Assistant Teaching Professor Position in Healthcare Administration
The Health and Society Program and the Department of Economics in the College of Arts & Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth invites applications for an Assistant Teaching Professor position in Healthcare Administration starting in September 2025. The successful candidate may teach courses such as Health Economics, a senior capstone course on Healthcare Administration, and other upper-level electives in areas of health. The candidate will teach a 4:4 load, approximately two thirds of the workload will be in the Health and Society Program, and one third in the Economics Department Healthcare Administration Program. This is a 9-month, non-tenure-track position with primary responsibilities for undergraduate and graduate classroom and online instruction, undergraduate advising, and university service. Initial appointment is for two years, with possibility of renewal and continuous appointment.
UMass Dartmouth is in the beautiful ocean side community of Dartmouth, about an hour south of Boston, half-hour east of Providence, and half-hour west of Cape Cod. It offers a world class education to undergraduate and graduate students each year in over 40 undergraduate and 23 graduate programs offered by the College of Engineering, College of Nursing, Charlton College of Business, College of Arts and Sciences, College of Visual and Performing Arts, School of Law and School for Marine Science and Technology.
The College of Arts and Sciences, the Health and Society Program, and the Economics Department value the ability to serve students from a broad range of cultural heritages, socioeconomic backgrounds, genders, abilities, and orientations. We seek a teaching faculty who values working in a collegial, collaborative environment, guided by a commitment to helping all students achieve their educational goals. The ideal candidate will embrace our values predicated on the primacy of student success and will support an inclusive, accessible, and equitable learning environment.
UMass Dartmouth has transformed the lives of 40,000 alumni and distinguishes itself as a vibrant, public research university dedicated to engaged learning and innovative research. It is the only Massachusetts Tier 1 national research university south of Boston and serves as a catalyst for the development of marine science and technology industries along the south coast.
Duties:
It is expected the successful candidate will be an engaging and effective teacher with a strong commitment to student learning and success. Responsibilities include teaching undergraduate courses in supporting both the Health and Society program and the Healthcare Administration program, implementing inclusive and evidence-based teaching and learning approaches to ensure the academic success of a diverse population of students; collaborating with faculty to enhance curriculum; providing academic advising; and participating in university service activities.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Candidates must have a PhD in economics, health economics, or a closely related field at the time of employment
- Candidates must have teaching experience in healthcare administration and health economics, with evidence of their teaching effectiveness
UMass Dartmouth offers exciting benefits such as:
- 75% Employer-Paid Health Insurance
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Life Insurance
- Long Term Disability
- State Pension Retirement Plan
- Optional Retirement Savings Plans
- Tuition Credit (Employee, Spouse, & Dependents)
- Twelve (12) paid holidays
- And More!
Benefits for Faculty Federation
UMass Dartmouth is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity, Title IX Employer.
Qualified applicants are invited to submit electronically a letter of interest, detailed curriculum vitae, concise statements on teaching interests/philosophy, and contact information for at least three professional references. Employment is contingent upon verification of background/credentials and work authorization.
The review of applications will be ongoing until the position is filled.