Description

The Center for Community-Driven Assistive Technologies (CDAT)

invites applications for a tenured endowed professor position as Presidential Endowed

Chair in Health for Community-Driven Assistive Technologies with an anticipated start

date of July 1, 2026.

The individual hired will be expected to teach courses in the jointly appointed

department at level(s) appropriate for that department, engage in scholarly activities,

and participate in center, departmental, college, and university service.

Requirements

Candidates must have earned a doctorate in one of the following or a closely-related
field by the date of employment: Community and Global Health, Education,
Population/Public Health, Psychology, Sociology, or Anthropology. Candidates must
have a record of publication in top-tier peer-reviewed journals and a record of securing
external research funding. The successful
candidate will have expertise and a grant funding track record in community-based
participatory research with individuals with disabilities and/or with aging populations.
The individual must have experience conducting implementation science or related
research that involves interagency (e.g., schools, healthcare) and/or interprofessional
(e.g., medical, psychological, educational) collaboration. Experience conducting
research in assistive technologies is required. We are also interested in researchers
engaged with disability studies. Of particular interest are applicants who can lead
research investigations in one or more CDAT primary research areas to develop,
evaluate, and disseminate assistive technologies for persons with disabilities (PwDs)
that: (a) enable successful transitions between various stages of life (e.g., high school
to post-secondary education); (b) enhance mobility and increase access to spaces they
live and visit; and/or (c) assist with activities of daily living within spaces they work,
learn, live, and thrive.