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350500-DEPARTMENT OF KINESIOLOGY
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12-Month Faculty Full-Time
The College of Health, Education, and Social Transformation (HEST) at New Mexico State University invites nominations and applications for the position of Department Head of Kinesiology. This is an opportunity to lead a thriving academic department that combines outstanding faculty, exceptional students, nationally recognized academic programs, expanding research infrastructure, and a mission that directly improves the health and well-being of communities throughout the U.S.-Mexico Borderland.
The successful candidate will join New Mexico State University at an exciting moment in its history. As New Mexico's land-grant university and a Carnegie-designated Research 1 institution, NMSU is committed to research excellence, student success, innovation, and public engagement. The Department of Kinesiology has experienced sustained growth in enrollment, academic programming, and research capacity, and is well positioned for continued national prominence.
The Department of Kinesiology combines many of the characteristics that outstanding academic leaders seek:
• a supportive college and university administration;
• exceptional faculty committed to teaching, scholarship, and service;
• approximately 600 undergraduate and graduate students;
• 17 full-time faculty members representing diverse areas of expertise;
• strong undergraduate, professional master's, and doctoral programs;
• significant recent investments in research and instructional facilities.
The next Department Head will inherit a department with tremendous momentum. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to recruit outstanding faculty, strengthen nationally recognized research programs, expand interdisciplinary collaborations, enhance graduate education, and position the department among the leading kinesiology programs in the western United States.
