Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso
Posted: 03-Jun-25
Location: El Paso, Texas
Type: Full-time
Categories: Academic/Faculty, Dentistry, Education
Employment Type: Full-time
Organization Type: Higher Education Institution
- Participates in course administration and instruction for the dental school curriculum
Required Qualifications:
- D.M.D./D.D.S. from a CODA-accredited dental school, or equivalent degree from a non-CODA accredited dental school
- Successful completion of CODA-accredited training program in periodontics
- A minimum of one-year experience in teaching periodontics
- Texas Dental Licensure, or eligibility for an unrestricted Texas Dental License
Desired Qualifications:
- Board certified by the American Board of Periodontology
- Experience in teaching dental surgery in a clinically-integrated dentistry program to dental students
- Experience in the use of medical/dental imaging, laboratory findings, restorations, and clinical case-based scenarios in the teaching of periodontics
- Experience in developing/delivery of clinical periodontics
- Experience in development and delivery of an integrated dental curriculum
- Experience with innovative teaching methods, such as interactive large and small group formats, laboratory-based instruction, team-based learning, case-based learning, problem-based learning, and distance education
- Experience with curriculum and clinical management software systems
- Participation in national organizations or committees devoted to dental education
- Experience in dental education scholarship
- Experience in the development of grant proposals and the management of extramural funding
- Emerging or established regional or national reputation for associate professor or higher rank
Salary Details: Compensation is commensurate upon the qualifications of the individual selected and budgetary guidelines of the hiring department, as well as, the institutional pay plan. For additional information, please reference the institutional pay plan on the Human Resources webpage.
About Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso
The mission of the Woody L. Hunt School of Dental Medicine is to improve the oral health of the people of Texas and the greater El Paso community by: focusing on the unique oral and overall health care needs of the border populations; demonstrating excellence in education, research, and patient care; and providing leadership to the practicing community and other area stakeholders.