Adjunct Faculty - Trauma and Resilience in Healthcare Setttings

Job Details

Job Location:

Harrisonburg, VA 22802

POSITION:
Adjunct Faculty

DEPARTMENT/PROGRAM:
Graduate Nursing

PAY RANGE
: $450 - $1,300 per semester credit hour (SCH). Faculty are contracted per SCH. Actual compensation within this range is determined by factors including academic credentials, relevant professional experience, discipline, and course enrollment. Courses with lower enrollment may be prorated within this range in accordance with university policy.

• Doctoral degree (PhD, DNP, Psy.D.) preferred (or in progress)
• Masters with related experience accepted

• To serve as an adjunct faculty member for the engineering program, teaching up to 9 semester credit hours per semester. Include the following:
• Graduate Certificate program
• Fully online and synchronous
• Course: TRHS 561 - The Biology of Trauma and Fostering Resilience
• This course will focus on how trauma and unregulated stress affect the brain and affect health in various ways. Understanding of brain anatomy, function, regulation, and hormonal control is foundational for understanding multiple health effects that pose a significant burden for individuals, healthcare systems, and society. The course will explore several illnesses that research continues to reveal have a link with trauma and unregulated stress.
  
  It will allow the student to see how this awareness connects to their area of practice and experience with the ultimate goal of helping to bring light and foster resilience in those they care for, and for themselves.

APPOINTMENT DATE
:
October - December (course runs second half of semester). EMU reserves the right to fill the position at any time or keep the position open.

• Opportunity to teach and mentor students in your area of expertise
• Flexible scheduling that compliments a clinical practice, research, or other professional work
• Be part of a campus community focused on academic excellence, peace and justice, and active faith

Eastern Mennonite University (http://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below).) is a private, faith-based, liberal arts university in Harrisonburg, Virginia known for academic excellence and affordability with a focus on service, social justice, and global engagement. With more than 1500 students studying at our main campus in Harrisonburg, Virginia; at our Lancaster, Pennsylvania instructional site; and online, EMU offers rigorous academic study at the undergraduate and graduate level.

EMU encourages students, faculty and staff to live their faith and values through service to others, peacemaking, cross-cultural engagement and sustainability. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, EMU is committed to enhancing our community and encourages applications from qualified individuals with varied backgrounds, experiences, and ideas who would deepen the diversity of the University. EMU is committed to an inclusive and equitable campus community where everyone is treated with dignity and respect and can be their authentic self.

Our goal is to remove the barriers that underrepresented and marginalized groups have frequently encountered in our society. We commit to address the structures that produce discrimination, racial injustice, gender inequities and other forms of oppression, and to fully include LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities, and other members of historically minoritized communities.