New York, NY: Asst or Assoc Professor (demography), City University of New York, Hunter College

Asst or Assoc Professor - Demography Cluster

POSTED: Sep 28
Salary: Open Location: New York, NY
Employer: CUNY Hunter College
Type: Full Time - Experienced
Categories: epidemiology, public health management
Required Education: Doctorate

Description
Demography Cluster Initiative
Location/Department: Urban Public Health Program FLSA Status: Exempt

Compensation: Salary offers will be commensurate with experience and academic accomplishments.

Web Site: www.cuny.edu/cidr

Notice Number: FY13977

Closing Date: Open until filled with review of resumes to begin 10/11/07

POSITION DESCRIPTION AND DUTIES

Hunter College is seeking to fill a faculty position as part of the City University of New York's newly established demography cluster initiative. CUNY is committed to making ten tenure-track appointments in demography through 2010 and has created the CUNY Institute for Demographic Research (www.cuny.edu/cidr), located at Baruch College. The appointment at Hunter, in public health, will be made at the Assistant or Associate Professor level. CUNY has recently announced that by 2010, it will open the CUNY School of Public Health at Hunter College, a collaborative effort of CUNY's several public health programs. The faculty member is expected to:

• Teach courses in demography and public health;

• Participate in or lead interdisciplinary research teams that will develop and obtain funding for investigations on topics at the intersection of demography and public health and;

• Assist in the development and implementation of doctoral training in demography and public health.

Topics of interest include but are not limited to: life course influences on fertility, morbidity, mortality and health disparities.

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

A Ph.D. is required by the time of appointment. Preference will be given to candidates with a doctorate in demography, public health or a related discipline. At the Associate Professor level preference will given to those with a demonstrated record of explicitly demographically-oriented publication and grantsmanship, and an ability to teach core demography and public health courses. For the Assistant Professor level, preference will be given to those who have one or more papers with direct demographic relevance. Some training in epidemiology is also a plus.

Hunter College seeks candidates with expertise in population-based quantitative analyses of fertility, health, morbidity or mortality.

TO APPLY

Interested candidates should submit - in electronic form - a cover letter that includes a brief summary of research accomplishments and goals, curriculum vitae, and at least two recent articles or manuscripts, and the names and contact information of three references to: Professor Susan Klitzman

Chair, Demography Search Committee Urban Public Health Program
Hunter College
425 East 25th Street
New York, NY 10010

Email: sklitzma@hunter.cuny.edu

The City University of New York

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