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Associate to Full Professor, Clinical, Non-Tenured, Medical Humanities

Position Number: 4425385
Location: Waco, TX
Position Type: Medicine - Physicians

Associate to Full Professor, Clinical, Non-Tenured, Medical Humanities
Medical Humanities

Location: Waco, TX
Open Date: Jul 24, 2023
Deadline: Oct 15, 2023 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time

Description:
The Medical Humanities Program at Baylor University is pleased to invite applications for a Clinical Associate or Clinical Full Professor. This position is expected to contribute to the tradition of outstanding teaching at Baylor University and to the signature academic initiatives identified in the University's vision document, Illuminate (baylor.edu/illuminate).

Baylor University's Medical Humanities Program (https://medicalhumanities.artsandsciences.baylor.edu) was established in 2004--one of the first programs offering a baccalaureate degree in Medical Humanities.

Our mission is to provide a transformational education for students seeking careers in healthcare, the medical arts, and affiliated professions under the guidance of faculty committed to compelling scholarship and dedicated to service. We value excellence in teaching integrated with engagement and service to our community.

We equip undergraduate students who aspire towards careers in and around healthcare with an outstanding foundation in the sciences and rich exposure to the humanities. We encourage students to consider ethical and spiritual issues they will encounter in healthcare, explore the most profound meanings of health and healing, and embrace the sacred nature of their vocation.

Our curriculum consists of courses taught by faculty from many other disciplines, including English, Religion, Philosophy, History, Sociology, and Psychology. Central to this degree are courses that focus on the role of Christian spirituality in healthcare, the importance of the relationship between patient and practitioner, and the changing nature of healthcare in the 21st century. The faculty in our program has strong ties to the Waco medical community, which allows us to offer outstanding opportunities for clinical experiences, mentoring, and service.

A recent gift from the DeBakey Foundation establishing the Michael E. DeBakey, MD, Selma DeBakey, and Lois DeBakey Chair for Medical Humanities reflects the elite status of Baylor University's commitment and contribution to the field.

About Baylor University: Located in Waco, Texas, Baylor University is the oldest college in Texas. With a population of 21,000 diverse students, Baylor is one of the top universities in the nation, having been named an R1 institution by the Carnegie Classification in January 2022. Baylor is also on the honor roll of the "Great Colleges to Work For" from The Chronicle of Higher Education; Baylor offers competitive salaries and benefits while allowing faculty and staff to live in one of the fastest-growing parts of the state. Our strategic plan, Illuminate, guides the University as we continue to live up to Baylor's mission of educating men and women for worldwide leadership and service by integrating academic excellence and Christian commitment within a caring community.

The Baylor community is fully committed to nurturing an environment for knowing, being, and doing across campus where people of all backgrounds can come together. In line with Baylor's mission, we seek to embody Christ's teachings of love and inclusivity across boundaries of racial, ethnic, gender, socio-economic, religious, and other expressions of human difference.

Qualifications:
Outstanding candidates holding a terminal degree (such as Ph.D., M.D., D.O., D.D.S., J.D., D.Min. D.N.P, etc.) within an area of professional or academic specialization that intersects with healthcare are invited to apply. Consistent with the stated mission of the University to be a world-class research institution dedicated to Christian principles and ideals, the qualifications for the position include:

Clinical experience may include direct patient care, medical education, healthcare administration, and/or involvement in healthcare policy.
Pedagogical experience, including the ability to teach both introductory and upper-level courses and advise undergraduate research and theses.
Active professional engagement at local, state, and/or (preferably) national levels.

Preference will be given to candidates with experience and expertise in working with interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary teams and pedagogical approaches that integrate the arts and humanities with medicine and the health sciences. The ability to teach our Introduction to Medical Humanities course is essential. This is a clinical position, but consideration will be given to any research and publication history, grant funding, area of specialization, and service to the field and the community through experience in medical education and/or clinical settings, healthcare policy, healthcare law, or healthcare administration.

Essential Functions:

Teaching & mentoring undergraduate students
Professional/scholarly/creative activities
Service to the University

Expectations:

Professional training and experience consistent with the clinical professor designation
Pedagogical excellence
Interdisciplinary engagement: The Medical Humanities Program intersects with multiple units in the University, including the Honors College and Robbins College for Health and Human Sciences. We also have a significant role in the Baylor Ethics Initiative (Human Flourishing, Leadership & Ethics Research). The candidate who fills this position will become an integral part of the "community of scholars and practitioners dedicated to critical and creative research about how Christian beliefs and practice relate - presently and potentially - the to the broader cultural, social, economic, and political systems that we inhabit as local, national and global citizens."
Administrative activities such as curricular oversight, student recruitment, support for adjunct faculty, and service to the College of Arts and Sciences
Commitment to the mission and goals of the Medical Humanities Program and Baylor University

The appointment begins in August 2024, but could be as early as January 2024, depending on the successful applicant's availability.

Application Instructions:
To apply, visit https://apply.interfolio.com/126660

Applicants must submit an initial application packet that contains:

1. A cover letter that specifically addresses how you, the applicant, meet qualifications and can fulfill responsibilities.

2. A full curriculum vitae

3. Official copy of the transcript from highest-degree granting institution. (Copy of an official transcript is acceptable for application)

4. Statement of religious faith. Baylor is a faith-based institution, with an expectation that faculty have a history of church or synagogue involvement within the Christian or Jewish tradition and that the individual will engage in a faith community as faculty members. Briefly describe your own faith journey.

5. Names and contact information for 3 reference

All required materials must be submitted through Interfolio. Select candidates will be notified that we are requesting letters of recommendation from your references. Additionally we will request a philosophy of teaching statement and an official copy of the transcript of your terminal degree. Applications must be received by October 15, 2023.

Questions concerning this position may be directed to: Dr. Lauren Barron, search committee chair (Lauren_Barron@baylor.edu).

Baylor University is a private not-for-profit university affiliated with the Baptist General Convention of Texas. As an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer, Baylor is committed to compliance with all applicable anti-discrimination laws, including those regarding age, race, color, sex, national origin, military service, genetic information, and disability. Baylors commitment to equal opportunity and respect of others does not undermine the validity and effect of the constitutional and statutory protections for its religious liberty, including, without limitation, the religious organization exemption under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the religious exemption to Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, and the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, among others. Baylor encourages women, minorities, veterans, and individuals with disabilities to apply.

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