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Assistant Professor - Audiology

Employer
The University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Location
Lincoln, NE
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Working Title:

Assistant Professor - Audiology

Department:

Special Ed & Communic Disorders-1049

Requisition Number:

F_240117

Posting Open Date:

08/27/2024

Application Review Date: (To ensure consideration, please submit all application materials before review date):

11/01/2024

Open Until Filled:

Yes

Description of Work:

Are you ready to join a collaborative interdisciplinary team focused on the discovery of new ideas, teaching across disciplines in innovative and inclusive ways to improve the lives of individuals with sensory, motor, cognitive, learning, and communicative differences?

The Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln is housed in a state-of-the-art facility in a newly expanded and renovated building. We have access to teaching and research equipment and resources that can help you launch a successful career. You will teach alongside our expert faculty in our spiral curriculum, where we integrate the expertise of our clinical and research faculty to create an environment where students are coached to make connections between research and practice. Our proximity to and collaborations with Boys Town National Research Hospital, Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital, University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Center for Brain, Biology and Behavior (CB3), and the University of Nebraska Medical Center may provide opportunities for you to build your program of research. Additionally, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the College of Education and Human Sciences have extensive support for early-career faculty, including the development of grant proposals, teaching and course development, and overall career development.

We are searching for a faculty member, at the rank of Assistant Professor, with expertise in audiology to join our collaborative faculty. Our position is tenure-leading with a nine-month appointment. Specific areas of interest include hearing/balance sciences, vestibular assessment/management, cognition, and auditory physiology. Other areas of basic or applied research will be considered.

ResponsibilitiesEstablish a vigorous, extramurally funded, and collaborative program of research; teach undergraduate or graduate courses in the candidate’s area of expertise or closely related areas; mentor and direct student research; and provide professional outreach and service in the department, college, university, and broader community.

More About UsThe Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders (https://cehs.unl.edu/secd/) houses graduate programs in Audiology, Speech Language Pathology, and Special Education. The Audiology program is ranked in the top 20. Faculty are solving problems with global hearing health, communication access, hearing aids, cochlear implants, and neuroimaging. We have collaborations with the Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families, and Schools and with the departments of engineering, athletics, and psychology.

Lincoln, Nebraska is a vibrant college town of about 295,000 that combines a large university’s cultural richness with the affordability of a Midwestern city.

As an EO/AA employer, the University of Nebraska considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, national origin, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, and/or political affiliation. See https://www.unl.edu/equity/notice-nondiscrimination.

Minimum Required Qualifications:

  • Earned research doctorate (Ph.D.) in Audiology, Hearing Science, Speech Science, Neuroscience, or a related field.
  • College teaching experience.
  • Evidence of potential for external funding.

Work Location (City, State):

Lincoln, NE

How to Apply:

Click “Apply for this Job” and complete the faculty information form. Attach the following documents:

  1. Letter of application that includes research and teaching statements, with a statement about your commitment to justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion and its application within the field of Audiology.
  2. Curriculum vitae.
  3. No more than two published peer-reviewed research articles. Combine as one PDF file and attach as “Other Document.”
  4. Names and contact information for three professional references.
For additional questions, please contact Dr. Michelle Hughes, Audiology Search Committee Chair at mhughes3@unl.edu.

For questions or accommodations related to this position contact:

Dr. Michelle Hughes
Audiology Search Committee Chair
mhughes3@unl.edu

Job Category (old):

Faculty Tenure/Tenure Leading

Job Type:

9 Month

Position funded by grant or other form of temporary funding?:

No

Planned Hire Date:

August 18, 2025

Organizational Location:

Default Location

Organization

Working at University of Nebraska-Lincoln

For 150 Years, A Leader in Higher Education 
Always a place of high ambition, University of Nebraska was one of the first institutions west of the Mississippi River to award doctoral degrees - the first was granted in 1896. The University of Nebraska established the world's first undergraduate psychology laboratory. The discipline of ecology was born here, and the campuses reflect that tradition, being recognized as botanical gardens and arboreta. An early institutional interest in literature and the arts provided the foundations for today's Prairie Schooner literary magazine, for the University of Nebraska Press, and for the Sheldon Museum of Art, which houses one of the world's most significant collections of 20th century American art.

Today, Nebraska is one of the nation's leading teaching institutions, and a research leader with a wide array of grant-funded projects aimed at broadening knowledge in the sciences and humanities. Nebraska is also a land-grant university and a member of the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU). The university is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.

Benefits
The University of Nebraska offers an extensive benefits package that includes health, life, disability and long term care insurance; retirement accounts; tuition reimbursement for employees and their spouses and dependent children; and reimbursement accounts for health care and dependent day care. Leave policies are designed to help employees deal with personal or family events or crises.

Diversity and Inclusion
In the spirit of the phrase "Every Interaction Matters", UNL has an enacted commitment to diversity and inclusive excellence for our faculty, staff, and students. On our campus, diversity and inclusion are important priorities. Examples include: Husker Dialogues, which is an event that helps first-year students focus on diversity and inclusion and practice handling difficult conversations around difference; three Chancellor's Diversity Commissions that are charged with informing and advising the Chancellor and addressing issues of constituent campus communities; and the establishment of the Office of Diversity and Inclusion whose leader operates at the Vice Chancellor level. At the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, we strive for excellence in all that we do. True excellence requires that each individual be able to work and learn in an atmosphere of respect, dignity, and belonging. Our commitment to diversity and inclusion requires each of us to continuously ensure our interactions are respectful, protect free speech, and inspire academic freedom.

About Lincoln
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln is located in an up-and-coming and safe city of 300,000 people that has many of the cultural and entertainment benefits of a much larger city, with the feel of a friendly Midwestern community. The Pinnacle Bank Arena, opened in 2013, routinely hosts major touring acts. A buzzing entertainment district, the Railyard, connects the arena area to the Historic Haymarket. Cuisines from all continents provide the entree to dynamic urban nightlife and a wide variety of ways to enjoy time with friends. Nebraska's City Campus is one with Lincoln's city center, as it has been since the university was founded.Lincoln has more parkland per capita than Austin, Texas; Portland, Oregon; and all but a handful of U.S. cities. The well-manicured Pioneers Park, the native woods of Wilderness Park and the open grassland of Nine-Mile Prairie are each within a 10-minute trip from campus. Connecting many of these parks is an extensive trails network.

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