The School of Health Professions at UT Health San Antonio is seeking to fill one faculty position immediately to support a Master’s degree program in Speech-Language Pathology with a medical concentration. This position is a 12-month, tenure-track appointment at assistant-, associate-, or full-professor rank starting as early as January 2023. The faculty member will report to the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders Chair.    

Responsibilities include teaching graduate-level courses in the expertise area, directing student research, establishing or continuing a program of extramurally funded clinical research, and providing services to the department, college, and community. Applicants must have a Ph.D. in speech-language pathology, hold ASHA CCC-SLP, be eligible for speech-language pathology licensure in Texas, and have a record of research and scholarship.  

Preference will be given to individuals with one or more specialties, including but not limited to developmental language disorders, AAC, fluency disorders, resonance disorders (e.g., craniofacial anomalies), head and neck cancer, voice disorders, dementia; an established record of peer-reviewed publications and research grant funding; and, prior experience in teaching at the graduate level. 

Applications must include a curriculum vitae, a letter of interest with stated qualifications, a summary of research accomplishments and future goals, a teaching portfolio, and a list of three references. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.

University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio: UT Health

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio is one of the country’s leading academic health centers.  UT Health ranks among the top health science universities worldwide in receiving National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding and has provided outstanding health science education and training since its founding in 1968.

The mission of UT Health San Antonio is to make lives better through excellence in education, research, health care, and community engagement.  Strategies for achieving this mission include:

Educating a diverse student body to become excellent healthcare providers and scientists; Engaging in research to understand health and disease; Providing compassionate and culturally proficient health care; Engaging our community to improve health; Influencing thoughtful advances in health policy.

In fulfillment of this mission, UT Health San Antonio seeks to provide the best in health career education and conduct groundbreaking biomedical research, while also providing the best patient care and community service to San Antonio and the South Texas/Border Region. With undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate programs, UT Health San Antonio is a major academic health science university composed of five schools:  School of Medicine, School of Health Professions, School of Nursing, Dental School, and Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. For more information on UT Health visit our website at uthscsa.edu. 

UT Health San Antonio is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer including protected veterans and persons with disabilities. All faculty appointments are designated as security sensitive positions.