Assistant Teaching Professor for Spanish Language and Health

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 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; and (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; and (3) involvement in Latinx health care.

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. Rutgers-New Brunswick ranks as one of the top 15 public U.S. universities, ranks at #41 (over 1,500 US. Public and private universities) and is a member of the prestigious Big Ten Academic Alliance ( BTAA). Rutgers has a strong Health Sciences program ( https://rutgershealth.org) that integrates two medical schools (New Jersey Medical School, in Newark, https://njms.rutgers.edu/; Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, in New Brunswick, https://rwjms.rutgers.edu/), and five schools: Pharmacy: https://pharmacy.rutgers.edu/, Health Professions: https://shp.rutgers.edu/degree-programs/, Nursing: https://nursing.rutgers.edu/, Dental Medicine: https://sdm.rutgers.edu/, and Public Health: https://sph.rutgers.edu/. Finally, Rutgers has centers for psychological services ( https://gsapp.rutgers.edu/centers-clinics/center-psychological-services-cps), alcohol and substance use ( https://gsapp.rutgers.edu/centers-clinics/center-alcohol-and-substance-use-studies-cas), developmental disabilities ( https://gsapp.rutgers.edu/centers-clinics/douglass-developmental-disabilities-center-dddc), adult autism ( https://gsapp.rutgers.edu/centers-clinics/rutgers-center-adult-autism-services-rcaas), and in- and out-patient behavioral health treatment ( https://rutgersfoundation.org/rutgers-youth-behavioral-health-initiative#center). Outside of the university, New Jersey is ranked #4 for healthcare quality in the nation and has the densest concentration of top pharma hubs in the United States, together with New York and Massachusetts. This is important because Rutgers supports and values outreach courses, programs, and internships.

Interested candidates can upload the following materials: personal statement (up to 2 pages single-spaced) and CV. The preferred deadline is November 20, 2024, but applications will be accepted until the position is filled.

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; and (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; and (3) involvement in Latinx health care.