The Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Rutgers University-New Brunswick is seeking an interdisciplinary scholar of Spanish for health care. This is a non-tenure track three-year renewable Assistant Teaching Professor position. This 10-month position can begin in January or in September, 2025.
The successful candidate will be expected to teach Spanish for Health, as well as other Spanish- for-health courses at the undergraduate and graduate level. The teaching load is 3-3 with reductions to 2-2 to allow for administrative work. All the courses taught in Spring 2025 will be online. The administrative duties include overseeing academic, curricular, and administrative matters related to language for health care, while working to establish new partnerships both within and outside of the university to build a program in language for health care.
The qualifications required are: (1) doctorate or other job-specific higher degree; (2) teaching and/or professional experience related to language in physical and/or mental health; and (3) native or near-native proficiency in Spanish and English.
Additional preferred qualifications include: (1) knowledge of Portuguese or additional languages; (2) experience working in an interdisciplinary environment and engaging with communities; and (3) involvement in Latinx health care.