JOB: Chair, Department of Health and Kinesiology, UT-Tyler

Position: Chair of the Department of Health and Kinesiology
Salary: Unspecified
Institution: University of Texas at Tyler
Location: Texas
Date posted: 5/21/2007

The University of Texas at Tyler

Chair, Department of Health and Kinesiology

Applications and nominations are invited for the position of Chair of the Department of Health and Kinesiology.

Overview of Position: The chair provides leadership for all of the Department's academic, financial and human resource concerns. In addition to maintaining the teaching, scholarship and service responsibilities of a faculty member, the chair represents the Department with both internal and external constituencies.

Qualifications: The successful applicant will provide evidence of: (a) professional achievement commensurate with appointment in the Department as associate or full professor, including strong record of scholarship; (b) ability to effectively lead and manage the Department; (c) commitment to academic excellence; (d) commitment to collegiality; and (e) ability to communicate effectively with faculty, staff, administrators and members of the surrounding community. Ideally, the successful applicant will have experience with extramural funding.

General Information: The Department of Health and Kinesiology, within the College of Nursing and Health Sciences, offers three undergraduate and three master's degrees: B.S.-Health Studies, B.S.-Kinesiology, B.A.-Health and Kinesiology, M.Ed.-Health and Kinesiology, M.S.-Clinical Exercise Physiology, and M.S.-Kinesiology. In addition, an M.S.-Health Studies Degree has been proposed. The Department will have ten full-time faculty members with filling of the chair position. Enrollment in Department courses has increased dramatically over the past 5-6 years; semester credit hours surpassed 6,000 in the 2005-06 academic year. The Department is housed in the Jean Lancaster Academic Wing of the beautiful Herrington Patriot Center, which was completed in 2003.

UT Tyler is one of 15 components of the University of Texas System. Another component, The University of Texas Health Center at Tyler, a clinical and research institution, is also located in Tyler. Tyler (population ca. 85,000) is located in northeast Texas, about 90 miles east of Dallas, an area known for its lakes, rolling hills, piney woods and beautiful flowers. UT Tyler is in a period of rapid growth (enrollment is close to 6,000) and transition, changing in recent years from an upper-division and master's degree-granting university for commuter students to a comprehensive, more-traditional university. The first doctoral programs will start soon.

Starting date of appointment: As soon as August 2007; no later than August 2008.

Salary: Negotiable and commensurate with qualifications.

To apply, submit C.V. and list of five professional references, with current position and contact information for each, to Chair, Search Committee, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, The University of Texas at Tyler, 3900 University Blvd., Tyler, TX 75799.

The University of Texas at Tyler is an EEO/AA Employer. Women and minorities are strongly encouraged to apply.