Associate Professor & Executive Director CIRCLE

Job Title Associate Professor & Executive Director CIRCLE Agency Prairie View A&M University Department School of Public and Allied Health Proposed Minimum Salary Commensurate Job Location Prairie View, Texas Job Type Faculty

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The School of Public and Allied Health (SPAH) at Prairie View A&M University invites applications for a 12-month, tenure‑track Associate Professor who will also serve as the Executive Director of the Center for Innovative Research, Collaboration, Leadership, and Community Engagement (CIRCLE). This leadership position is designed to advance the School's strategic vision of becoming a nationally recognized leader in interdisciplinary research, community engagement, workforce development, and externally funded scholarship.

The Executive Director will provide visionary leadership for CIRCLE, serving as SPAH's central research hub and operational engine for collaborative research, faculty development, community‑engaged scholarship, grant development, and student research training. The successful candidate will build and sustain interdisciplinary collaborations across Prairie View A&M University, the Texas A&M University System, Yale University, federal agencies, healthcare systems, community organizations, and national research partners while strengthening SPAH's research infrastructure and competitiveness for external funding.

This position directly supports the School's expansion of graduate education, including the Master of Public Health, Master of Science in Sports Management, Master of Science in Kinesiology, and future doctoral programs while enhancing research capacity necessary for accreditation and national recognition. This position is funded by restricted funds or a grant. Continued employment is contingent upon the renewal of restricted or grant funds.

The salary is determined in accordance with the University’s compensation structure and will be commensurate with the candidates’ education and experience, within the assigned salary range for this position.

• Provide strategic leadership for the Center for Innovative Research, Collaboration, Leadership, and Community Engagement (CIRCLE).
• Develop and implement the Center's strategic vision, goals, and research priorities.
• Establish CIRCLE as the School's central research infrastructure supporting interdisciplinary scholarship.
• Build sustainable partnerships with academic institutions, healthcare systems, community organizations, industry, and governmental agencies.
• Develop pilot‑to‑publication and pilot‑to‑proposal research pipelines that increase scholarly productivity.
• Lead strategic initiatives that increase external funding and research competitiveness.
• Create sustainable systems for faculty mentoring, grant development, and interdisciplinary collaboration.
• Manage the Center's operations, budgets, personnel, and strategic initiatives.
• Expand community‑engaged research addressing health disparities, behavioral health, cancer prevention, maternal and child health, chronic disease prevention, sports performance, nutrition, rural health, and implementation science.
• Represent CIRCLE and the School at local, state, national, and international meetings and partnerships.

• Lead a nationally competitive,…