POSITION DESCRIPTION Professor and Chair Department of ...

2. The individual filling this position will engage in research and scholarly activitiescommensurate with Full Professor academic rank and will:A. maintain an active research program in his/her area of interest,B. secure extramural funding in the forms of research and training grants, contracts, andother awards, andC. provide research mentorship for tenure-track faculty and for Ph.D. and other studentsengaged in research.3. The individual filling this position will teach coursework in his/her area of expertise.4. The individual filling this position will participate in faculty governance via service ondepartmental, college, and university committees; and will be active in national andinternational professional service activities commensurate with academic rank.V. General InformationThe Department of CSD is one of five academic departments within the College of Allied Healthat the OUHSC. It is staffed by 14 full-time and 9 part-time faculty members and offers fiveacademic degree programs in speech-language pathology and in audiology: the pre-professionalundergraduate degree (B.S. in CSD), two professional preparation degrees (M.A. in SLP, Au.D.),and two research degrees (M.S. in SLP, Ph.D. in either SLP or in Audiology). Within thecollege’s Allied Health Clinics, the John W. Keys Speech and Hearing Center is administered bythe Department of CSD and serves as an important research and clinical training site for studentsin the department’s academic programs. The department’s professional preparation programs inspeech-language pathology and in audiology are nationally accredited by the Council onAcademic Accreditation in Audiology and in Speech-Language Pathology. The department islocated within the recently completed Allied Health Building (AHB) on the OUHSC campus.Research laboratories, faculty offices, clinical facilities, and classrooms of all sizes within theAHB have been fitted with the latest technologies for research, academic teaching, and clinicalinstruction. To learn more about the department, please visit our website athttp://www.ah.ouhsc.edu/csd/.The OUHSC is part of the University of Oklahoma system. Comprised of seven health-relatedcolleges, it is one of only four comprehensive academic health centers in the nation.Opportunities for collaborative research and teaching are numerous on campus and at the nearbyuniversities and hospitals in the region’s major metropolitan areas. To learn more about theOUHSC and the College of Allied Health, please visit our websites at http://www.ouhsc.edu andat http://www.ah.ouhsc.edu/main/.Oklahoma City (OKC) is a beautiful, friendly, and growing community of 540,321 in ametropolitan area of 1,083,346. Located in the central plains between Dallas, TX and Tulsa, OK,the OKC metro area offers abundant arts, professional sports, quality health care, and excellentschools and universities in a thriving economic climate. To learn more about OKC and itssurrounding communities, please visit the website of the Greater OKC Chamber of Commerce athttp://www.okcchamber.com/.VI. SalarySalary is competitive and commensurate with rank, qualifications, and work experience.10/09/20102