Assistant/Associate Professor, Occupational Therapy

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Faculty Track Tenure-Track Position Title Assistant/Associate Professor, Occupational Therapy Employment Status Full Time Months 12 Campus Portland, ME Description

Applications are being accepted for a 12-Month Assistant Professor/Associate Professor , Tenure Track in the Master of Science in Occupational Therapy program at the University of New England (UNE), in Portland, Maine. This position include teaching, student advising, course development, and service. Tenure track positions include active scholarship and research as well as teaching within the research sequence. The successful candidate will possess recent experience with effective learner-centered teaching, a strong interest in interprofessional education, the ability to teach across the UNE MSOT curriculum, and a team-centered/collaborative philosophy. Opportunity to teach a variety of curricular content, across the lifespan, exists based on applicant's area of expertise.

The University of New England's MSOT program is located in Portland, Maine, a vibrant coastal city. Along with “Outside Magazine” who named Portland one of the greatest places to live in America, “Food and Wine Magazine” named it one of the most amazing food cities in America. Portland's diversity, world-class cultural, art and entertainment offerings, small-town sense of community coupled with its proximity to beautiful beaches and mountains adds to its flair. UNE's Portland campus is located in a suburban neighborhood and provides an intimate New England architectural setting on 41 acres. The University of New England's MSOT program was established in 1981 as the first program in Maine. We are proud to have an accomplished faculty which includes three Fellows of the American Occupational Therapy Association. The University provides a supportive environment that facilitates our active engagement in service, scholarship, and research at the local, national, and international level in a variety of contexts.

We seek to recruit and retain a diverse workforce to facilitate the university strategic plan, which supports a welcoming, inclusive and vibrant learning community. The University of New England is building a community that is diverse along all dimensions of human difference. The MSOT program at the University of New England engages students in learning from, about and with varied disciplines, perspectives and ways of knowing. Successful candidates will have a demonstrated commitment to promoting equity, fairness and justice in an educational and work environment and must be willing to contribute to the University strategic plan of inclusion.

This position will remain open until filled. Faculty rank and salary are commensurate with qualifications.

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