Assistant Teaching Professor for Spanish Language and Health

Mindproduction; New Brunswick; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an Assistant Teaching Professor specializing in Spanish for Health. This exciting full-time, non-tenure track position offers the opportunity to teach vital courses that bridge language and health care. With a focus on interdisciplinary collaboration, the successful candidate will engage with diverse communities and help shape a program dedicated to improving health outcomes through language education. This role promises a dynamic teaching environment, with courses transitioning to online formats in Spring 2025. If you are passionate about language and health, this is a perfect opportunity to make a meaningful impact.

Qualifications

• Doctorate required with teaching experience in health-related language.
• Native or near-native proficiency in Spanish and English is essential.

Responsibilities

• Teach Spanish for Health courses at undergraduate and graduate levels.
• Oversee academic and administrative matters related to language for health care.

Skills

Teaching Spanish for Health

Interdisciplinary Collaboration

Community Engagement

Language Proficiency in Spanish and English

Education

Doctorate or higher degree

Job description

Assistant Teaching Professor for Spanish Language and Health

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Condiciones económicas:
Commensurate with experience.

Descripción:
The Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Rutgers University-New Brunswick is seeking an interdisciplinary scholar of Spanish for health care. This is a non-tenure track three-year renewable Assistant Teaching Professor position. This 10-month position can begin in January or in September, 2025.

The successful candidate will be expected to teach Spanish for Health, as well as other Spanish-for-health courses at the undergraduate and graduate level. The teaching load is 3-3 with reductions to 2-2 to allow for administrative work. All the courses taught in Spring 2025 will be online. The administrative duties include overseeing academic, curricular, and administrative matters related to language for health care, while working to establish new partnerships both within and outside of the university to build a program in language for health care.

Requisitos:
The qualifications required are:

1. Doctorate or other job-specific higher degree;
2. Teaching and/or professional experience related to language in physical and/or mental health;
3. Native or near-native proficiency in Spanish and English.

Additional preferred qualifications include:

1. Knowledge of Portuguese or additional languages;
2. Experience working in an interdisciplinary environment and engaging with communities;
3. Involvement in Latinx health care.

Cómo solicitar:
Apply online.

Seniority level

• Entry level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Education and Training
• Industries: Education