Assistant Professor of Health Care Management

Position

Assistant Professor of Health Care Management

Effective Date: August 17, 2026 (Fall Semester)

Salary Range: The Assistant Professor (Academic Year) classification salary is $74,652 to $158,688 per year; $6,221 to $13,224 per month (12 monthly payments per academic year). The anticipated hiring range is $91,224 to $99,204 per year; $7,602 to $8,267 per month.

Required Qualifications

• Doctoral degree (Ph.D. preferred) in health care management, healthcare finance, health care administration, health services research, health economics, business, public administration, health policy, or a closely related field. Degree at time of application or official notification of completion of the doctoral degree by August 1, 2026.
• Demonstrated potential and interest in teaching and/or developing courses at both the undergraduate and graduate levels
• Demonstrated potential and interest in various modes of instructional delivery including in-person, on-line, and hybrid
• Demonstrated potential and interest in conducting research, scholarly, or creative activities in areas such as health care administration, health services research, healthcare finance, patient quality and safety, or closely related topics
• Demonstrated commitment to working successfully with a diverse student population, including low socioeconomic and first-generation students

Preferred Qualifications

• In addition to doctoral degree as noted above, additional coursework or certification in healthcare finance, healthcare risk management, health economics, reimbursement systems, risk analysis, or patient care and quality
• Evidence of scholarly productivity such as publications or conference presentations in healthcare finance, healthcare risk management, health economics, reimbursement, cost modeling, risk forecasting, or financial decision-making in health care systems, patient safety and quality, health services research, or related area
• Demonstrated potential and interest in securing external research funding
• Experience working successfully with populations demographically and/or socioeconomically like the CSULB student body
• Experience mentoring or supporting students with minoritized identities or experience using inclusive and culturally relevant teaching strategies in a diverse classroom

Duties

• Teach undergraduate and graduate courses in the Department of Health Care Management, with a willingness to teach courses with a focus on healthcare finance, healthcare risk management, and related or emerging areas such as value-based care, payment reform, predictive analytics, or healthcare enterprise risk management, or other areas as determined by the department chair.
• Use equity-minded teaching practices that promote student success across various teaching modalities
• Develop and maintain a research agenda and disseminate research in peer-reviewed academic publications and discipline-specific conferences
• Pursue external funding to support research and scholarly activities
• Mentor and advise undergraduate and graduate students
• Contribute to accreditation-related activities
• Collaborate with faculty across the department, college, and university to advance shared goals and interdisciplinary initiatives
• Engage in service to the department, college, university, profession, and broader community
• Contribute to equity, inclusion, and access through teaching, research, service, and mentoring