"Visiting Professor - Medical Ethics - (494561)"

The Honors College at the University of Houston invites applications for a one-year position as Visiting Professor to begin Fall 2025. Disciplinary expertise is open; however, successful applicants will demonstrate an international reputation in medical ethics and the health humanities. The successful candidate will teach small Honors sections of the “Readings in Medicine and Society” course each semester. This is the foundation course in the interdisciplinary Medicine and Society minor, one of the Honors College’s six interdisciplinary minors. The candidate will also teach a section of “Introduction to the Health Professions” in the fall semester and an upper-level seminar of their own design that contributes to the minor in the spring semester. In addition to teaching, the successful candidate will serve as the Interim Director of the Medicine and Society minor, which enrolls 400 students and includes several co-curricular programs. Experience working with undergraduate students in the pre-health professions and collaborating on co-curricular activities is required. Applicants must hold a PhD in a relevant field and have at least fifteen years of relevant experience.

As a national leader in curricular and co-curricular education, the Honors College cultivates a community of agile and innovative thinkers, engaged citizens, and lifelong learners. Its 2,500 students come from majors across the University to take intellectually challenging courses (generally taught as small seminars), minors, and programs that emphasize speaking and writing, encourage critical inquiry in disciplined conversation, and promote active learning and principled leadership.

The University of Houston (www.uh.edu) is a Carnegie-Designated Tier One Public Research University. Houston is the fourth largest city in the country. It has multi-national industries, commercial centers, the largest medical center in the world, a robust arts community, professional sports, an entrepreneurial approach to new technologies, and is the world capital for petroleum exploration and energy.

To apply, please submit an online application that will include a letter of application, curriculum vitae, writing sample and the names and contact information for three letters of recommendation. Application review begins immediately and will continue until a decision on the position has been made.

Official transcripts are required for a faculty appointment and will be requested upon selection of the final candidates.

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