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Job Summary:

The Department of Public Health Sciences at Xavier University of Louisiana invites applicants for a tenure-track position in public health at the early career assistant professor level to begin Fall 2025. The ideal candidate will have a Ph.D. in Public Health with an emphasis in any area of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. The Department is seeking candidates with research and teaching interests in epidemiology, biostatistics, computer applications, and research methods.

The ideal candidate will demonstrate potential for excellence in teaching and research with graduate students. Teaching responsibilities include epidemiology, biostatistics, computer applications, qualitative and quantitative analysis. Our faculty members are active scholars, who lead externally funded research and community projects. Applications are encouraged from applicants with a strong background in any current or emerging areas of epidemiology and biostatistics, with research interests in areas such as health equity, health disparities, maternal and child health, minority health, aging, chronic disease. The department is particularly interested in candidates who have experience working with students from HBCU and underrepresented backgrounds, minimizing barriers and increasing equity and completion rates between members of different demographic groups.

Duties

• Teach graduate courses including, but not limited to: epidemiology, biostatistics, research methods and computer applications. Mode of instruction may include in-person, hybrid, remote, and/or any combination thereof.
  
• Supervise and mentor undergraduate and graduate research students leading to publications and professional presentations.
  
• Develop and sustain an independent and externally funded research.
  
• Participate in service activities for the department, university, and community.
  About the Department and the Position
  
  

The Department of Public Health Sciences at Xavier value teaching and research as essential components of education; many of our undergraduate and graduate students engage in independent research and practicums mentored by faculty and preceptors. The Public Health Sciences Department shares the university's mission and supports it by preparing students to create a more just and humane society through careers in public health, medicine, health administration, health equity, health promotion, biomedical sciences, and related areas. As a Department, our goal is to prepare Xavier students for careers that are impactful through leadership and service. By promoting theoretical and applied concepts, critical and analytical thinking, and quantitative and qualitative reasoning, we prepare Xavier students to enter the public health workforce or pursue graduate and health professional studies and career opportunities.

The Department of Public Health Sciences is one of the newest departments at Xavier and offer opportunities to all majors in the sciences, and the humanities and arts to learn about public health issues.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Ph.D. in Public Health or related doctorate with an emphasis in any area of Epidemiology or Biostatistics (conferred by the time of appointment);
• Ability to develop and teach face-to-face as well as online classes;
• Strong commitment to teaching 3-3 graduate teaching load;
• Demonstrate a strong potential for excellence in teaching and mentoring graduate HBCU students are essential;
• Commitment to academic advising for majors within the department;
• Conduct ongoing, independent research resulting in scholarly publications or successful grant proposals;
• Established record of research productivity, proportional to experience, in an area mentioned above;
• Demonstrated commitment to working successfully with HBCU and diverse student population; and
• Write and Speak English proficiently.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Advanced training beyond the Ph.D., e.g. Post-doc;
• Successful experience teaching undergraduate or graduate courses in public health with an emphasis in any area of Epidemiology and Biostatistics;
• Successful experience teaching public health to HBCU and diverse student body and knowledge of effective strategies (e.g. culturally responsive or inclusive pedagogy, awareness of issues that may affect the success of minoritized students) supporting underrepresented groups;
• Awareness of pedagogical best practices and ongoing commitment to developing and maintaining knowledge in this area;
• A research project that complements existing department and community research;
• Experience recruiting graduate students from diverse backgrounds; and
• Commitment to the mission of Xavier University of Louisiana.

Education: PhD

About Xavier University of Louisiana

Xavier University of Louisiana, founded by St. Katharine Drexel and the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament in 1925, is Catholic and historically Black. The ultimate purpose of the University is to contribute to the promotion of a more just and humane society by preparing its students to assume roles of leadership and service in a global society. The only historically Black, Catholic university in the United States, XULA is a private, liberal-arts based, co-educational institution offering 40 undergraduate majors, 5 master’s degree programs and a doctor of pharmacy program. More than one-half of its 3,100 students are from Louisiana, but it draws students from nearly all fifty states and 35 countries. Xavier is recognized as a national leader in the sciences and the liberal arts: • #1 in the nation in the number of African American graduates who go on to complete medical school (AAMC data 2019). • Among the nation’s top four colleges of pharmacy in graduating African Americans with Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm D) degrees. (2018) • #1 in the nation in awarding bachelor's degrees to African American students in the biological and biomedical sciences, the physical sciences, and physics. ... (2018) • #3 in the nation in the number of African American graduates who go on to earn a Ph.D. in science and engineering disciplines. (2018) • The Department of Physics is #1 in the nation for awarding African Americans baccalaureate degrees in physics and the physical sciences, according to the American Institute of Physics. (2018) Xavier is consistently ranked by the American Chemical Society as one of the top 25 universities in the nation. • The 2020 edition of the Fiske Guide to Colleges named Xavier among its 300 “best and most interesting” four-year colleges and universities. • Xavier was also singled out as one of the nation’s 385 best institutions for undergraduate education by The Princeton Review in the 2020 edition of its annual “The Best 385 Colleges”. • College Consensus, a unique college ratings website that aggregates publisher rankings and student reviews, ranks Xavier as the nation’s #3 Historically Black Colleges and Universities) (2019). It also ranks Xavier as #3 among all Louisiana colleges. • College Factual ranks both Xavier’s biology and chemistry programs as program as No. 1 in Louisiana. (2019) • Your 2018 Guide to College Transfer lists Xavier as one of only 90 colleges and universities nationwide profiled as “transfer friendly” in this guide to the college transfer process by the Kaplan Educational Foundation. • The Student Loan Report ranks #Xavier 12 out of 800 Private schools who left graduates with the least amount of private student loan debt, a form of financial aid known for higher interest rates and less forgiving repayment programs. (2018) • Zippia.com named Xavier's Psychology Program as #1 in Louisiana. (2018) • Learn.org ranks Xavier Among the Top 50 STEM schools in the U.S. (2019) • The Edvocate ranks Xavier as the nation’s No. 3 Catholic University. (2019) • Zippia.com rates Xavier #1 in Louisiana in its 2019 report, “Best College in Each State for Getting a Job”.

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