Health policy teaching

LEHIGH UNIVERSITY. The Department of Population Health, College of Health (COH), invites applications for an open-rank Teaching Faculty position in Health Politics and Health Policy with a specialization in healthcare regulation, health services administration, or political and social determinants of health, with an anticipated start date of July 2026. This position is a renewable, fixed-term, non-tenure-track, full-time position. The initial term of appointment is 3-5 years.

Candidates must have an earned doctorate or master's degree in political science, health services administration, business administration, economics, public health, public policy, health services research, or a closely related field by the date of employment. Candidates must have a willingness to work in an interdisciplinary environment and engage with communities.

The individual hired will be expected to offer 6 classes per year at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Successful candidates will be expected to teach beginning through advanced topics in health politics and policy, healthcare operations management, healthcare finance, political and social determinants of health, or population health courses appropriate to their specialization. In addition to teaching, the individual hired will be expected to mentor students at the undergraduate and graduate level, contribute to curriculum and program development, and participate in departmental, college, and university service. They will have the opportunity to contribute to the recently launched interdisciplinary BS degree in Integrated Business and Health in collaboration with the College of Business.

While the position is not tenurable, Teaching Assistant Professors who develop excellent records in the areas of teaching and service are eligible for consideration for promotion to the rank of Teaching Associate Professor, and ultimately to the rank of Teaching Full Professor.

The Department of Population Health in the College of Health has an interdisciplinary faculty, innovative curriculum, robust experiential learning opportunities for students, and integrated career and professional development. Our Department offers a Bachelor of Science in Population Health, jointly leads the Integrated Business and Health (IBH) program, and houses minors in Environmental Health, Epidemiology, Health Policy and Politics, Maternal and Child Health, and Population Health. The Department contributes courses to all the majors and graduate programs in the College of Health. The individual hired will have the opportunity to contribute to the IBH program as well as other curricula in the College of Health.

The mission of the COH, the newest of five colleges at Lehigh University, is to understand, preserve, and improve the health and well-being of domestic and global populations and communities with community-focused and data-driven research and education. The COH offers undergraduate majors in Community and Global Health (BA), Health, Medicine, and Society (BA), Population Health (BS), Biostatistics/Health Data Science (BS), and Integrated Business and Health (BS), as well as a Master of Public Health (MPH), and PhD in Population Health. As our faculty grows, the COH will add a suite of graduate degrees in Health Data Science (certificate, MS, PhD), and more.

The distinctive experiences of undergraduates and graduate students in the COH include an innovative curriculum, robust experiential learning opportunities, and integrated career and professional development. Lehigh University has a strong faculty commitment to excellence in teaching, and strong support for pedagogical innovation, including the Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning , which includes a data visualization classroom, a digital media studio, flexible, multi-screen classrooms, and DIY video and audio recording studios.

Interested applicants are invited to review the College of Health website and the Lehigh University Strategic Plan.

Founded in 1865, Lehigh University has combined outstanding academic and learning opportunities with leadership in fostering innovative research. Recognized among the nation's highly ranked research universities, Lehigh offers a rigorous academic community for over 7,500 students. Lehigh University has some 5,800 undergraduates, 1,800 graduate students, and nearly 600 full-time faculty members. Lehigh University is located in vibrant and historic Bethlehem, PA, one of the fastest growing regions in the US. Over 840,000 people live in the Lehigh Valley, which is in close proximity to New York City and Philadelphia.

Qualifications

Candidates must have an earned doctorate or master's degree in political science, health services administration, business administration, economics, public health, public policy, health services research, or a closely related field by the date of employment. Candidates must have a willingness to work in an interdisciplinary environment and engage with communities.

Application Instructions

Review of applications will begin on October 31 and will continue until the position is filled. Applicants should submit their materials online at Candidates should submit the following materials:

• Cover letter
• Curriculum vitae
• Teaching statement that describes instructional philosophy and courses that the candidate would want to teach or develop
• If available: teaching experience from the last three years; courses taught; enrollment; modality; student evaluations or other measures of teaching effectiveness
• A statement on Contributions to Lehigh’s Principles of Our Equitable Community that describes how your experiences, knowledge, and skills prepare you to effectively contribute to a learning and research community that holds these principles at its core (the Lehigh ADVANCE Center’s guide for understanding and preparing such statements is available here)
• Three letters of recommendation. (Letters of recommendation for candidates at the rank of Assistant Teaching Professor are required at the time of application. Letters of recommendation for Associate or Full Teaching Professors will be requested of finalists only.)
  
  

Any inquiries regarding this search should be directed to Prof. Albert Liu, Chair of the search committee, at [email protected].

Lehigh University is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, color, disability, ethnicity, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital or familial status, national origin (including shared ancestry), pregnancy or related conditions, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or veteran status. Lehigh University is committed to a culturally and intellectually diverse academic community and is especially interested in candidates who can contribute, through their research, teaching and/or service, to this mission. Lehigh University provides competitive salaries and comprehensive benefits, including domestic partner benefits, and supports faculty members’ work/life balance.

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