Director for Arts & Humanities in Health Care Program (Open Rank-Instructor, Sr. Instructor, Assistant, Associate, Professor)

University of Colorado Anschutz

Department: Center for Bioethics and Humanities

Job Title: Director for Arts & Humanities in Health Care Program (Open Rank-Instructor, Sr. Instructor, Assistant, Associate, Professor)

Position #00813859 – Requisition #40852

Job Summary:

The University of Colorado Center for Bioethics and Humanities (CBH) on the Anschutz Medical Campus is seeking qualified candidates for a 0.5 FTE faculty person to serve as Director of the Arts and Humanities in Health Care Program.

About the Program
Since 2009, the CBH Arts and Humanities in Health Care Program has served as a national model for advancing health humanities education, scholarship, and engagement. Through partnerships across the Anschutz Medical Campus, the University of Colorado, and the broader community, the program supports a wide range of established arts and humanities initiatives. We seek a visionary leader to enhance and expand these efforts while shaping the program's next chapter.

About the Position

The ideal candidate will be a visionary and collaborative leader with a demonstrated record of excellence in health humanities, program growth, and team leadership. The successful candidate will bring expertise in one or more health humanities disciplines, including narrative medicine, media and health, arts and health, or dramatic arts and medical improv.

The Director will provide strategic leadership for a diverse portfolio of arts and humanities initiatives, including the Fulginiti Pavilion Art Gallery, the Music and Medicine Initiative, publications, lectureships, and other endowed and gift-funded programs. With access to CBH resources to support and grow these efforts, the Director will advance interdisciplinary collaboration across the University of Colorado's health professions schools and the Anschutz Medical Campus.

The Arts and Humanities in Health Care Program advances CBH's education, research, and clinical missions through the transformative application of the arts and humanities in health professions education and practice. The ideal candidate will demonstrate a strong commitment to fostering the growth and professional identity formation of health professions learners through disciplines such as music, literature, history, visual arts, poetry, and reflective writing. Experience with arts-based clinical or therapeutic interventions, funded research, fundraising, and program development is highly desirable. The successful candidate will be a collaborative leader with a proven ability to build and lead cross-disciplinary teams, serve as a prominent advocate for the arts and humanities in health and well-being, and expand opportunities for students, health professionals, patients, and communities to engage with critical healthcare and societal issues through creative and humanistic approaches.

The candidate must be willing to relocate to the Denver area within 3 months of the start date. This position is hybrid eligible. Please note: Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States without requiring sponsorship. We are unable to provide work visa sponsorship or employment authorization for this position now or in the future.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop a strategic trajectory to guide the programming within the Art