Position Overview

The Ohio State University College of Public Health, Division of Environmental Health Sciences, is inviting applications for a 9-month, full-time, teaching position to begin in August 2025. The position will include an appointment as a clinical-track assistant or associate professor. Rank and salary will be determined by the candidate’s credentials.

The applicant should have strong interests in teaching concepts in Environmental Health Sciences to both undergraduate and graduate students. Clinical-track faculty have responsibility primarily for teaching and service activities. They are encouraged to participate in research and other scholarly activities, though not with the effort expected of tenure-track or research faculty. The ideal candidate should contribute to the diversity and excellence of our academic community through their teaching, service, and research.

This clinical-track faculty member will be expected to teach existing fundamental courses in environmental health sciences individually and as part of a team of instructors at the undergraduate and graduate levels. They will also be expected to develop a new, high-enrollment course for introducing undergraduate students majoring in various fields to important, relevant, and timely topics in environmental public health. Teaching duties may be in-person or online (synchronous or asynchronous). The clinical-track faculty member might also mentor, advise, and manage paid graduate student teaching assistants (GTAs) in the courses they instruct and direct. This position has a promotion path based on satisfactory performance and documented excellence in teaching and mentoring. 

Education and Experience Requirements

Required qualifications include:

• A Ph.D. or other doctoral degree in Environmental Health Sciences, Environmental Studies, Microbiology, Disease Ecology, Environmental Epidemiology, Biology, Chemistry, Toxicology, Environmental Engineering or a closely related field by the start of employment.
• Experience in course development that is commensurate with rank, including but not limited to selecting student learning objectives and designing appropriate assessments.
• Experience in course administration that is commensurate with rank.
• Experience in teaching at the university level or equivalent experience that is commensurate with rank, including but not limited to teaching classes, long-term undergraduate/graduate student research mentoring, providing workforce development trainings, teaching via extension and/or outreach programs, etc.
• Interest and ability to work cooperatively and collaboratively with other faculty, staff, and students, including those from diverse disciplinary, educational, and cultural backgrounds.

Desired but not required qualifications include:

• Experience in course development at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, including but not limited to selecting student learning objectives and assessments.
• Experience in course administration at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.
• Experience designing and/or delivering distance-based (online) courses.
• Experience managing and/or mentoring graduate students.
• Evidence of scholarly publications in environmental health sciences or a closely related field.

How to Apply

To learn more and be considered, please submit your application electronically via Workday: https://osujoblinks.com/jzxe

Application materials must include:

• Cover letter: a letter to the search committee that includes a brief summary of your academic background and why you are interested in this opportunity (1-2 pages)
• Curriculum Vita (CV): detailed overview of your scholarly experience, including your teaching and mentoring experience, service, and any research experience, funding, and publications
• Teaching Statement: a statement of your approaches, experience, and philosophy regarding teaching, learning, and mentoring (1-2 pages)
• Two publications (if available)

You will be presented with the opportunity to attach up to FIVE documents in the Application Documents section. Please include all required application materials listed above in the Application Documents section, found in the My Experience step (Step 2 of the application process). If necessary, please consider combining documents into one file. Be aware that you will not be able to go back to your application after it has been submitted.

Applications will be accepted immediately. Review of applications will begin December 2, 2024. We will continue to accept applications until finalists have been selected. Finalists will be asked to supply letters of recommendation. The start date for this position is August 15, 2025. Please direct inquiries about this position to the chair of the search committee, Dr. Laura Pomeroy (pomeroy.26@osu.edu).

The Ohio State University is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, disability, ethnicity, gender identity or expression, genetic information, HIV/AIDS status, military status, national origin, race, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, pregnancy, protected veteran status, or any other basis under the law.