HES-Instructor, Human Development and Family Studies

217601 - Human Dev/Family Studies

Instructor

Appointments to the faculty of The University of Alabama are based on the personnel requirements of the University’s academic programs and on the goal of achieving and maintaining excellence in its teaching, research, and service/academic citizenship activities.

The Department of Human Development and Family Studies (HDFS), within the College of Human Environmental Sciences at The University of Alabama, seeks applicants for an Instructor of HDFS appointment. Sought are applicants with a breadth of relevant disciplinary knowledge and experience teaching core and specialty courses within the department’s existing curriculum. The selected candidate will have ongoing teaching, advising, and service responsibilities in the department.
The successful candidate will teach 4 courses per semester (face-to-face and/or online) in one or more of the following areas: child development, adolescence, adult development, addiction and recovery, parenting, and/or family studies. Additionally, they will advise undergraduate HDFS students and provide ongoing service to the university, profession, and community. This is a 9-month, in-person position beginning August 16, 2027.

1. A master’s degree in Human Development and Family Studies or in a closely related field;
2. Teaching experience in higher education;
3. Strong interpersonal skills, including effective oral and written communication.

Preference will be given to candidates with: (a) a record of high-quality instruction and (b) the ability to teach a variety of department courses.

At the College of Human Environmental Sciences, we empower students to bring about positive change in the world. Our faculty conduct advanced research, provide outreach and prepare a new generation of professionals with a shared goal of improving lives.
CHES brings together a wide range of disciplines which focus on the interaction between individuals, families and the environment. Five distinct departments cover a multitude of human science programs that help individuals across the lifespan improve their mental, physical and financial well-being. We touch people’s lives in the home, at school, in the workplace, at the dinner table, on the athletic field, and in a myriad of other arenas.

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.
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