University of Puget Sound

Exercise Science Visiting Assistant Professor

Job ID: 7945
Location: Exercise Science
Full/Part Time: Full Time
Regular/Tempoary: Temporary

Faculty Posting Details

Appointment:
One year Visiting Assistant Professor position in Exercise Science for spring 2025 and fall 2025.

Responsibilities:

Teach five or six units for the year, to include Exercise Physiology (including labs) and Introductory Research Methods. Additional teaching duties may include an elective in the candidate's area of specialty.

Qualifications:

A doctoral degree (ABD considered) in Exercise Science, Kinesiology, or a related field and a commitment to liberal arts education. Experience teaching Exercise Physiology and labs is required. Experience teaching Research Methods curriculum is desirable.

Compensation and Benefits:
Rank: Visiting Assistant Professor

Salary is commensurate with education and experience. Faculty salaries at the University of Puget Sound are based on a common salary scale based on experience and then adjusted for units taught during the academic year.

For 5 units, Assistant Professor salaries begin at $60,637 annualized for an Assistant Professor with a terminal degree in their field in their first year of full-time postdoctoral teaching through $67,856 annualized based on experience.

For 6 units, Assistant Professor salaries begin at $72,765 annualized for an Assistant Professor with a terminal degree in their field in their first year of full-time postdoctoral teaching through $81,428 annualized based on experience.

Puget Sound offers a generous benefits package. For more information, visit: https://www.pugetsound.edu/sites/default/files/2023-12/2024%20Benefits%20for%20Faculty%20Members.pdf

About Puget Sound:
The University of Puget Sound is located in Tacoma, Washington, a vibrant, diverse mid-sized urban port city. Our university's undergraduate students select coursework from 50 traditional and interdisciplinary areas of study, with an undergraduate student:faculty ratio of 11:1. Our unique location offers ample opportunities to engage in a wide variety of cultural activities. There is ready access to both natural and urban areas: a short drive to three iconic National Parks, wild ocean beaches, a temperate rainforest, and several major metropolitan centers.

The Exercise Science program currently has 60-75 students taught by four tenure-track faculty members. The mission of the Exercise Science Department is to provide a scientific background which promotes critical thinking as it relates to health, wellness and the attainment of human potential. The scientific process and clear articulation of ideas are introduced through a curriculum that addresses exercise science from a number of perspectives including nutritional, physiological, neuromuscular adaptation and biomechanics. The major is popular among Puget Sound undergraduates pursuing careers in health sciences such as physical therapy, occupational therapy, etc. Four state of the art labs, housed in the inspiring Weyerhaeuser Hall and Harned Hall, provide opportunities for students to collaborate and solve problems concerning human health and performance.

Application Deadline:
Applications will be assessed on a rolling basis starting October 18, 2024.

University Diversity Statement:

• We acknowledge the richness of commonalities and differences we share as a university community; the intrinsic worth of all who work and study here; that education is enhanced by investigation of and reflection upon multiple perspectives.
• We aspire to create respect for and appreciation of all persons as a key characteristic of our campus community; to increase the diversity of all parts of our University community through commitment to diversity in our recruitment and retention efforts; to foster a spirit of openness to active engagement among all members of our campus community.
• We act to achieve an environment that welcomes and supports diversity; to ensure full educational opportunity for all who teach and learn here; to prepare effectively citizen-leaders for a pluralistic world.

Puget Sound is committed to an environment that welcomes and supports diversity. We seek diversity of identity, thought, perspective, and background in our students, faculty, and staff. To learn more please visit: http://www.pugetsound.edu/about/diversity-at-puget-sound/

Required Documents:
Please submit curriculum vitae when prompted to submit your resume. Additional documents can be attached within the application. Applications submitted without these documents requested below will not be considered:



Please submit curriculum vitae when prompted to submit your resume. Additional documents can be attached within the application. Applications submitted without these documents requested below will not be considered:

• Curriculum vitae
• Letter of interest
• Teaching philosophy statement
• Diversity Statement (see details below)
• Contact Information for two (2) letters of reference. You will be asked to specify the email addresses of reference providers at the time of application and the system will email these providers on the next business day.
• All offers of employment are contingent on successful completion of a background inquiry.

Candidate's Diversity Statement:
As a department and university, we are strongly committed to creating an inclusive and effective teaching, learning, and working environment for all. In the candidate's diversity statement, applicants should comment on their ability to contribute meaningfully to our on-going commitment to be informed and competent with regard to issues of diversity, equity, and individual differences. We encourage applicants to reference the University of Puget Sound's current Diversity Strategic Plan (DSP) at http://www.pugetsound.edu/about/diversity-at-puget-sound/diversity-strategic-plan/ prior to writing this statement. While not an exhaustive list, the following are some ways candidates can express their qualification:

• Your lived experiences and/or identities that speak to the department and university's commitment to inclusion and diversity;
• Demonstration of your awareness of inequities for underrepresented student populations in education, research experience, and other opportunities;
• Brief insights on why diversity is important at institutions like the University of Puget Sound;
• Infusion of diversity and diversity-related issues into your research, pedagogy, and/or service;
• Previous and/or current activities involving mentoring underrepresented student populations;
• Creative ideas or strategies you could enact as a member of the University of Puget Sound campus community to support the university's DSP;
• Brief insights on how cultural competency increases one's effectiveness as an educator and department/university colleague.

The University of Puget Sound is an equal opportunity employer.


How to Apply
For complete job description and application instructions, visit: www.pugetsound.edu/employment

About Puget Sound
Puget Sound is a selective national liberal arts college in Tacoma, Washington, drawing 2,600 students from 48 states and 20 countries. Puget Sound graduates include Rhodes and Fulbright scholars, notables in the arts and culture, entrepreneurs and elected officials, and leaders in business and finance locally and throughout the world. A low student-faculty ratio provides Puget Sound students with personal attention from faculty who have a strong commitment to teaching and offer 1,200 courses each year in more than 40 traditional and interdisciplinary fields, including graduate programs in occupational and physical therapy and in education. Puget Sound is the only nationally ranked independent undergraduate liberal arts college in Western Washington, and one of just five independent colleges in the Pacific Northwest granted a charter by Phi Beta Kappa, the nation’s most prestigious academic honorary society. Visit "About Puget Sound" (http://www.pugetsound.edu/about) to learn more about the college.

As a strategic goal and through our core values, University of Puget Sound is committed to an environment that welcomes and supports diversity. We seek diversity of identity, thought, perspective, and background in our students, faculty, and staff. EOE/AA










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