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Job Description
The Berea College Health and Human Performance Department announces a one-year, with the potential for renewal assistant professorposition in Health Studies beginning August 2026. The successful candidate will have a terminal degree in health studies or related field.
Specific teaching assignments may include Health in Appalachia, Health Program Planning and Evaluation, Human Sexuality, and others. Inaddition, faculty are expected to contribute to the general education curriculum. The Department offers B.A. degrees in Health andHuman Performance, HHP P-12 Teaching Certification, Health Studies, and minors in Health Studies and Dance and provides a wide range ofexercise science, health, and fitness courses and credentials serving the entire student body. The ideal candidate will displayprofessionalism when interacting with members of the Berea College community and will demonstrate a commitment to carrying out the missionof Berea College. Applicants should submit a letter of interest, statement of teaching philosophy, current CV, transcripts, andcontact information for three letters of references to: https://tinyurl.com/3vpwdpew . Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. Founded in 1855, Berea College is nationally recognized as the first coeducational and interracial college in the South. Berea hasa longstanding commitment to interracial education and is one of the most racially diverse private liberal arts colleges in the UnitedStates. With an emphasis on service to Appalachia and beyond, Berea enrolls more than 1,500 students from 46 states and U.S. territories andmore than 70 countries. Berea College admits students who are unable to afford tuition and provides all of them with a no-tuition promise,valued at more than $204,000. Berea's students excel in the College's supportive yet demanding academic environment, and most are the firstin their families to attend college. As one of only ten federally recognized Work Colleges, all Berea students are expected to work 10-12hours weekly in various positions across campus. Berea College is also the only institution in Kentucky to receive the 5-Star Rating fromMoney Magazine, 2025. Washington Monthly has named Berea College the #1 Best College in the nation in its 2025 College Guide. Berea Collegeappears in their rankings as #1 College (overall): Best College for your Tuition (and Tax) Dollars, #1 Best-in Class College, #1 LiberalArts College and #1 Best Bang for the Buck Southern College. Located where the Bluegrass Region meets the Cumberland Mountains, thetown of Berea (pop. 16,000) lies forty miles south of Lexington and is approximately two hours from Cincinnati, Louisville, and Knoxville.
More information about Berea College is available at www.berea.edu .