Friday, January 30, 2015
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
CIIS Integrative Health Studies (IHL) Program Expanding
Assistant Professor Faculty Position Open
POSITION: Assistant Professor Faculty
DEPARTMENT: Integrative Health Studies (IHL)
STARTING DATE: July 2015
SUMMARY
CIIS has developed one of the first accredited graduate degree programs in Integrative Health Studies in the U.S. A two-year, nonclinical master's degree program that prepares graduates to enter the innovative field of integrative health, the Integrative Health Studies program blends insights from scientific biomedicine with time-honored perspectives on mind-body-spirit wholeness, traditional healing, and complementary/alternative modalities. The mission of the IHL program is to educate individuals to serve as integrative health coaches by providing holistic, culturally sensitive services and wellness management programs to diverse populations.
POSITION DESCRIPTION
This position includes responsibilities for teaching 9 units per year of graduate-level courses in Integrative Health Studies, advising students, university and department service, committee work, and professional contributions as needed. Core faculty are required to demonstrate professional growth in scholarship, publishing, research, grants, awards, and teaching/mentoring. It also includes marketing the program through information meetings and presentations to schools, conferences and public workshops as needed. Teaching on occasional weekends, evenings and online should be expected. This position requires experience in teaching integrative nutrition, health and disease from a functional medicine perspective, traditional medicines (Chinese Medicine, Ayurveda, shamanism, etc.), naturopathic principles of health and healing, interpersonal neurobiology, and integrative anatomy and physiology.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
- Earned doctorate in health education, public health or clinical health degree or related field from regionally accredited university.
- Teaching experience at college level at regionally accredited institute of higher education
- Applicants with experience designing and implementing wellness programs for universities, hospitals, clinics, organizations and/or communities are given priority.
- Experience in curriculum design and developing assessments in alignment with strategic missions is desired.
- Experience in teaching cultures other than your own or in developing courses with learning outcomes that address culturally-sensitive health care and reduce health disparities.
The ideal candidate will have attended national conferences in health promotion, wellness, integrative medicine, and health care, and be familiar with advances in the field. This teaching position requires that the individual has established institutional and personal connections within the health promotion discipline.
APPLICATION:
This position is opened until filled.
Please submit the following items, as one document, to https://home.eease.adp.com/recruit/?id=12255391
- Curriculum vitae or resume
- Descriptive cover letter addressing all qualifications
- Names of 3 References
SALARY:
Commensurate with experience. Excellent benefits package.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYMENT POLICY
CIIS is committed to providing an open, fair, inclusive, non-discriminatory environment for all individuals across differences of race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, socio-economic status, ethnicity, age, physical ability, or medical condition. We seek to increase the presence, representation and inclusion of U.S. historically under-represented people of color, international, bilingual and bicultural students, faculty and staff; and, to provide an environment that will attract and retain individuals identified as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning and intersex (LGBTQQI).
Dr. Meg Jordan, PhD, RN, CWP, is Co-President of the National Wellness Institute, author of HOW TO BE A HEALTH COACH, Department Chair and Professor of Integrative Health Studies M.A. Program at the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco. She is a medical anthropologist, and behavioral health specialist. mjordan@ciis.edu