JOB DESCRIPTION:  The University of Central Arkansas (UCA) invites applications for Assistant/Associate Professor for a nine month tenure-track faculty position beginning July or August, 2012.  Expertise in speech science and other specializations will be considered.  Responsibilities include undergraduate and graduate teaching, development of a dynamic research program, mentoring of masters’ and doctoral students and service to the department and University.  UCA Speech-Language Pathology is in the College of Health and Behavioral Sciences, is CAA accredited and offers the doctoral degree through a consortium in Communication Sciences and Disorders with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and the University of Arkansas Little Rock.  The consortium has excellent opportunities for joint appointments and research collaboration with the associated Reynolds Institute on Aging, the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute and other affiliates. 

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: PhD in speech-language pathology or related discipline; post-doctoral fellowship desirable; teaching experience; a clearly defined research agenda and research publications; CCC and eligibility for Arkansas licensure are assets.  Rank and salary are competitive and commensurate with experience and qualifications.

 UCA is a comprehensive university with 11,000 students and high academic standards.  Noted for its beauty, the campus is located in sunny Conway, Arkansas, a rapidly-growing city of 60,000 thirty minutes from Little Rock and the mountains and home to two private colleges, a highly ranked public school system and a strong K-12 parochial school.  

APPLICATION PROCESS:  Applicants should submit a letter of application, vita and names and addresses of three references to Brent Gregg, PhD, Search Committee Chair, Department of Speech-Language Pathology,  201 Donaghey Ave., UCA Box 4985, Conway, AR 72035.

Closing date for applications is January 5, 2012 or when position is filled.

UCA IS AN AA/EOE.