Assistant Professors (2 positions) in Arts in Health

Classification Title:

Assistant Professor(s) in Arts in Health

Job Description:

Center for Arts in Medicine
Position Vacancies Announcement
Two (2) Assistant Professor positions
Position: Full-time, 9 month, tenure accruing faculty positions
Date of Expected Hire: August 16, 2025

Salary: $90,000 annual salary with a comprehensive and highly competitive leave and benefits package

The Center for Arts in Medicine in the College of the Arts seeks two (2) Assistant Professors to recruit, teach, and mentor undergraduate and graduate students, maintain an active national and international externally funded research and creative activity profile, and participate in shared governance and service to the Center, College, University and the Arts in Health field. The successful candidate will conduct research in one of the following areas:

• Arts in health (administration, arts practitioner, researcher, educator, etc.)
• Arts in public health
• Medical and health humanities
• Arts, health, and AI
• Or related fields (tell us what you bring to Arts in Health)

The University of Florida College of the Arts intends to be a transformative community, responding to and generating paradigmatic shifts in the arts and beyond. As artists and scholars, we embrace the complexity of our evolving human experience and seek to empower our students and faculty to shape that experience fearlessly through critical study, creative practice, and provocation. We seek a colleague who identifies as a change-maker. We seek a colleague who will prepare students to access and unsettle centers of power of any ideology in a radically changing world. We seek a colleague who will position emerging artists and researchers as catalysts for justice on local and global levels.

The University of Florida is an equal opportunity institution dedicated to building a broadly diverse and inclusive faculty, staff and student body. 

This position is covered by the United Faculty of Florida Contract.  You can view this employment union contract here https://admin.hr.ufl.edu/compliance/employee-relations-and-ethics/union-negotiations/united-faculty-of-florida-contract/.  

Responsibilities: 
Teaching
Recruit, teach, and mentor undergraduate and graduate students in arts in health. Examples of undergraduate courses to be taught include Introduction to Arts in Medicine in a Global Context, Music and Health, Dance in Medicine, Visual Arts in Medicine, Arts in Medicine Practicum, and Music in Medicine Capstone. Examples of graduate courses to be taught include Research and Evaluation in Arts in Medicine, Arts in Medicine Advanced Professional Seminar, and Arts in Medicine Capstone Proposal. Active engagement or possible leadership in CAM’s comprehensive two and a half day Research Primer in collaboration with University College London.

Research and Creative Activity
Maintain an active national and international research and creative activity profile in areas of specialization, consistent with UF and unit guidelines for progress toward tenure and promotion.  Maintain and manage a sponsored research portfolio.  Actively participate in our learning community, finding innovative ways to collaborate with faculty and peers in Arts in Health. Active engagement or possible leadership in CAM’s Interdisciplinary Research Lab.

Service
Participate in shared governance through service to the Center, College, University and the field, including taking on leadership roles and volunteering for service opportunities that benefit the community and the profession. 

Tenure assignment will be housed in one of the three schools in the College of the Arts (School of Theatre + Dance, School of Music, School of Art + Art History); however, this position is expected to perform their duties in and for the Center for Arts in Medicine on the UF main campus in Gainesville, Florida.

CENTER FOR ARTS IN MEDICINE: Housed in the College of the Arts, the Center for Arts in Medicine (CAM) is committed to advancing research, education, and practice in the arts in health, locally and globally. The Center facilitates research, education, and training in the use of the arts to enhance health in healthcare and public health contexts. The Center provides a framework for interdisciplinary collaboration among University of Florida faculty and students, healthcare providers, clinical artists, and our local and global communities. The Center develops and effects interdisciplinary research studies through its two research labs, and educationa