Nursing - Assistant Professor​/Associate Professor - Tenure​/Tenure Track

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Work type: Regular Full-time (Benefits eligible)
Location: Alabama
Categories: Tenure/Tenure-Track Faculty

223102 - Division of Nursing Leadership

Assistant/Associate Professor

We are excited to announce multiple tenure-track faculty positions at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor. Candidates with a special interest in artificial intelligence, quantum computing, cardiovascular or metabolic health, infectious disease prevention and management, or executive leadership are encouraged to apply. Those with other interest areas will be considered.

• Conduct and sustain a program of externally funded research.
• Teach and mentor students at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
• Contribute to the advancement of the college through service and leadership.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to promote innovation in nursing science.

• Earned doctorate (PhD or equivalent) in nursing or a related field.
• Demonstrated record of scholarly achievement and research productivity.
• Evidence of excellence in teaching, mentorship, and service.
• Eligibility for licensure as a registered nurse (RN) in Alabama is preferred.

• History of federal funding is strongly preferred.

• Applicants should submit: A cover letter outlining research and teaching interests.
• Curriculum vitae.
• Names and contact information for three professional references.

Our institution is committed to supporting cutting‑edge research. We are about to embark on building expansion that will include a fully functional biobehavioral research laboratory. It is scheduled for completion in Fall 2028, which will provide advanced resources for innovative nursing science research. The new building will also feature an innovation lab dedicated to artificial intelligence (AI) and other creative and entrepreneurial activities, offering unique opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration and technological innovation.

The University of Alabama is located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, named one of Travel + Leisure’s 25 Best College Towns and Cities in the U.S. As one of the nation’s premier universities, UA offers bachelor’s, master's and doctoral degrees in nearly 200 fields of study. With more than 1,400 acres of tree‑lined academic core campus and over 300 state‑of‑the‑art facilities, UA has been ranked among the most beautiful and most impressive college campuses in the South, in the state of Alabama and in the nation.

In Fall 2023, the Capstone set a new enrollment record with more than 39,000 students, including more than 8,200 in the freshman class. The current enrollment includes students from every county in Alabama, every state in the nation and 92 countries around the world. More than 1,100 National Merit Scholars are currently enrolled, making UA one of the largest enrolling institutions of the scholars in the country.

UA was recently recognized as a Top Producing Institution of Fulbright U.S. students for the seventh time in nine years, as well as a Top Producing Institution of Fulbright U.S. Scholars for the first time. UA is one of only 12 universities in the nation to receive both honors.

For reasons like this, the University made Forbes list of America’s Top Colleges for 2023 and Time magazine’s list of Top 50 Best Colleges for Future Leaders. It also made Princeton Review’s list of Top Value Colleges.

UA is also designated among the top doctoral research universities in the United States in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. One of the fastest growing major research institutions in the nation, UA saw a 21% increase in sponsored awards in the 2023 fiscal year.

Since 2015, UA has invested over $1.1 billion in the physical campus, adding more than 2.55 million gross square feet of space, over 150 new research‑intensive faculty, signature research areas (e.g., “The Alabama Research Institutes”), and a growing number of partnerships with industry and…