Tenure-Track Assistant or Associate Professor of Global and Public Health in Appleton, WI for Lawrence University

Lawrence University of Wisconsin, a selective undergraduate liberal arts college and conservatory of music located in Appleton, Wisconsin, invites applications for the Mark Burstein Professor of Global and Public Health, beginning September 1, 2024.  Appointment to this full-time position will be at either the Assistant or Associate Professor level commensurate with the candidate’s experience. We seek an excellent teacher and scholar who is passionate about working with undergraduates in a liberal arts setting while actively engaging in research.  We are open to candidates trained in a wide range of research areas and are particularly interested in candidates whose research activity is conducive to active participation by undergraduates.  We value community-based learning or research opportunities either locally or globally. We expect the successful candidate to play a significant leadership role in developing and implementing a planned minor in global and public health (GLPH) at Lawrence. By August 1, 2024, candidates must have a PhD or other doctoral degree, including a DrPH, in a field that corresponds to or aligns with an academic department or program at Lawrence, which will become the faculty member’s home department. Candidates with a graduate degree in public health are preferred. Teaching load is two courses per term for three ten-week terms a year, with approximately four courses contributing to GLPH, one of which is epidemiology. The other two courses will contribute to the home department non-GLPH needs, and, on a rotating basis, to Lawrence’s First-Year Studies program. 

Lawrence University of Wisconsin is committed to enhancing the diversity of its faculty and staff and the diversity of viewpoints and approaches that its faculty represents. We encourage applications from individuals who will help us create a more inclusive campus by: (1) further diversifying the faculty; (2) constructing or contributing to successful diversity-related initiatives, creative activity, or research; and/or (3) developing inclusive pedagogy to address the needs of a diverse student body, particularly as these pedagogies relate to antiracism.

Applicants should apply online at https://lawrence.peopleadmin.com. Please submit 1) a cover letter, 2) a curriculum vitae, 3) a research statement outlining your research goals and ways in which students could be involved 4) a teaching statement that includes the types of courses you would like to develop, and your philosophy of teaching and mentoring undergraduates, and 5) names and contact information for 3 references.  In the cover letter or in a separate document, candidates should address issues of diversity and inclusion in an academic setting and ways that you could contribute to these efforts at Lawrence University of Wisconsin.  This should include discussion of your ability and willingness to attract a diverse group of students to the study of GLPH at Lawrence and to support these students’ academic development and career exploration.  

Lawrence University is situated at the heart of the Fox Cities in downtown Appleton. With a greater metropolitan population of 250,000 people, the Fox Cities has many benefits of small-town life combined with the amenities of most mid-sized cities. It recently ranked as one of the top 25 cities in the Midwest and top 100 in the nation by livibility.com’s best places to live. Candidates are encouraged to read about Lawrence and its surrounding community at Colleges That Change Lives, https://lawrence.peopleadmin.com and www.lawrence.edu. 

For further information, please contact Nancy Wall ([email protected]), Associate Provost and Chair of the Search Committee.  The deadline for priority consideration of applications is November 1, 2023.