Assistant Professor Of Kinesiology (Tenure Track)

George Fox University announces a full-time Tenure Track faculty position in Kinesiology to begin in Spring 2024. The Department of Kinesiology is seeking a faculty member who is enthusiastic about providing engaging and effective instruction and mentoring to undergraduate students and engaging in translation research. The ideal candidate will have experience with classroom and clinical instruction. Further, experience with academic advising is highly valued.

George Fox University, a Christ-centered community, prepares students spiritually, academically, and professionally to think with clarity, act with integrity, and serve with passion. Professors teach all truth as God's truth, integrating all fields of learning around the person and work of Jesus Christ, bringing the divine revelations through sense, reason, and intuition to the confirming test of Scripture. As a Christ-centered community, George Fox University is an institution that values diversity as an essential dimension of God's design for human communities. In seeking to become a more inclusive community, we especially encourage applications from individuals who can help us achieve our diversity goals.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
● Teach a full-time course load for Spring Semesters and Fall Semesters
● Maintain a high standard in classroom teaching through engaging and effective
instruction, exhibiting awareness and understanding of best practices in undergraduate
education through application in the classroom, and remaining current with issues,
curriculum, and classroom approaches in the Kinesiology discipline
● Engage in scholarship that contributes to the advancement of Exercise Science as a
profession
● Participate in the ongoing and innovative work of the Department of Kinesiology, Allied
Health Sciences, Wellness Enterprise, and University
● Develop and maintain professional working relationships with Kinesiology professionals
and other campus educators
● Student Advising

Qualifications
● Doctoral degree in kinesiology or a related field.
● Teaching experience in a higher education institution
● Excellent professional interpersonal, organizational, and communication skills.
● Commitment to maintaining consistently high professional standards.
● Must be able to work effectively within and embrace working with a growing, innovative
team.
● A commitment to working with a diverse population of students is essential;
demonstrated experience in this area is preferred.
● All applicants must express a personal commitment to Jesus Christ and express their
Christian testimony in a local church. In addition, professors agree to live in agreement
with the Community Lifestyle Statement and affirm the theological commitments
expressed in the Statement of Faith.

Salary and Rank
Appointment at the Assistant Professor level Salary and benefits are competitive with comparable institutions.

Application Procedures - kindly apply only through this website
When completing the online application, please upload the following as Word or .pdf documents in the section marked Cover Letter, Curriculum Vitae, and Essay Requirement:
● Letter of Interest
● Curriculum Vitae (CV)
● Faith and learning essay*
● Statement of teaching philosophy
● Concise description of research plans
Interested applicants are encouraged to apply at once, and we will review applications until the
position is filled.

Questions may be directed to dkang@georegefox.edu

*INTEGRATION OF FAITH AND LEARNING ESSAY George Fox University is committed to the idea that one of the primary
responsibilities of Christian higher education is to help students develop a uniquely Christian worldview. As teachers and
mentors, it is important for George Fox University faculty members to integrate Christian faith and principles in all aspects of
their lives. As an essential part of the application process, the University will carefully consider your response to the following:
In a one-page essay (about 300 words) describe your personal Christian faith, as well as how your faith informs your teaching,
scholarship, and service (including service and leadership in your church and/or in Christian ministrie)