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Career Track or Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Public Health Psychology, Vancouver Campus Online applications must be received before 12:00am on: November 26, 2024 If a date is not listed above, review the Applicant Instructions below for more details. Available Title(s): 161-NNFACULTY - Scholarly Assistant Professor - Career, 270-NNFACULTY - Assistant Professor Business Title: Career Track or Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Public Health Psychology, Vancouver Campus Employee Type: Faculty Position Term: Position Details: Career Track or Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Public Health Psychology, Vancouver Campus Collaborate on a new Bachelor of Science in Public Health degree program at WSU! WSU Vancouver has two positions in the behavioral health track, a Career Track Assistant Professor and a Tenure Track Assistant Professor. Summary of Duties This is a full-time (9 month) permanent Tenure-track or continuous Career Track Assistant Professor of Psychology position in the College of Arts and Sciences. This role is a unique opportunity to collaborate with an interdisciplinary team across Washington State University in the establishment and ongoing implementation of a new Bachelor of Science in Public Health degree program at WSU. Specifically, these faculty will be responsible for delivery and oversight of a Behavioral Health degree track in collaboration with faculty on the WSU Spokane Campus. The Department of Psychology at Washington State University (WSU) College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) in Vancouver, WA seeks to fill two full-time (9 month) faculty positions to help build a newly state-funded undergraduate program in public health. This new degree is an interdisciplinary degree program with multiple threads, including a behavioral health track with an emphasis on addiction. WSU-wide, this program will include current faculty as well as new tenure-track (research) and career-track (clinical and teaching) faculty focused on educating a public health workforce serving the needs of rural, remote and underserved communities. In collaboration with partners in the State of Washington department of public health and other industry stakeholders, this program is designed to develop creative academic solutions to workforce needs with a specific interest in underrepresented and/or marginalized communities. Long term, WSU will be developing a Masters in Public Health program. Areas of expertise include infectious disease, behavioral health, global health, one health and epidemiology. Departmental home will be based in CAS Psychology. RESPONSIBILITES: Tenure Track As part of the larger public health program, this position will be focused on addressing needs related to research and teaching for the behavioral health track, with an emphasis on substance use and addiction. This position will have a shared emphasis on undergraduate teaching and scholarly research activity. Candidates will be expected to maintain a productive research program and have opportunities to incorporate graduate and undergraduate students into their scholarly activities. Additionally, candidates will be expected to teach advanced undergraduate courses on public health methods and psychology-related addictive behavior topics. Opportunity to design and teach new classes as determined by programmatic needs may be available. Departmental camaraderie and collegiality through participation in academic service is expected. QUALIFICATIONS: Required: • Advanced degree (PhD or DrPH) in the field of psychology, public health, behavioral health, addictive behavior, epidemiology or a related discipline by the time of hire. • Evidence of ability to develop/maintain a rigorous and productive program of research. • A successful record or demonstrated potential of teaching at the undergraduate level and a commitment to