, Indiana, to permit full engagement with the department, school, campus, and community.
Application Procedure: Please provide a (1) curriculum vitae and (2) cover letter no longer than 5 pages in length summarizing your qualifications and interest in the position, which includes a research statement and overview of research experience, and a statement of teaching interest and experience particularly at the graduate level. If selected as a finalist, we will additionally request a list of up to six (6) references; references will be contacted if you are selected for a finalist interview and/or job offer. Interested candidates should submit applications at: https://indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/27638
Before a conditional offer of employment is finalized, candidates will be asked to disclose any pending investigations or previous findings of sexual or professional misconduct. They will also be required to authorize an inquiry by Indiana University Bloomington with all current and former employers along these lines. The relevance of information disclosed or ascertained in the context of this process to a candidate’s eligibility for hire will be evaluated by Indiana University Bloomington on a case-by-case basis. Applicants should be aware, however, that Indiana University Bloomington takes the matters of sexual and professional misconduct very seriously.