Open Rank Tenured or Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Occupational Therapy

Job Description

Binghamton University's Division of Occupational Therapy, located at the health sciences campus in Johnson City, New York, is hiring tenure/tenured track faculty for its entry-level occupational therapy doctoral (OTD) program and invites applicants for full-time, campus-based, 12-month faculty appointments. The position encompasses teaching, service, and scholarship.

Responsibilities include 60% teaching, 30% scholarship, and 10% service. Close collaboration within the Division and with faculty in related departments is expected. The candidates should minimally have three years of full-time equivalent clinical experience in occupational therapy or another health profession with a generalist clinical background or specialization area of practice. The candidate will also have a minimum of one year of full-time equivalent teaching experience in an occupational therapy practitioner program. Candidates are required to have or to be developing a research agenda.

Faculty rank and salary are dependent upon the successful candidate's experience and qualifications.

The Division holds pre-accreditation status with ACOTE for the OTD Entry-Level Professional Program, with the ACOTE site visit scheduled for February 2026.

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications

• Academic research degree (e.g., PhD, EdD, ScD) from an accredited institution.
• Minimum of three years of full-time equivalent clinical experience in occupational therapy or another licensed health profession.
• OT applicants must have experience as either a generalist or a specialist in one of the following areas: geriatrics and gerontology, research methods, population and community health, adult mental health, pediatrics (including child and adolescent mental health), neurorehabilitation, assistive technology, functional anatomy, pathophysiology, kinesiology
• Non-OT applicants must have experience in two or more of the following areas: research methods, population and community health, functional anatomy, kinesiology, pathophysiology
• Minimum of one year of full-time equivalent teaching experience as a lead instructor in an undergraduate or graduate program.
• Experience mentoring and advising student capstone or research projects.
• Hold a New York State occupational therapy or health professional license (for non-OT applicants) by September 1, 2026
• Existing or developing research agenda with a history of funding or a funding plan.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with the use of simulation as an instructional strategy.
• Experience with advanced instructional strategies for building student metacognitive, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience with interprofessional and intraprofessional education.
• Experience or interest in rural and community health.
• Experience in trauma-informed teaching and supporting student well-being.

Application Instructions

All applicants must apply via Interview Exchange: http://binghamton.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdetails.jsp?JOBID=197160. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the vacancy is filled.

Please submit: 1. Resume, 2. Cover letter, and 3. Three references